The Topeka state journal., 1904-12-03
SETTLE OUT OF COURT
Chadwick Case Is Again Postponed at
Cleveland.

| Cleveland. O., Dec. 3.-The suit
brought by Herbert D. Newton, of
L. Chadwick was again continued by
Judge Babcock today. The attorneys
representing Mr.. Newton and Mrs
Chadwick were in court and requested
Mr.. A f. Stearns, representing Mr..
Newton, said the entire matter would
be doubtless settled out of court.
New York, Dec. 3.-Complications
continue. to multiply in the strange
case of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, of
Cleveland, O., the woman whose tan
gled financial affairs have brought her
into notoriety in the past week. From
the moment the light of publicity was
turned in her direction by the suit
of Herbert D. Newton, the Brooklyne,
Mass, man who sought to recover
loans aggregating nearly 100000,
and sensational features to the case.
Now, with her affairs practically taken
out of her hands through the ap-
pointment of a receiver in a Cleveland
court yesterday, it seems that a solu-
ton of the mystery in the affair can
not be long deferred. At the same
time rumor continues to be persistentIy
busy and all sorts of reports are rife.
One of the stories was that an at
tachment on whatever personal prop
erty Mrs. Chadwick may have in this
city was threatened to secure claim
held by fashionable dressmaker: A
company, of Cleveland, for $1,000,
which had been given in part payment
of the account had gone to protest, 1t
was said, and when this was learned
the creditor at once began arrange
ments to secure the claim by filing an
attachment. That the papers were
not served during the night was said
to be due only to the fact that the
creditors attorney was not successful
in finding a magistrate VINO could issue
the necessary writ. Another state
ment made today, but without an Off
cial authority, was that part of Mrs.
Chadwick's assets consisted of $5,00O,-
600 in notes endorsed by a prominent
and very wealthy man.
1t is possible that the settlement of
Herbert d, NeWton's claim which it
been satisfactorily arranged, may en-
counter an obstacle in the Cleveland
bankruptcy proceedings. The whole
matter had been left in the hands OF
George Ryall, Mr.. Newton's attorney in
this city, and Mr.. Newton and his other
attorneys had returned to their homes
after a series of conferences here at
which, it was said the BrOOklyne mans
interest in the case had been satisfac-
torily adjusted. The principal points in the
settlement had been agreed upon byrep-
of both Mr.. Newton and Mrs.
Chadwick and the only thing to be done
was to work out the details for the
cancellation of the obligations.
Mr.. Ryan was to have entire charge |
OF IneSe nndl IFanSacIlOnS, II was Sd1uy |
and Mr.. Newton announced upon 1eav- |
ing for Boston that it would not be nee |
essary for either him or his Boston or |
Cleveland attorneys to return to New |
York
When the news of the bankruptcy |
came from Cleveland, how |
ever, Percy w. Carver, Mr.. Newton's |
Boston attorney, Immediately started |
for New York. It is supposed that the |
object of his visit was to consult with |
Mr.. Ryal in connection with the pro- |
posed settlement.
In this connection much interest was
aroused by a dispatch from Cleveland, |
cy laws any claims preferred and paid |
within a period of four months prior |
to the filing of a petition in bankrupt |
cy may be recovered by the receiver. |
The claimant then will be entitled to |
only his pro rata share of the bank |
land that Mrs Chadwick telegraphed to |
an acquaintance in that city last night |
an appointment in Cleveland |
today. Inquiry at the Holland House
showed that Mrs. Chadwick was still |
there and so far as the hotel manage
ment knew had no intention of leaving
at present.
Her Property Attached.
New York, Dec. 3.-The financial
we're further complicated today by the
ISSUANCE of an attachment against her
property, said to be for $1,000, on be-
1alf of firm of mflliners of this city.
The application was made by Lawyer
Theodore Fl. Friend, on the ground
hat Mrs. Chadwick is a debtor and is
lot a resident of this state.
BIG SUIT COMES TO END