The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-13
Believed HER STORY THAT SHE
WAS CARNECIE'S DAUGHTER
Loaned Her Thousands of Dollars=="She
Has Fooled Me and Men Smarter
Than AM He Says on the
Witness Stand.

BY tho Associated Press.
Cleveland. O.. Dec. 12.-The trou'
BILE OF Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick in
creased at a rapid rate today. She
was twice indicted by the grand jury
Of Cuyohoga county, and her old time
friend, Iri Reynolds, took the stand
in court and made evident his inten-
lion to shield dnd protect her no
longer.
He presented pathetic picture as
he answered questions which brought
out his own implicit faith in the wo-
man whose financial transactions
have well nigh ruined MIN in for
tune, and caused him such infinite
trouble. He gave evidence, 100, that
he. still believes his trust was justi-
fed
Evades Question. !
Only oae query ne attempted 10
eyade This was when he asked how
much of his personal estate had pass
Cd into the possession OF Mrs. Chad
wick His eyes flied, and he request
ed that he be excused from answer.
ing. The question was not pushed
Information Of the indictments
against the woman was at once
wired to New York by County Prose
cutor Keeler. and he requested that
Mrs. Chadwick be Immediately re-
arrested If she secured bail on the
other charges.
Examination of Iri Reynolds, treas
urer and secretary of the Wade Park
bank, before Referee Remington 10
the bankruptcy court today failed to
disclose any asset that might be Sc
cured by Receiver Loesser, appoint
ed by the federal court. but brought
from Reynolds in reply TO questions
'sshe told me she was. the illegitlmate
daughter of Andrew Carnegie"
He Believed Her Story.
Later Reynolds in detailing his
transactions with Mrs Chadwick
said: I'm all my transactions with
Mrs. Chadwick believed from what
she told me thar Andrew Carnegie
was backing her and all her indebt
edness would be paid.
He then added. "and have not
had anything yet to make me doubt
IT," Reynolds said he had known
Mrs. Chadwick seven or eight years
and DR.. Chadwick all his life. In de-
failing how he came into possession
of the s5,O00,0O0 note bearing the
name of Andrew Carnegie. he said.
Mrs. Chadwick called me to her
house, think It was March 5, 1908
and said she wished to intrust to me
some securities. She said she had
been advised to place them in the
possession OF third party. and she
wanted me to take care of them"
This is the package opened last
Friday night in the presence of Rey-
nolds and Attorney Stearn.
The package was produced in court
and Reynolds identified the Carnegie
note, mortgage deed and copies OF
the alleged trust agreement.
Continuing the witness said: She
then handed me paper to sign.
This paper the witness did not have
with him, but as near as he could
remember 1t read; Il certify that
hold in trust for Mrs. Cassie L,
Chadwick securities and a note for
s5.900.o00"
He Loaned Her Money.
The note was not endorsed. but he
he'd no doubt the alleged maker OF
the note was back of the woman. He
told OF loaning the woman $4,000 on
her promise to put up United States
steel bonds as. collateral She
brought TO the bank the next day, hs
said. a package which she said con
tanned s200,e09 in steel bonds and q
S250,000 certificate. which be was tt
hold in trust for her. A month age
this package was opened and fount
to contain no steel bonds, but in
stead, Reynolds said, five s1,00s
bonds of the Home Telegraph com
pany of Niagara. N. Y. and six Ger
tifcates Of the Buckeye Fish com
pany"