The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-15

Chadwick was hurried away to the Jail.
She passed through streets with
threnged curbs, only TO run the gaunt-
let of another mob that had beer
gathering for hours. Into the jail the
prisoner was hurried to the accom-
paniment Of more shouts and jeers and
, the clicking Of photographers cameras.
Sheriff Barry asked Mrs. Chadwick
the usual question. She stated her
age 10 be 80 years. her residence ds
Cleveland. and the United States as the
country of her birth. Mrs. Chadwick
was then taken to her cell.
Five Indictments.
The federal indictments against Mrs.
Chadwick are five in number. Three
OF them charge her with aiding and
abetting officers of national bank to
defraHd the institution, and two
charge her with conspiring against the
United States. OF the four indictments
against President Beckwith of the
Oberlin bank. two charge him with mis-
application Of funds of a national bank;
one with conspiracy to commit an Of
Tense against the United States. and
one VITA certifying checks when no
funds were on hand The indictments
against Cashier Spear are the same
as those against President Beckwith
jury was United States Marshal
Chandler. who presented TO the grand
jury the sworn statement of President
Beckwirh. This is the document which
has been called the confession of
Beckwith. II set forth, IN effect. that
there were two notes of 100000 each.
both signed in the name of Andrew
Carnegie. and that Mrs. Chadwick de-
clared positiveiy, both to him, and
~
Mr.. Carnegie sign his name to both
notes.
Bankers Were Dupes.
1t was also set forth in the statement
that a New York attorney who
claimed to be q representative of
Andrew Carnegie had declared to Beck
with in ObeTlin, that the notes were
genuine. The endorsement of the notes
by Beckwith and Spear was admitted.
but the statement declared neither of
them had any idea they were TO be
used in the manner in which Mrs.
Chadwick handled them Mr.. Beck
with's statement declared that they
received from Reynolds information to
the effect that everything was all
right" and that a large amount of
good securities belonging to Mrs.
Chadwick were held by the Wade Park
DdLh HIS encouraged MN 10 make
loans to Mrs. Chadwick Mr.. Beck
with's statement set forth the fact that
Mrs. Chadwick had secured large loans
from ether bankers and had met them
promptly. There was no reason to be-
lieve that she would not treat loans
made by the Oberlin bank in the same
manner
College Was Repaid.
The second witness was T. X Whit
ney, township treasurer of Oberlin. He
said James r. Severance, treasurer Of
Obeflin college, narrated the facts con-
nected with loans made TO Mrs. Chad
wick by the college and told him the
money had been repaid. The hearing
consumed all of the morning and was
finished shortly before o'clock in the
afternoon, after the jury had been
thirty minutes in session after
luncheon. The indictments were voted
at once; District Attorney Sullivan
handed in the documents which he had
previously prepared. and in five min
utes thereafter Mrs. Chadwick, Beck
with and Spear had been indicted.
There is no Obability of Mrs. Chad
wick being released on bail. She would
be called upon to furnish to the gov
eminent bonds of $4,000 on each in
dictment. or a total of $50 900. Should
on the two county indictments and
asked for an additional bond of So, 600
There is, moreover. possibility that
she may be indicted a third time by
the county, and if this should happen
she would be asked for additional
surety amounting TO S12500.
Will Remain in Jail.
To insure her freedom pending trial
she must therefore be prepared 10
furnish bonds amounting to SIP. 500.
She Will not attempt this, but will re-
main in jail until her case is reached
on the docket.
Mrs. Beckwith and Spear will not
give new bonds until arraigned They
are stili held under preliminary bonds
Subpoenss for President Beckwith and
Cashier Spear in connection with the
Oberlm failure were issued today by
the county grand jury. which will re-
sumo its investigation of the banks
failure tomorrow.