The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-14
OSf OF THE TONBS
Mrs. Chadwick Arrives In
Custody at Cleveland.
MADE LONG STATEMENT At NEW YORK
Declared She would Pay All Debts
and Goes Home 10 Face Creditors
and 10 Free Them-Sccuriiies
Said 10 Total SIS, OOO,O0O.

CLEVELAND, o., Dee. II. - The
home coming of Mrs. Cassie l.. Chad
wick today created more excitement in
this city than any event of recent
years. A tremendous jam at the depot
compelled Chief of Police KOhler to ar
range details of officers to restrain the
crowd, and United States Marshal
Chandler, to whose offices she was
taken Immediately upon her arrival,
stationed force of deputies around
his Office to prevent the throng from
taking the room by storm.
The prospects are that Mrs. Chad
wick will be compelled to go to Jail I'M
less she can give bail to the amount Of
$4,000. and she may be asked to fur
nish surety as high as So, 900
II is saidThat third indictment had
been found against Mrs. Chadwick
charging forgery in connection with
the $4,000 900 Carnegie note If so Mr..
Keeler, county prosecutor. will ask for
Il bond of $l2.JOO in this case also,
making the total amount of surety
that she will bo called upon to furnish
So 100.
In the custody Of United States Mar
shal Elenkol Mrs. Chadwick started mt
O'Clock last night from the Grand
Central station at New York.
AS she was leaving for Cleveland.
after having formally waived eNlmi-
sioner Shields. Mrs, Chadwick made
long statement, in which she declared
that she will pay all her obligations
and that her sole purpose in going
back to her home city is to face her
creditors ana free them.
She asserted that she did not try to
run away or cyade arrest and that she
could have got bail since her arrest.
one of the most prominent men in the
country having offered to 20 on her
bond
Turning to her counsel. Philip Car
penter, she said, isn't that true, Mr..
Carpenter?' He nodded his head in
the affirmative.
Mrs. Chadwick steadfnStly refused to
be catechised by reporters on the mys-
ferrous subjects of her alleged identity
as Nine. Dcvere or her alleged connec-
ton with Andrew Carnegie.
Il shall not try TO get bail in Clcvc-
land for private reasons she added.
"rhere is no mystery in my case al
though it may seem SO now. | shall
certainly issue Il statement, in which
everything will be made clear"
Sensation continues 10 follow scnSa-
tion in the famous case. 1t has devnl-
opcd that the total amount of 'securi-
ties" deposited by Mrs. Chadwick with
the Wade Park bank here has been
found to approximate S2S0OO.OOo. The
highest estimate placed on them here
tofore has been S15,OO0.OO0.
The announcement is made 10y vii
liam VI. *. OlCott. former judge and
district attorney of New York that he
too. was one of Mrs. Chadwick'S vie
Tins: that he was "A lamb" and for
fifteen days had faith in her Al her
he came here in connection
with a Threatened attachment against
her home. she paying "a fee of $500 in
advance. Later he lent her 1000, but
got il back
Receiver Nathan LocSer, who was
appointed by the United Statcs district
court To take charge of tie estate of
Mrs. Chadwick. attempted last night
to take possession Of Mrs. Chadwick'S
home on Euclid avenue. The property
has been in charge of Il custodian for
the Elyria bank of Elyria, o. He re |
fused to admit Mr.. LocSer. hut opened
the door Il few inches and peercd out
mt him. The receiver and United !
States Marshal Chandler will force
open the doors of the Chadwick house |
Should such a proceeding he necessary
to place Mr.. LOeSer in possession