The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-17
NOTORIOUS MRS. CHADWICK
SHE WORKED EASTERN BANKERS
FOR LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.
Claims Aggregating s61s,ooo Are Now
Being Pressed Against American
Queen of Frenzied Finance-Attor-
ney Admits She Has Borrowed at
Least a Million Dollars-Is in Jail.

who seems to have worked" eastern
bank presidents for sums totalling a |
million dollars, giving worthless paper |
as security, have been many.
She began life on a 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. Springsteen,
Mrs. ]. 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
suit was settled without publicity
the rich uncle" in New York would
cut her off without a cent.
That her husband was ill 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 a fortune in
Andrew Carnegie's 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 lille
climate child had settled upon him
bonds and securities worth $4,000, 600
There is no means of knowing how
much money she has borrowed by tell
ling the several tales referred to. But
here is a list of the debts which are
being pressed for a settlement at the
present time:
H. d. Newton, Brookline, Mass,
$4,000.
Citizens National bank, Oberlin, o.,
$24O, 900.
, c. T. Beckwith, president of the Cit
liens National bank at Oberlin, o.,
, personal loap), 100000.
American Exchange National bank
: Cleveland, o., $4,000:
4 Euclid Avenue Savings and Trust
company, Cleveland, $3S.00O
Savings Deposit bank Elyria, o..
100000
]. D. Chadwick, Franklin, Pa $4,000
These claims foot up a total OF
+ $61S,SOO. There may be many more
a Mrs. Chadwicks attorney admits she
d owes a million dollars, and perhaps
more. All this Indebtedness is baseC
D on mysterious security-so mysterious
d that bankers who have seen it declare
{ they would rather die than describe it
: Mrs. Chadwick, whose mysterious
power to obtain loans from eastern
r bankers for enormous amounts, ha:
S dazen the financial world, conjureC
e with the name of Andrew Carnegie. Ii
S many details her methods tally will
those of the notorious Humbert famil.
of Paris, which borrowed millions OF
the hypothesis that a sealed safe con
= tanned securities representing a vas
= sum, when in reality the safe wa
! practically empty. By cunningly en-
, listing the sympathy of clergymen, al
torneys and other influential men, a
the same time allowing the impression
to go forth that the Wade Park ban
=, held securities aggregating millions
:, she was able to get sums of none
-, that are already known to reach
million dollars. To make it an OF
- ject for her banker dupes to accom-
a., modate her, she offered tremendou
bonuses, paying to the personal &C
counts of the bank presidents. I'll
alleged securities held by Iri Reynolds
an agent who also appears to nav
d. been duped, aggregate between $12,C
100000 and $13,000,000. Andrew Ca
negie's name is attached to them, an
of another document found purports
I'd be a trust agreement which make
20 Carnegie the holder of over $4,000
,e 600 worth of property owned by Mr.
OF Chadwick. Every one of these secl
is rites, the duped bankers believe, al
,r worthless, and it is almost certai
10 the name of Carnegie has been forge
m to all of them.
W Mr.. Chadwick.
ed New York.-Just what has becom
of the money Mrs. Chadwick is allege
e. to have raised on loans is a questio
ps which is interesting the persons CO
IS nected with the case. 1t has bee
o. claimed that more than three yea
he ago she settled S2,5O0,000 on her hu
" band, Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, an
We that since that time she had borrOwe
over 100000. A rumOr is current TIT
efforts will be made to locate DR.. Cha