Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-21
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Missing "Carnegie' Note for $780,
600 Said to Be in Pittsburg -
Dramatic Scene at Meeting with
Banker Beckwith.

| uOt care 10 receive any visitors dur
ing the day, as she was about to pre-
pare statement and did not wish to
be disturbed until it was finished.
When asked what the nature of her
statement would be Mrs. Chadwick de-
cl1ned to reply, but said lat she would
not make it public until after it had
been submitted to her attorneys.
If she does this, the statement has
an excellent chance Of dying before it
reaches the outside world, for Attor-
ney j. P. Dawley, who is now in
charge Of her case, has the reputation
of being able to compel his clients to
refrain from discussing their eases be-
tore they are brought to trial.
Keeps Lawyers Guessing.
Sheldon @. KerruisL, who will assist
Mr. Dawley. said Friday:
1T is very difficult to know what is
| best to do for Mrs. Chadwick. She
says one thing and little later will
give totally different version of the
same matter. I do not i-now of any
case where it has been so difficult for
an attorney to get his bearings
Hundreds of women have sought
admission to the Jail to see Mrs. Chad
wick.
A mysterious call was made on Mrs.
Chadwick by G. H. Gale, a member of
the legal firm OF which Mr.. Kline, the
! Ohio attorney for Standard Oil inter-
ests, is the head.
Receiver Loeser declared that he had
| made no arrangements to have Mrs.
Chadwick brought befo.c the bank
ruptcy court and that there was small
chance that she would be thsre Friday.
He would, he said. determine later il
the day at just what time he would
make application to have her sum-
moned.
Big Note in Pittsburg.
In the vault of one of the strongest
banks in Pittsburg, it was declared
Friday, lies the Chadwick note for
100000 signed Andrew Carnegie"
which the federal authorities have not
been able 20 obtain. The bank IS said
not to be in any danger of loss be-
cause of the notes worthlessness, and
the syndicate interested in advancing
to Mrs. Chadwick the loan of several
hundred thousands of dollars for which
the note is security will take up the
| obligation if Mr.. Carnegie refuses to
| pay it. The note is not due until
January Z, 1905, and until it becomes
due and payment is refused the bank
will not be called upon to show it's
hand.
May Be Arraigned Monday.
1t was expected that Friday a
! definite time for the formal arraign-
ment of Mrs. Chadwick would be fixed.
but the matter is delay>4 because of
the absence from the c. of District
! Attorney Sullivan. He will take up
| the matter with the court on his re-
turn. From present indications it is
very probable that the arraignment
will be set for Monday morning. In
this event it will be early in the day,
to enable the court to go to Toledo on
the 1890 train, where an important
session is to be held. There are five
indictments against Mrs. Chadwick in
| the federal court, and if her counsel
valves the reading of these the ar
raignment will take but few min
utes. Should her counsel insist on
| the reading the session would last sew
| eral hours.
Refuses to Make Statement.
About noon press representative was
admitted to the matron's quarters, where
Mrs Chadwick is. She was sitting Oh
couch with silken robe thrown across
her lap, and was resting her chin in her
hand, a picture Of mingled despair and
anger. The prisoner did not present tn :.
trim appearance she has heretofore.
Her features showed the traces of anx-
iety and the nervous tension she has
been under, while her eyes flashed with
spirit as she saw her visitor approach.
who gave you permission to come
here?" she demanded, before a ques-
| ton had been asked. She was an
gered over something, and refused 10
discuss any topic whatever. She was
told that the promised statement she
was to make was anxiously awaited ty
! the people of Cleveland, as we'll as other
parts OF the country, and the public in
terestin the case was again pressed upon
her, but she maintained the spirit of &c
| sentiment against everybody, and es-
pecially the newspapers for printing the
interview that President Beckwith had
with her Thursday. Finally Mrs. Chad
wick said: Il have made my last
statement; l will have nothing further
40 say and she closed the interview.
During the conversation her nurse,
Freda, sat beside her, strcking the
prisoners hands and trying to soothe
the enraged woman.
Beckwith Visits Her.
For Is minutes Thursday Mrs. Chad
wick stood face to face with President
Beckwith, of the Oberlin bank, WI ,
has come to such great trouble through
his financial transactions with her.
The meeting was dramatic. The aged
banker, who had been Tor hours be.
fore the county grand jury, went to
the Office Of Sheriff Barry in the after
noon and asked If he might see Mrs
Chadwick. The sheriff readily consent
ed and Mrs. Chadwick was eager to
meet him. Accompanied by Mrs. Beck.
with, who, owing to her husbands Ill
health, is always by his side, the aged
banker made his way slowly and feebly
up the long flights Of iron stairs lead.
Ing to Mrs. Chadwick's cell. She met
him at She entrance Of the corridor
and shook dslwith him cordially.