Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-09

| a minute. I also advised District At
| torney Burnett to nave additional sur
| Veillance placed upon her and he has
acted as / requested. If this espionage
lad not been maintained she would
| probably have escaped us. as IS shown
| by the report Of an attempt on her part
| to get away in New York, this after
noon.
Il do not know what the New York
authorities will do with Mrs. Chadwick,
| tonight. but tomorrow, she will be ar
Yaicned before a United States Com
She can either ask for a preliminary
hearing or waive an examination and
Ne bound over to the action of the
United states grand jury, which will
meet the first Tuesday in February in
Cleveland. If she cannot give bail she
Will be brought to Cleveland and lodged
in Jail. II she gives bail, after waving
examination or after the preliminary
hearing is over, she will be free to go
where she Ileases. until the grand jury
passes upon the case. / do not know
what the amount of bail will be fixed
at.
Il am not quite sure as to the VII
neSseS we Will summon in the case Ne
c1n only name one Of them at present
This person viii be irving i5elfori, now
clerk OF tAe United States court for the
northern district of Ohio. who, in 1890,
in Toledo, defended Joseph Lamb. who
was arrested with Madame DeVere for
forging $4,000 worth of notes. Lamb
being acquitted on the ground that he
hold Il, y,-nn11n'c and did
not knowingly commit a crime. Mr..
l;elfOrd will be asked TO Identity Mrs.
Chadwick as MADAME Deve,e. which
ne declares he can do. AS to the rest
Of the case which we have prepared |
cannot at present talk. The notes sign
ed with the name of Andrew Carnegie
will enter into it, l suppose. and we
may try to prove forgery, but | think
we can go ahead with the case without
the element of forgery being proved.
AS to whether forgery can be proved
| am not now prepared to state
Regarding the arrest of Mrs. Chad
wick by the federal officers. Receiver Of
the Chadwick Property Nathan Loeser
said that it need not necessarily inter-
fere with the bankruptcy petitions,
that she can be proceeded against in
bankruptcy and her assets distributed
among her creditors.
Application WAS made, late Wednes-
day. IN the United States district court
for the summonsing of Cassie l.. Chad
wick. Iri Reynolds and Emil Hoover.
| the son Of Mrs. Chadwick, for purposes
OF examination in bankruptcy pro-
reednSs. The petition was filed by
Nathaniel LoesCr, receiver for the
Chadwick estate.
Prosecutor keeler Of this county. ana
Prosecutor sStroup Of Lorain county.
Lad a conference today. regarding ac>
ton to be taken in relation to the al
ltGed forged notes which We're held by
Mrs. Chadwick and which We're the
cause of the wrecEinS of the Oberlin
Citizens National Isaik. The confer
cnce related principally to the matter
of jurisdiction and it was decided to
take up the matter in Lorain county.
President BcckMith ana Cashier Srr.r
have been subpoenaed TO testify before
ne special grand jury. which will meet
| tomorrow morning. at E,lyria.
Both prosecutors say they are deter
mined TO vigorously prosecute any in
fraction of the state laws in the Chad
wick case.
In order to make as strong Il case as
possible against Mrs. Chadwick, the
federal officers will subpoena as soon
Hs service is possible. number of wit
nesers who have known Mrs Chadwick
for 70 years. The witnesses will at
tempt to prove that Mrs. Chadwick
ANA Madam De We're are the same per
| son.
The authorities intimate that the two
alleged Carnegie notes. which figure in
the Ohcrlin Bank transactions with
Mrs. Chadwick, are destined to play a
vital part in the contention that forg-
cry has been committed and that some
or" must suffer therefor.
1t is known positively that the fed
crdl authorities are making search
ing investigation of the circumstances
surrounding the visit Of Attorney Pow
erS Of New York, to Oberlin and the
statement Of President Beckwith that
an attorney attested to the genuine
ness of the signature.
1t is eXpla ined in connection with the
arrest of Mrs. Chadwick that the fed
cral authorities have the absolute
power to comrel the presence of any
one whom they may desire IS a wit
ness before the grand jury. This means
that Andrew Carnegie will be sum-
moned before the court as z witness as
well as some Of the most prominent at
torneys and bankers in the country.
District Attorney sullivan held an
extended conference with Prosecutor
Lee Stroup Of Lorain during the fore
noon with the result Of a promise OF
mutual help in probing the Chadwick
affairs to the very bottom.