Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

of several gentlemen they were open
ed. 1t was about the time Mr.. Newton
began his suit. They contained bonds
all right but they were not Steel
bonds"
When asked what they, We're. Mr..
Reynolds said there were five $1,000
bonds of the Home Telegraph Company
of Niagara, N. Y, and six certificates
of the Buckeye Fish Company"
Just before he was appointed custo-
dian of this last package Mr.. Reyn-
olds says Mrs. Chadwick came to the
bank one afternoon with a package
she said contained Steel bonds. There
were as many as you could carry IN
your two arms" he said. "She left
them In the vault, and when she re-
turned from Europe she took them
away. saying she had been advised to
put such vast amount of valuable
paper in better vault"
Mr.. Reynolds understood she was to
take them to New York or Pitssburg.
| At one time he said she made
written statement to his committee
that she had over S2,oO0,000 In bonds
In the safety vault In the Wade Park
| bank.
| Made Repeated Efforts.
Repeated efforts on the part of Mr..
Reynolds to close up the dealings with
Mrs. Chadwick met with excuse ana
delay. He was put off time after time,
yet did not lose confidence. He detail
ed in one instance that on May III,
1904, when he went to New York ex-
pecting to settle the entire affair, Mrs.
i A,x,inlf IN nnpu,rlt ffOn with a
number of lawyers and after waiting
| two days he returned to Cleveland
without seeing her.
He had read the trust agreement
but had never seen the signature. Mrs.
Chadwick told him the original was IN
| the package he held. He confidently
believed everything would be paid up
| to week ago, and had no suspicion OF
anything wrong until few days before
Mr.. Newton brought his suit. Then
his attorney, Mr.. Carver. of Boston,
called at the Wade Park bank and said
he understood that ne held some Sc
curities Of Mrs. Chadwick's and show
ed him paper assigning all her right
and title to Reynolds holdings.
Several notes of 100000 each, payable
to Dr. Chadwick had been taken up by
Mr.. Reynolds. He declared they were
payable out of any money that might
have been on credit to Mrs. Chadwick
in the First National bank Of Cleveland
on August 20. Some Of these were paid
and in February or March, 1904, money
was placed to her credit in this bank.
Mr.. Reynolds thought money came
from the east to pay all these and
felt assured that what he had was all
right.
He was further assured when Judge
Olcott of New York came to Cleveland
and was introduced to him over the
telephone by Mrs. Chadwick. Judge Oh
colt assured him that he would relieve
Mrs. Chadwick from her unenviable
position. He knew Judge Olcott was
here because he was assured by check
for $500 signed by Judge Olcott he re-
ceived the next day.
He last saw Mrs. Chadwick Novem-
Der 10. She desired to go east and had
no money.
He cashed check on the Lincoln
Trust Company Of New York. 1t was
returned marked account closed" He
took 1t out Of the Wade Park bank,
paid it and has it in his possession.
He brought the Newton debt to her
attention and advised her to go east
and raise the money and settle the
whole affair. and he thought she went
east to see Andrew Carnegie.
Mr.. Reynolds came away from New
York, he says because he did not have
money enough to stay there two hours.
"She has fooled me- and many men
smarter than me" he said. She has
pulled the wool over everybody's eyes"
Then with faint smile as tho the hui
NOR appealed to him despite his trou-
bles. he said: "Once she wrote to me
to ask if 1 needed help because Of the
run on the bank"
Still another incident was detailed
by the witness. when Mrs. Chadwick
was in Europe" he said, "she wrote
that DR.. Chadwick was in the hospi-
tai seriously Ill, the daughter was also
ill and she was in sore distress. Emil
came home to save expenses, and here
he was taken with typhoid fever. She
cabled me that she had no money and
/ sent her $4,000. The shock Of Emil's
illness made her seriously III and when
she arrived here she was thought to
be dying. She then told me where, If
happened to her, would find
a letter to Mr.. Carnegie, and he would
settle all her Indebtedness"
Witness had seen no other notes but |
had seen check which was sent to |
his house when he was Ill. 1t was for
100000 and had Andrew Carnegie's
name signed to it. Whether any money |
was ever procured on it he did not |
know.
AS to the value Of Mrs Chadwick's
household fittings, Mr. Reynolds said |
he thought they might be worth about |
100000. He said he took chattel
mortgage about two years ago, but had
never recorded it.
This concluded the examination of
Mr.. Reynolds and the hearing was put
over until Saturday for the presence
Of further witnesses. These, 1t is un-
derstood are Mrs. Chadwick and her
son Emil If they are not in this city
by that time the examination will be
put over still further.
Fight Will be Bitter.
Those who will naroiot in closing