The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-09
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structioas to issue a warrant upon 1T
and arrest the woman forthwith. Bur-
nett. of course, being advised by wire
TO look out for the letter.
received ? telegram from General
Burnett tonight stating that the papers
had been received and the warrant is
sued. A few minutes later came the
announcement by the Associated Press
that the woman had been arrested. 1
have been in constant communication
with the Federal authorities in New
York for over a week. st my request
the attorney general caused secret SER
vice officers 90 be placed on guard at
the Holland Hotel with Instructions not
TO let her out OF their sight for a min
ute. 1 also advised District Attorney
Burnett to have additional surveillance
placed upon her and he has acted as I
requested. II this espionage had nor
been maintained She would probably
have ESCAPED us as is shown by her
sensational attempt to get away in New
York this afternoon. Tomorrow she
will be arraigned before a United states
commissioner and will be asked to
plead. She can either ask for a pre-
llminary hearing or waive an examina-
zion and he bound over TO the action of
the Tnitei states grand jury which
meets the first Tuesday in February in
Cleveland She may ask for a continu-
ance Of the preliminary hearing which
may thus be delayed for some weeks.
II n cannot give bail she will be
brought to Cleveland and lodged in Jail.
If she gives ball after waving exami-
nation or after the preliminary hearing
. .nrrn- l. I'LL -
D}easas until the grand jury passes UPON
the case.
81 am not quite sure as to the wit
nesses 7 will summon in the case. I
can only name one of them at present.
his person will be Irving Be1ford now
clerk of the United States court for
the Northern district of Ohio, who in
1890 in Toledo defended Joseph Lamb
who was arrested with Madame de We're
for forging $40. 600 worth of notes, Lamb
being acquitted on the ground that he
was held in the woman power and did
not knowingly commit a crime. Mr..
Belford will be asked to identify Mrs.
Chadwick as Madame de We're, which
he declares he can do. AS to the rest
Of the case which we have prepared, I
cannot talk at present. The notes sign
So WI LilC iI0illC AIIuIS" SdIIltSie VIII
enter into it, I suppose and we may try
to prove forgery but I think we can
go ahead with the case without tins ele-
ment of forgery being proved. AS to
whether forgery can be proved I am
not now prepared to state"
Regarding the arrest of Mrs. Chad
wick, Receiver Nathan Loeser said hat
it need not necessarily interfere with
the bankruptcy petitions; that she can
be proceeded against in bankruptcy and
her assets distributed among her credi-
tors.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press today was shown a Photographic
copy of the famous note for $3.50, 900,
drawn in favor of c. j.. Chadwick, and
signed Andrew Carnegie" The photo
graphic copy and the plates from which
it was made, are in the possession OF
District Attorney Sullivan. A feature
of this note is the fact that the date,
figures n signature are all in the
same hand writing, while the words
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars" were evidently written by another
person. Following is the exact wording
of the note:
New York, January Z, 1904.
'One year after date 1 promise to pay
to the order of c. L. Chadwick two
hundred and fifty thousand ($250, 000)
dollars at my office in New York city
for value received, with interest at 3
per cent.
"(Signed.)
ANDREW CARNEGIE"
Upon the back of the note is enders-
ed the name &c. L. Chadwick"
1t may be stated that the signature
attached to the note as written is differ
ent in several respects from the pub
lshed facsimiles of MI. Carnegie's sig
nature.
The original of this note is now in
the possession of Receiver Lyons Of the
closed Citizens National bank who is
now in New York.
TIL Good Old Way.