Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-16
With Five Indictments
Greet Mrs. Chadwick.
Arrives at Cleveland, Declines
to Plead, Goes to Jail.
Asks People to Suspend judgement
Until Story Is Told.

dicted by the United States govern
ment at the exact minute her train
pulled into the station, Mrs. Cassie T..
Chadwick came home to Cleveland.
Wednesday afternoon. She was greeted
With Jeers. boots and Kisses by crowds
that gathered in the depot, when her
train arrived, and howled at by hum
dreds gathered in front of the Federal
building. The last sound that reached
her from the outside world, as she
passed into the stuffy, ill-smelling Of
hce of Sheriff Barry in the county Jail.
was the hoot Of derision from the peo-
pie masSed in front of the doorway
She made no attempt to give bail and
after brief stopp in the office of the
| clerk Of the United States court, was
| taken to Jail. She is held now in
cell IA, in the woman's department of
the Jail and her palatial residence on
| Euclid avenue, of which the furnish
| ings alone are valued at 5000, 200, is oc-
| cupied by her maid.
| Her courage held to the last, but her
body failed her and when she had
| mounted the three flights of stairs
| leading to the tier of cells where she is
to remain, she collapsed utterly and
fell in dead faint. Water was quick
ly brought to her and in a few seconds
she revived and was again a woman of
business and soon held conference
| with her lawyer, Sheldon Q. kerrish.
There is a small chance that she will be
able to leave the Jail before her trial.
There are now seven indictments
against her-five additional charges
| having been laid against her in the
| fn.1 al .,ffl III
require surety to the amount of at
Least 100000 TO give her freedom. She
has herself no idea of giving bail and
will remain in Jail.
Mrs. Chadwick's train was scheduled
to arrive at lilo in the morning. but it
was three hours later before it reached
| Cleveland. The delay of the train
served but one purpose. that of in
creasng the crowd of the curious at
the. depot.
Almost with every minute of delay
the crowd grew in size until patience
ana effectiveness of the police werese
Vcrely taxed.
When the train finally rolled into the
station there was a rush from the fur
ther end of the iron fence that kept the
crowd of curious from the tracks. This
mob had broken through the police,
swarmed over the fence and through
the gates. so that when the train came
to standstill there was about a thou
sand persons about the cars.
Before reaching Ashtabula, Mrs
Il Chadwick summoned The Associated
Press representative and to him die
tated a statement to the people Of
Ohio"
"Bearing on my side Of the story all
has not been told the people of Ohio.
1T ought to be sufficient proof to you
of my good faith to face my creditors
and accusers. I have lived in Cleve-
land for many years ard outside of
negotiating some large loans, which
have ell been paid back in Cleveland
and some things that I may have done
which may not be considered good busi-
ness, 1 do not think anyone. who knew
me, will attempt to accuse me of any
wrong. ask the people Of Ohio to sus-
pend judgment until the case has had
q full hearing.
(Signed cassie l.. Chadwick"
AS the train drew out of Ashtabula.
| Mrs. Chadwick said:
THE next stop will be home" and
Immediately commenced her prepara-
tions for leaving the train and con-
versed with her son and an Associated
Press correspondent. She was remark
ably calm in discussing her affairs and
said the people of the country would
soon learn that she had been more
sinned against that SHINING.
J Emil Chadwick, who joined the party
at Ashtabula, was the bearer of a let
ter to his mother from her stepdaugh-
ter. Miss Mary Chadwick. The letter,
which was couched in the most endear-
ing terms. was written on the paper OF
the Hoted Continental Paris, and was
dated, Nov. 30. 1t commenced:
MY dear mother" and was signed.
Your loving daughter, Mary.
The letter said that Miss Chadwick
believed the charges against her moth
er to be monstrous and that no one
who knows you as l do will believe
such awful things
The girl gave her stepmother assur-
ances of greatest love and respect and
bade her be of good cheer, as she was
certain the matter would be settled in
a manner satisfactory to all concerned.
She begged to be informed if she or her
father could be of any assistance and
said that if they could help in the
slightest degree they would return i'm
mediately.
Mrs. Chadwick's eyes filled with tears
as the correspondent read the letter
aloud. Mary is the sweetest girl in the
world" she sebbed, land l could not
| | love her more if She were my own
child"
AS the train neared its destination
Mrs. Chadwick donned her outer gar
ments. She expressed her appreciation
of the courtesies extended her by The
Associated Press and few minutes
:. later said she would like to say good
bye to the newspaper men who had ac-
companied her party from New YORK.
> The correspondents went in, one by
: one, and to each she gave warm
3 hand grasp and a hearty God bless
= you."
When the train drew into the station
, at Cleveland, Mrs. Chadwick caught
) glimpse of the great crowds which
!, swarmed about the train and on van
!. tape points on the heights surrounding