The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
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Guilty in the
Edwick Case.
ERvES GIVE WAY
Borne From the Court Room
gbing and Moaning Distracted
|. The Case Will Now Be TAX
en- to a Higher Trib-
unaI.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press.)
Cleveland, co., March 11.-Mrs.
Cassie l.. Chadwick was tonight found
guilty of conspiring to defraud the
United States by conspiring to procure
the certifcation of checks on ma
tional bank, when there were no
funds in the bank to her credit.
She was found guilty on every count
Of the indictment upon which the jury
was at liberty to judge her-seven In
all.
The original Indictment contained
sixteen counts. Two of these We're
ruled out during the trial by Judge
Taylor and of the remaining fourteen.
one half charged her with securing
the certification of checks without
having the proper entries made upon
the books of the bank. Judge Taylor
in HIS charge directed the jury to dis
regard these counts and consider only
the remaining seven, which related to
the certification with no funds on de-
pcsit On all of these the jury found
against her.
Under the law she can be fined OH
each count not more than $4,000 or
imprisoned more than two years on
each count or she may be fined Il
prisoned for two years on each count.
The jury reached a verdict in two
hours but it was not read until 1888
tonight.
Mrs. Chadwick Appears.
Mrs. Chadwick came into court
about five minutes before the jury.
She was accompanied by her son. Emil
Hoover, and two trained nurses. She
sank into the seat she had occupied
during the trial and rested her face
in the palm of her right hand--a po-
sition she held almost constantly
throughout the sessions of the court
During the afternoon she had suffered
severely from a cramp in her right
arm, being at times barely able 10
use It. She forgot all about the cramp
tonight in her excitement and moved
the arm as though nothing had ever
troubled it.
The jury sat silently in their chairs
waiting for the appearance of Judge
Taylor and around the dim illy-light-
ed court room stood perhaps thirty
people more--newspaper men, bailfffs
and attaches of the office of district
attorney Sullivan. OF Mrs. Chadwiek's
counsel, Judge Wing alone was pres
ent, and he sat silent. with froWn
of apprehension upon his face. Emu
Hoover close behind his mother. was
ready to rejoice with or console her
as the case might be.
The clerk read the verdict and the
Judge dismissed the jury.
At this time Mrs. Chadwick failed
utterly to grasp the meaning OF the
verdict she is slightly deaf, and
Clerk Carleton read the verdict in
tone so low, that it was nearly maud
BILE ten feet away As the people
around her began to move and talk
the prisoner grasped the fact tnat
for good or i'll. her fate was decided.
She shot a quick glance at Judge
Wing whose tall form and handsome
countenance were close at her side.
The sorrowful expression of his race
told more than. the words with when
ne responded to her look of appeal.
I'VE have lost Mrs. Chadwick was
all he said.
Breaks Into SObs.
This time she realized it. She
turned half around to look behind
her and reading there confirmation
of the words of Judge Wing-she
flushed deeply and raised her hand in
bewildered fashion to her head.
Suddenly her limbs seemed to give
way beneath her and she sank feeDly
into her chair Her head fell forward
on her hands and a succession of
strangling sobs came from her throat,
while Emil and Judge Wing sought
vainly to comfort her.
1.-The government moves for SEN
tence, your honor said District At
torney Sullivan I'VE desire to enter
a motion for new trial. said Judge
Wing stepping forward
II will at a future date set a date
for the argument of the motion for
new trial." said Judge Taylor, "and
/ presume the matter can rest until
that time"
'.That is satisfactory to the govern
ment," said Mr.. Sullivan. Judge Wing
bowed a silent assent and stepped to
the side of his distracted client.
Mrs. Chadwick soon composed her
self. raised her head, wiped her eyes,
and rose to her feet with an air of
bidding defiance to all the world. At
tended by Deputy Marshal Clobitz
Emil Hoover. and Judge Wing she
walked steadily to the hallway to take
the elevator. 1t was there. and in the
slight delay, that Mrs. Chadwick's
composure deserted her utterly. She
violently threw aside the arm of
Deputy Marshal Clobitz and that of
her son, exclaiming; Let me go, oh
my God, let me CO..
She Breaks Down.
She tottered in weakness, and Clo-
bitz together with Deputy Marshal
Minder stepped quickly to her side.
I'm not guilty" she exclaimed and
then will all the energy gone from
her voice, she moaned again and again:
"Oh. let me go, let me 60 I'm not
guilty; I tell you: Let me 60
Suddenly she fell against Judge
Wing. He caught her by the should
ers and kept her from falling. Deputy
Marshal Minder came up on the other
side. Together the two men lifted
her bodily and bore her into the ele-
vator. which descended one floor and
she was taken. half walking and half
carried into the offices of the United
States Marshal Gambler and placed
upon a sofa. An attack of Mysteries
followed that lasted fully fifteen min