The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-08

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Citizens National bank of 0berlin, o.,
that he and Cashier Spear of that bank
had Endorsed Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick's
notes to the amount of 81 ,250, 900 and
that they bore what purported to be
the signature Of Andrew Carnegie, has
astoundsd the New York lawyers rep
resenting the various interests involved
in a case which becomes more sur
prising with every new revelation.
That Presidents Beckwith's statement
brings to light new and important
phases Of the case and brings much
nearer the inevitable uncoyering of the
entire affair is the belief of a majori-
ty OF the attorneys interested.
Percy w. Carver, counsel for Her.
bert ID. Newton, of Brookline, Mass.
who has claims for almost 100000
against Mrs. Chadwick, speaking
Of the statement made by Pres
ident Beckwith OF the Citizens Nation
al bank of Oberlin, o., said develop
ments had come so fast that he did
not know what to say. .e thought.
however, that Mr.. Beckwith must have
made the statement under pressure,
or being on the verge Of nervous col
lapse "had lost his nerve"
Possibly developments affecting the
whereabouts of a note for 100000
which President Beckwith says he in
dorsed for Mrs. Chadwick are antici-
pated by the attorneys now that its
existence has for the first time become
known publicly. Mr.. Beckwith said
that Mrs, Chadwick gave her word not
to dispose of it or raise money on II
and counsel for Herbert ID. Newton
of Boston is authority for the state
ment that the Newton loan was not
based on such note Whether tn
existence Of this note will point tn
other loans by Mrs. Chadwick, as
yet not made public, is a matter of
much speculation.
Iri Reynolds, of the Wade Park
banking company, of Cleveland, ar
rived here accompanied by his attor-
ney, Andrew Squire. He went to the
Waldorf-Astoria and registered, bur
left there shortly afterwards for an
other hotel.
II am still confident that Mrs. Chad
wick will settle all the claims against
her." Mr.. Carver said. Mr.. Carver was
asked the direct question if Mr.. New
ton was induced to loan Mrs. Chadwick
money on note bearing the name of
Andrew Carnegie and he replied "Mr.
Newton was shown note" He would
not say, however, whether or not 1t
bore the name of Mr.. Carnegie.
Andrew Carnegie was shown a copy
of the dipsatch from Cleveland, in
which District Attorney Sullivan Of
that city is quoted as saying that he
had recently in his possession note
for $250,O00 signed by Mr.. Carnegie's
name and Endorsed on the back &c. L.
Chadwick" His secretary gave out
this statement for Mr.. Carnegie: Mr..
Carnegie says that 1t is years since
he has given a note of any kind or
Endorsed any note. He says that there
are no notes in his name outstanding
at present" The secretary further
said that Mr.. Carnegie had no knowl-
edge of Mrs. Chadwick.
Beckwith In n State Of Collapse.
Oberlin, o., Dec. 6-President c. T.
Beckwith is practically in a state Of
collapse as a result of the trying Or
deal through which he passed in con-
nection with his hearing before the
United States commissioner at Cleve-
land. Beckwith is completely pros
trated and his grief is pitiful In dis
cussing his troubles the voice of the
aged banker is choked with emotion.
Tuesday in speaking of the Carnegie
notes he vehemently declared that IL
the signatures were forgeries then the
hand of the law should be laid upon
Mrs. Chadwick. "Why should stand
the brunt of all this trouble which has
been directly brought about by the acts
Of that woman" he cried.
Continuing, Mr.. Beckwith said: II
udNC aCfCiy W uCiiCfC tndt IuC
notes were genuine. Indeed, Mrs. Chad
wick swore they were. She solemnly
declared that she had seen Mr.. Car
negie write his signature on them.
To confirm this she brought an at
torney with her who declared that he
was the legal representative of Mr.. |
Carnegie and this attorney, whose
name cannot now state, declared |
that he knew positively that the sig
natures were genuine.
It is true that we-Mr. Spear and /.
myself-did endorse the notes, but of |
course We had no idea that they were |
to be put to the use that they were
afterward. Then, again, We had the |
positive assurance of Iri Reynolds,
secretary of the Wade Park Banking |
company at Cleveland, that he had the |
securities that Mrs. Chadwick claimed |
he had"
"Oh, my God!" exclaimed the old |
man, "if could only have niy life to |
live again for the past two years that |
I might save my name from this great |
dishonor that has befallen me-"
Wagon Crushes Child's Head.