The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-22
she MUST ANSWER
SERIOUS CHARGES
FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS
SEVEN INDICTMENTS AGAINST
MRS. CHADWICK.
Four Bills Found Against Beckwith
and Spear-Woman Goes to Cleve-
land to- Face Accusers-0reeted
with Jeers on Her Arrival.

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grand jury has returned a total of
seven indictments against Mrs. Chad
wick. Two Of them charge her with
forgery and uttering forged paper,
three, returned on Wednesday. charge
her with aiding and abetting the Off
GERS of a national bank to defraud the
institution, and the other two charge
her with conspiracy against the United
States. The indictments relate to the
Carnegie notes Of $500. 900 and $3.50, 600.
Indictments were also returned on
Wednesday agatnsts President Beck-
with and Cashier Spear, of the Citi-
zens' national bank of Oberlin. OF the
four indictments against President
Beckwith, two'sAarge-Ain-with misap-
plication of funds OF national bank;
one with conspiracy to. commit an Of
tense against the United States, and
one with certifying checks when no
funds were on hand. The indictments
against Cashier Spear are the same as
those against President Beckwith.
In Jail at Cleveland.
Cleveland. o., Dec. 15.-M-s. Cassie
L. Chadwick came home to Cleveland
Wednesday afternoon. She was greet
ed with jeers, boots and Kisses by the
crowds that gathered in the. depot
when her train arrived, and hoWled at
by hundreds gathered in from ;of the
federal building. The last sound that
reached her from the outside world.
as she. passed :. into the stYfy, ILL
smelling Office. of Sheriff Barry. in the
county Jail, was the boot of oerision
from the people massed in front.of the
doorway, She made no attempt to
give bail and, after a brief stop.in the
Office of the clerk Of the United States
court, was taken to Jail. Her{aourage
held to the last, but her body failed
here, snd when she mounted the three
flights Of stairs leading to the tier Of
cells where she is to remain she col=s
lapsed utterly and fell in dead faint,
She was soon revived, and conferred
with her counsel about her defense.
There is small chance that she will be
able to leave'th jails before her trial.
There are Tow seven indictments
against herr five additional charges
having been laid against her in the
federal court Wednesday afternoon.
1t would require surety to the amount
of at least 100000 to give her free
dom, and there is nobody in Cleveland
who will furnish that amount for her.
She has herself no idea of giving bail
ond will 70 nnoiH a., iaosl y
Has Talk with Beckwith.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 16.-President
Bep9ewith, of the Oberlin bank. who has
come to such great trouble through his
financial transactions with her, asked
Tor and received permission to talk with
Mrs. Chadwick in the county Jail on
Thursday. The meeting was dramatic.
After some general conversation Mr..
Beckwith referred to their business re-
iations by saying: Mrs. Chadwick, you
have ruined me, but I'm not so sure yet
you are fraud. have stood by you to
my last dollar, and l do think now that
the time has come for you to mako
known everything in relation to this
thing" Mrs. Chadwick did not reply
directly to the words of Mr. Beckwith,
but her manner and the look on her face
were not conciliatory. Seeing that she
would not answer, Mr.. Beckwith soon
took his departure.