The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-08

STORY OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE PROSECUTION.
How the Case Against Mrs. Chad
wick Was Laid.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 1T was with a
great sigh of relief that United States
District Attorney Sullivan learned this
evening of Mrs. Chadwick's arrest.
Mrs. Chadwick's arrest has been I'M
der contemplation for the last week."
he said. I was going to cause her
arrest Sunday when the warrants for
Beckwith and Spear were sworn out.
but l thought it we'll to go slow in the
matter and delayed action until Tues
day evening.
At o'clock last night, in Toledo.
United States Marshal Chandler ap-
peared before United States Commits
sioner Brough and swore to an affi-
davit charging Mrs. Chadwick with
aiding and abetting in the misapplica-
ton of funds of national bank. 1t
was specifically stated in the affidavit
that Mrs. Chadwick had aided Presi-
dent Beckwith and Cashier Spear of
the Citizens National Bank of Oberlin,
O., in the misrepresentation of $12.5OO
on Aug. &c, 1908, at which time the
woman received from Cashier Spear a
certified check for the amount stated.
rms afndavit was sent in the mail by
special delivery to United States Dis
trict Attorney Burnett of New York,
with instructions to issue a warrant
upon II and arrest the woman forth
with, Burnett, of course, being advised
by wire to look out for the letter.
Il received a telegram from Gen.
Burnett tonight stating that the pa
Dprg had haan rppaiUnA tIo
rant issued. A few minutes later came
the announcement that the woman
had been arrested. l have been in
constant communication with the fed
eral authorities in New York for over
a week. At my request the Attorney
General caused secret service officers
to be placed on guard at the Holland
Hotel with instructions not to let
her get out of their sight for min
ute. l also advised District Attor-
ney Burnett to have additional sur
veillance placed upon her, and he has
acted as l requested. If this espion-
age had not been maintained she
would probably have escaped us, as
is shown by her sensational attempt
to get away in New York this after
noon.
Tomorrow she will be arraigned
before a United States commissioner
and will be asked to plead. She can
either ask for a preliminary hearing
or waive an examination and be
bound over to the action of the Unit
ed States grand jury, which meets the
first Tuesday in February in Cleve-
land. She may ask for a continu-
ance of the preliminary hearing,
which may thus be delayed for some
weeks. If she cannot give bail she
will be brought to Cleveland and
lodged in Jail. If she gives bail after
waving examination or after the pre-
liminary hearing is over, she will be
free to go where she pleases until the
grand jury passes upon the case.
II am not quite sure as to the wit
nesseS l will summon in the case.
can only name one of them at present.
This person will be Irving Bedford, now
clerk of the United States Court for
the Northern district of Ohio, who, in
1890, in Toledo, defended Joseph Lamb,
who was arrested with Madame DeVere
for forging $4,000 worth of notes,
Lamb being acquitted on the ground
that he was held in the woman's pow
er and did not knowingly commit a
crime Mr.. Bedford will be asked to
identify Mrs. Chadwick as Madame
DeVere, which he declares he can do.
LAS to the rest of the case which we
have prepared, / cannot talk at present
The notes signed WIN the Name OF
Andrew Carnegie will enter into 1t,
suppose, and we may try to prove
forgery, but 1 think we can go ahead
with the case without the element of
forgery being proved. AS to whether
forgery can be proved l am not now
prepared to state"
Regarding the arrest of Mrs. Chad
wick, Receiver Nathan Loeser said that
it need not necessarily interfere with
the bankruptcy petitions; that she can
be proceeded against in bankruptcy
and her assets distributed among her
creditors.
As Diamond Queen.
It was learned to-day that Mrs.
Chadwick obtained $4,000 worth of
jewelry on credit from Thomas Kirk
patrick, jeweler of this city, last win
ter, and that the firm has made efforts
for several months to get this jewelry
or it's money equivalent back.
Mrs. Chadwick paid part Of the
debt recently, it is said, and her obli-
CATION now amounts to about $4,000.
John Kirkpatrick, junior member of
the firm, was asked whether it was
true that Mrs. Chadwick had used the
names of either Mrs. John d. Rookie
Teller or Mrs. John Jacob Aston in Sc
curing credit He said: "She did not
pose as either Mrs. Rockefeller or as
Mrs. Aston. Whether she used these
names, l am not at liberty at present
to say"