The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-16

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As the carriages neared the building
ne crowds on the side walks. broke
nto the streets and many began 10 run
beside h carriages expecting TO see
Ars. Chadwick as she entered the buIld-
ing by the main entrance In this the
crowd was disappointed for the carriage
with h prisoner was driven into the
alley in the rear OF the building.
As the crowd was being cleared from
the alley eager, peering faces were
thrust into the carriage windows. and
vulgar expressions hurled at the occu-
pants, Mrs Chadwick was taken TO
the fifth floor on the freight elevator.
The police continued 10 beat back the
crowd. and out OF the next carriage
the nurse Freda was assisted and taken
UP to join her mistress. Emil did not
leave the carriage throughout the entire
proceedings.
While Mrs Chadwick with her nurse
was in the Federal building Emil In the
carriage outside was subjected TO the
scrutiny Of the mob and was forced TO
listen to ~anathemas and maledictions
as well as sarcastic and bitter refer
ences to notes." diamonds" "secur-
NA~Sp oA< Az INV 1fCt III SiCI hS ia
the postoffice, working on the ground
floor OF the building, fiocked TO 4 rear
door, located next 10 the one entered
by Mrs. Chadwick and laughingly
shouted, Let's see the securities re-
ferring to baggage of Mrs. Chadwick
and Freda's which they saw through
the carriage doors.
Mrs. Chadwick had a long conference
with hnr atrornar Cbafdnn n L-aar,ch
She said she did not care TO plead to the
indictments just found against her and
was taken to the Jail. When she was
about to leave the Federal building the
excitement was greater if possible than
before. The carriage, after a few delays
forced a passage and once out OF the
alley Mrs. Chadwick was hurried away
to the jail. She passed through streets
with thronged curbs only to run the
gauntlet of another mob that had been
gathering for hours. Into the Jail the
prisoner was hurried to the accompa-
niment of more bouts and jeerS and
the clicking of photographers cameras,
the son Emil following in mother car
riage soon Joined his mother and not
until then did the crowd that for five
hours had been increasing begin to de-
Freda remained with Mrs.
Chadwick about half an hour and when
she came out entered a carriage and
was driven to the Chadwick residence
at 1924 Euclid avenue. Emil remained
with his mother for nearly an hour
when he took his departure.
The Federal grand jury returned V
Indictments against Mrs. Chadwick,
three of which charge her with aiding
and abetting officers of a national bank
to defraud the institution, and two
charge her with conspiring against the
United states. Four Indictments were
returned against Mr.. Beckwith of the
Oberlin bank, two charging him with
misapplication of the funds of a ma
tional bank; one with conspiracy to com
nit an offenss against the United
States and one with certifying checks
when no funds were on hand. Indict-
ments were returned also against Cash
Ter spear. They are the same as those
against President Beckwith.
The first witness before the grand
jury was United States Marshal Chan
dler who presented to the jury the
sworn statement of President Back
with. This is the document which has
been called the confession" of Beck
with. 1t set forth in effect, that there
were two notes of $500, 900 each, both
signed in the name of Andrew Carnegie
lively, both to him and Cashier Spear,
that she personally saw Mr.. Carnegie
sign his name to both notes.
1t was also set forth in the statement
that a New York lawyer who claimed to
be a representative of Andrew Carne-
gle, had declared to Beckwith in Ober-
lin, that the notes were genuine. The
endorsement of the notes by Beckwith
and Spear was admitted, but the state
ment declared neither of them had any
i6ea that they were to be used in the
n in which Mrs. Chadwick han
died them. Mr.. Beckwith's statement
declared that they received from Iri
Reynolds information to the effect that
everything was all right" and that
a large amount of good securities be-
longing to Mrs. Chadwick were held
by the wade Park bank. This encour-
aged him TO make loans to Mrs. Chad
wick. Mr.. Beckwith's statement set
forth the fact that Mrs. Chadwick had
secured large loans from other bankers
and had met them promptly. There
was no reason to believe hat she would
lot treat loans made by TIE Oberlin
bank in the same tanner.
Several other witnesses were heard
District Attorney Sullivan handed in
the documents which he a previously
prepared and in five minu thereafter
Mrs. Chadwick, Reckwith and Spear
had been indicted.
STATEMENT FROM CARNEGIE.