The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
SAD MEETING IN THE JAIL
Husband of Noted Woman Reaches
New York and Is Taken to cleve-
land by Sheriff-Placed
Under $4,000 Bail.

ipal court next Tuesday, when he will
be given a preliminary hearing. The
bail bond was signed by Virgil P. Kline,
counsel for DR.. Chadwick, and also by
]. p. Dawley, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick.
As soon as the formalities in connection
with the bond were completed, DR.. Chad
wick was admitted to the woman's de-
partment of the jail, where eheld long
conference with his wife.
A Pathetic Meeting.
The meeting between the two was pa
thetic in the extreme. Mrs. Chadwick
arose when she heard the steps in the
corridor. and fell in her husbands arms
when she recognized him. Both broke
down and wept convulsively for several
while clinging to each other, the
sheriff attempting meanwhile to console
them. In that time all the troubles that
have been hanging over the family like
a lodestone were lost in the joy of the
and the thought of the mutual
sorrow. There was no artificiality about
the scene. Genuine grief, genuine JOY
Real tears were shed,
and even the sheriff, hardened as he must
be BY continual contact with the people
IN every form of distress, was himself
deeply affected. Little by little the first
shock grew less severe and the two sat
down for a talk that continued for an
hour and half.
Pleads to Her Husband.
The troubles into which both have been
were thoroughly discussed.
The wife told the story interspersed by
violent fits of weeping in which at times
DR.. Chadwick joined. There were no ap-
parent evasions, but there was con-
slant cry of Trust me, trust on the
part of the woman. Don't believe these
stories which the newspapers have been
printing about me-" she said. "They are
all lies; every one of them. l have done
wrong. Believe me. Trust me.
will come out all right in the
end, and it will be seen that have been
guilty of none of these things the pub
lie charge me with. Don't think I de-
ceive you; I will tell you the truth, and
I tell you that all these reports are lies
W. R'o@~ @~.'S }:T5,
The Husbands Reply.
II can only hope So" was the hus-
bands answer. II have trusted you,
and it is hard to believe anything; my
mind is so confused. This has all been
such a terrible shock, and don't under
stand any of it. want time to think of
it. l do not say won't trust you; only
give me time to collect my thoughts.
Ever since l heard of this trouble in
Paris, have been bothered and my life
has been made almost unbearable. l
have been followed and bounded until
I can think of nothing else. I am not
the judge l can only hope that every
thing will come out all right, as you
say"
Chadwick's Arrival.
New York, Jan. DIR. Leroy S.
Chadwick reached here on. the Pre-
toria Saturday morning and went to
Cleveland in the afternoon. He was
not placed under arrest at all but went
as the guest of Sheriff Edwin D. Barry.
who is an old friend. DR.. Chadwick,
who had previously been info1 med of
his indictment and probable arrest,
consented to return to Cleveland with
out Formally.
Shocked by Recent Events.
DR.. Chadwick gave out long inter-
view on his arrival. In reply to ques-
tons he said: Il am inexpresslbly
shocked by the recent turn Of events.
am innocent of all charges against
me and can point with pride 70 35-
year residence in Cleveland. cannot
believe that the dreadful things print
ed by the papers are true. l am en-
tirely without information as to the
case except what read in the papers
and what you have been good enough
to tell me. So Il can say nothing of
the awful charges against my wife.
"Oh, this is awful, awful, awful. My
life the past few weeks has been a
living death and I hope no man will
ever go through what / have under
gone. To think that my professional
career, which had always been sue
cessful, should be blighted. My
daughter Mary, poor little darling.
love her with my life. When l recov-
cred from my Illness, in Paris, my
financial resources made it necessary
for me to travel in the second cabin.
I insisted that she 60 first. but the
noble girl refused and has kept at my
side, cheering me in my dark hour of
trouble and proving to me more and
more what a splendid woman she is.
Oh, this is a dreadful calamity. I had
no idea that. such fate was mine. l
know little of Mrs. Chadwick's finan-
cial affairs, and until find out the de-
tails will say nothing. am over
whelmed by the charges against her"
DR.. Chadwick read the dispatch from
Cleveland that Mrs. Chadwick had
been measured by the Bertillcn sys-
tenn. AS he finished the reading he
groaned aloud and as he turned to the
correspondent tears rolled down his
cheeks. The doctor, already Ill and
coro at heart was cOmnletely over