Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-14
NOTORIOUS MRS. CHADWICK
SHE WORKED EASTERN BANKERS
FOR LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.
Claims Agsreeatins $618,0o0 Are Now
Being Pressed Against American
ney Admits She Has Borrowed at
Least a Million Dollars-ls in Jail.

as security, have been many.
She began life on little Ontario
farm at Elizabeth Bigley Afterwards
she was known as Louise Bigley, then
as Mrs. c. l.. Hoover, Lizzie Hoover,
Mary Hoover, Nine. Rosa, Nine. De-
we're. Mrs. Wallace S. Sprlngsteen,
Mrs. j. r. Scott. Lydia Scott, LYDIA
Clingan. and last Oh all, Mrs. Leroy
d. Chadwick
Here are some of the statements she
has given out in order to secure loans
They are only samples:
That she was the heiress of mil
lions of dollars and feared that unless
a suit was settled without publicity
the rich uncle" in New York would
cut her off without a cent.
That her husband was i'll at Carls-
bad. had sent for money, and that the
unfortunate Endorsement of a Cleve.
lander's note left her temporarily with
out funds.
That an uncle, the father of an imbe.
cile son, at death left fortune in
Andrew Carnegies trust to fall to her
at the sons death.
That at death the rich uncle had left
her $500, but money was needed to
secure absolute possession of the for
tune.
That the wealthy father of her ille-
gitimate child had settled upon him
bonds and securities worth $4,000, 900.
There is no means OF knowing how
much money she has borrowed by tell
ing the several tales referred to. But
here is list of the debts which are
being pressed for settlement at the
present time:
H. ID. Newton, Brookline, Mass,
$3.50. 900.
Citizens National bank, Oberlin, o.,
s24O. 900.
G. T. Beckwith. president of the Cit
izens' National bank at Oberlin, o.,
personal loan), 100000.
American Exchange National bank.
Cleveland. o., $4,000.
Euclid Avenue Savings and trust
company. Cleveland. $3S.00O.
Savings Deposit bank. Elyria. o..
$4,000.
J. ID. Chadwick, Franklin, Pa, $4,000
These claims foot up a total OF
$61S,sO0. There may be many more.
Mrs. Chadwick's attorney admits she
owes a million dollars. and perhaps
more. All this Indebtedness Is based
on mysterious security-so mysterious
that bankers who have seen 1t declare
they would rather die than describe it..
Mrs. Chadwick. whose mysterious
power to obtain loans from eastern
bankers for enormous amounts, has
dazen the financial world, conJured
with the name Of Andrew Carnegie In
many details her methods tally with
those OF the notorious Humbert family
Of Paris, which borrowed millions on
the hypothesis that a sealed safe con-
tained securities representing a vast
sum, when In reality the safe was
practically empty. BY cunningly en-
listing the sympathy Of clergymen, at.
torneys and other influential men. at
the same time allowing the impression
to go forth that the Wade Park bank
held securities aggregating millions.
she was able to get sums Of money
that are already known to reach a
million dollars. To make 1t an OBJ
ject for her banker dupes to accom-
modate her, she offered tremendous
bonuses, paying to the personal &C.
counts Of the bank presidents. The
alleged securities held by Iri Reynolds,
an agent who also appears to nave
been duped, aggregate between $12.O-
OOO. 900 and $13,OOO,0OO. Andrew Car.
negie's name Is attached to them, and
another document found purports to
be trust agreement which makes
Carnegie the holder OF over $l0.O0O.-
900 worth OF property owned by Mrs.
Chadwick. Every one Of these secu-
rifles. the duped bankers believe, are
worthless. and 1t is almost certain
the name Of Carnegie has been forged
to all Of them.
Mr.. Chadwick.
New York.-Just what has become
VA Luc luOuCy Shdu 10 ouS6Cu
to have raised on loans Is a question
which is interesting the persons con-
nected with the case. It has been
claimed that more than three years
ago she settled $2.5O0.0O0 on her hus-
band, DR.. Leroy 8. Chadwick, and
that since that time she had borrowed
over 100000. A rumor is current that
efforts will be made to locate DIR. Chad
wick and his daughter, who sailed for
Havre, France, on the steamer Savole
from this port November 3. They have
been reported from several places In
Europe. but DIR. Chadwick Is said to
have given Herbert B. Newton OF
Brookline, Mass, two checks aggre-
eating $4,000. In part payment for
his wifes Indebtedness, which are al
legged to have come back from the
bank on which they were drawn. mark
ed without funds" 1t was intimated
that II DIR. Chadwick does not return
from Europe soon the checks may fig-
ure in international proceedings.
Assets $500.
According to the most accurate esti-
mate OF the estate OF Mrs. Chadwick.
the wondrous "worker'.of bankers, as