The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-07

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Resnold nm ofticlal sof the Wade PARK
| Ehafls IN ANY off seiand Siseid
seeart ttessf ere valued
||ats 900, aiist which there
n was no claim he had "a test to this
effect 4 lgneds byS5 Reynolds, who says
be believed story and though the
alleged securities % value. These
Securities were opened December
9 and found to be absolutely worth.
less. They contained a note drawn
IN favor Of Mrs Chadwick for $1,000.
900 and signed $'.Andrew Carnegie;'
q trust agreement purportlng to re.
ceipt for securities delivered to An.
drew Carnegie BY Frederick R. Ma.
SON. such securities being described
as Scotland railway and the United
States Steel corporations and Jother
stocks and other papers. The extent
Of the woman's borrowing is not def.
nitcly known, but sheGis known to
have "a secured more than a million dol.
lars. & ! Fl 4, Il, Y lSS5
When the use Of his name in The
case was brought to the attention Of
andrew Carnegie in3New York he dc.
MED any relationship 10 the woman
and said that II his name was on any
of i!era financial papers It had been
forged. He made known his willing.
ness To- So testify In court. i
In her operations Mrs. Chadwick
met and secured loans through the
aid Of many prominent men. One Of
thesefwas Rev. DIR. Chas. Eaton, pas.
tor Of the Euclid Avenue Baptist
Church Of this city, The pastor OF
John D. Rockefeller. She sought Rev.
lIaton's advice in business matters.
lie advised that she place her affairs
IN the hands OF attorneys in Cleve.
land. Through him she met the law.
yers of Banker Newton. Rev. Eaton
suspected nothing other than pure.
" business transaction and nothing in
the dealings reflects in the most re.
mote way on his honor.
The exposure of the case brought out
the fact that one of the gentlemen
with whom the woman had financial
dealings, J. W. Friend, Pittsburg
steel millionaire and friend of Andrew
Carnegie. At a conference In New
York before Mrs. Chadwick's arrest
Friend asserted his belief that the
woman was related to the iron mas.
ter and that her claims eventually
would be settled. In connection with
her Pittsburg operations an alleged
100000 loan plays an important
part.
The Chadwick case was the direct
cause of the death of President Beck.
with, Of the Oberlin Bank February
.. From the. day the bank failed he
grieved and became a nervous wreck.
HE worried mostly about the misery
the failure had caused hundreds of
his townsmen and students of Oberlin
College.
The losses of the students and the
deserving people of the little Ohio
town were made good later by gen.
erous offer Of Andrew Carnegie. q
DR.. Chadwick arrived in New Yorl,
from Europe where he had been since
the early fall, December 81, accom-.
panied by his daughter, Mary. He
came direct to Cleveland. In the
county Jail there was an affectionate
meeting between the doctor and his
wife, now prisoner. He gave bail for
appearance In court TO answer the in.
dictments against him. ,es
After Mrs. Chadwicli's arrest the
government commenced an investiga.
ton to ascertain whether any of the
jewels and merchandise she had pur.
chased abroad had been Struggled into
this country. 1t is claimed her for.
eign purchases amounted TO about
100000. Many jewels, several dia.
monds and much valuable merchan.
disc have been seized by Federal
agents to be sold for duty.
Bankruptcy proceedings are now
pending against Mrs, Chadwick in
the Federal Courts. Claims aggregat-
ing nearly 100000 have been fled
including those of several foreign
merchants and even her servants.
DR.. Chadwick Is now living at the
Euclid avenue mansion.
His daughter, Mary Is in Florida
with relatives and working. The doc.
tor has again taken up his profession
as a physician. Emil Hoover, Mrs.
Chadwick's son, after the woman's
arrest, took up residence here with
relatives.
Mrs. Chadwick was indicted by the
Federal grand jury here December Il
last for aiding and abetting the off.