The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-30
ANOTHER HUuBERT AFFAIR."


Is there another Humbert affair con-
cealed in the suit which Herbert D.
Newton Of Brookline. Mass. has
brought against Mrs. Cassie Chadwick
Of Cleveland. o.. for s1s0,sso2 The suit
has some mysterious features. And it
seems II IS not the only suit OF the kind
which has been brought against the
woman. There are others. making the
total amount for which she is being
sued szs7. so.
Mrs Chadwick is the wife Of Dr..
Chadwick, q well known physician Of
Cleveland. She is about fifty years
Of age. there being but little difference
between her age and that of her hus-
band. Dir. Newton. the chief plain
tiff. is represented as being q clear
headed business man. The wonder is,
therefore, how he was induced to lend
the woman such a large amount Of
money without security. Besides. she
seems to have been q stranger TO him
when she first applied to him for a
loan
She represented that she had a pro-
missory note for $4,000. and securi-
ties 10 the amount Of s5.0oO,000 on de-
post with a Cleveland trust company,
and she showed a certificate from one
Of the officers Of the company 10 that
effect. though the certificate was not
signed BY the officer in his official ca
pscity. Her excuse for not using her
stocks and bonds as security for money
she wanted. was that they were tenn
porarily tied up in litigation.
II seems remarkable that a business
man should have accepted an excuse
OF that kind without thorough inyes-
tigation. Mr.. Newton did inquire as
10 whether the signature of the official
Of the trust company was genuine and
discovered it was. He seemed to have
no hesitation then in letting the wom-
an have what money she wanted.
After awhile he tried to get his money
and found he couldn't. The notes the
woman gave couldn't be sold, because
nobody wanted them under the cir
cumstances and the checks her hus-
band gave were turned down by the
bank on which they were drawn. Ma
turally about that time Mr.. Newton
became very much alarmed at the
prospect of losing his money. He had
several conferences with Mrs. Chad
wick and she assured him that he
would get his money in good time
that she intended to pay him. But she
didn't pay, and SO he sought to find
out what the value of the securities
deposited with the trust company was.
but Mrs. Chadwick wouldn't let him
see them.
Then came the dreadful suspicion that
the securities had no value, If, in fact,
there were any securities. 1t was on
this state of facts that he began his
suit. and now everybody that knows
Of the case is wondering If the won-
an really has s5,OO0.OOO worth of Sc
curities, or if she has any securities
whatever.
II wouldn't be surprising If It should
turn out that the alleged securities
haven't quite the value Mrs. Chad
wick placed upon them. Should that
be the case there would be a gensa-
ton almost as great as that which
Madame Humbert created by getting
about 100000 from London and Paris
bankers on certain alleged securities,
which she said she had locked in a
safe, and which a notary certified she
had.
An effort is being made to identify
Mrs. Chadwick as woman who. some
years ago, was noted for her hypnotic
powers, and who had quite career
in the courts in the Middle West. Her
case is beginning to attract wide at
tention.