The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07

Secured Regarded as as Good
One for Defendant.
555. Lawyers Make \ AZ Open
ing Statements.
Associated I'rcss) 5
@ Gle oLAND, % I1TO, March Ga con1-5
Gplcto nervous collapse 1y NJ rs.5 Cassie L1.s
Chadwick brought the first day. Of her her
trial to an abrupt close this aftcrn o t1.
AN r.. HI TInltcrsof Obcrlhi. the Second r.. ~
ness called by the state. was s',: 8o OF me
stand, nrid had answered but two d Il
tons, when Mrs. Chadwick, who S. IS very
#phle, whispered to her attorneys thnt She
would he compelled to leave tho ro ms
+ She passed out quickly, and upon .rea 9 II
Ing tho anteroonl sank into n chair ~
ID faint. d Two trained nurses, who were y
the court room were flasttl y sum nloheu.
ana I'm few 1llonents Mrs. VI Cl1adwicSf
was revived. She was in no condition if''
~ return ITO the court room,s however;
and Judge Taylor adjourned the n riul Il
until tomorrow mornin 8. u. 5s sSysSt
An Exciting Day:
It was II n exciting day for Mrs. Chad
wick, and she took tho keencst interest
In ali tho proceedings. Seated close beside
her 4 attorneys she scanned the \ face y Of
every Juror summoned and frequently
expressed her opinion OF them 70 her
lawyers. In The afternoon when Dist rlct
Attorney Sullivan on timed tho case, ne If
expects to prove against ner. Mr. ;Cha d
wick eyes did not leave his face for 2
second. She rested her chin In her hand
ms the palm OF which SHE held her lace
handkerchief, and drank in every word
uttered by Mr. Sullivan with the greatest
anxiety. * When he ceased speaking and
her counsel. j. p. Dnwlcy. rose to state
her side Of the case, her face brighten,e'td.j
and she followed him as eagerly as she
had listened to Mr.. Sullivan; and appa-
$rently With more pleasure aa3 III "a Bs
THE trial made rapid progress to-day.
The jury was accepted within two hours,
and this afternoon the opposing counsel
outlined their cases. and tho taking o.
testimony was commenced. Twenty eight
witnesses have been subpocnncd by tho
government, and as far as can be ascer-,
Stained none have been summoned by ne
defense. The attorneys for Mrs. chad
wick, ~. p. iDawley. Judge Francis ],
Wing ana Sheldon IT. Kerrush. arc con-
l#f1dent that the government will be 5unablc
| to prove its cGise. si53s IN rs
1.-THE jury Is by lawyers cons iderel Y q
good one for Mrs. Cha d wick. The @evi-
| dence against her will naturally 81 relate
l}lnrgely to banks and banking procedure.
and there Is not n banker or q business
| man among the twelve. Eleven ~ arc
\ farmers and one is a real estate dealer
, shorn Of its legal phraseol ogy, the
1 charge on which Mrs. W Chad wlc Is 70 n
raigned is conspiracy against the laws
\ fof&the United States, tho conspiracy q
! defined by tho governme mt resting on{the
5agreementS between her and The officials
or the Citizens, National Bank, of Ober-
Gln,s Ohio. d to Issue and negotinte certi-
fled checks, when she had noSmoney IN
the bank. 8ti ,sgii &. u III n KS 49 ST
The Two Sides. 1T
.yrhe evidence to be submitted In he
| case.l b said Attorney Sullivan. IN his
opening statement, viii show tina Z Mrs.
Chadwick was associated with Spear
and Heckwlth, the officials Of the citl-
$zens' National Bank, Of Oberlln. Ohio. N
business. They had many transac tons
/ together. in tho course Of which eight
\ different checks, amounting In all 70
$67, ooo were certified by Spear and Beck
wi III. The evidence will show. that when
these checks were cert fled no money wa 8
Sinsthe bank In tho name of Mrs. Chad
wick,yand no entries to her# credit were
ono the books of the ba nks.1' i;i
h, Mr.. SDawlev, a for Mrs. Chad wick, said
1--WE expect that the cyl dence will fall to
| show that there W as q n.y. nsplra cy be-
tween Spear, Il eckwith and the defendant.
| What I3eckwiths did was 3ns the president
OF the bank. and without any fraudulent
connivance with. Mrs. CFadwl elk. What
Spear did was under the direction OF
Beck with and was done by him In good
1 tfaith. HI believed that Mrs Chadwick was
wealthy, 81 was worthy Of credit to- Tho
amount of5certihed checks, and, be eYlng
! this, and acting in good faitl.as he did,
/ he could not have been i gu ltyi OF COM
spiracy which, by6lts very nature, Inns
plies criminal intont. Beckwlth and
| spear did not conspire because they acted
lii good faith ana as they did MT cons
spire, ut was not possible for NJ rs, Chad
wick to consplre with Them fS
~ Tho test !nonyi heard to-day was un .l1E-
portant. y s ~ ..SifE
Carnegie There. M
Among tho spectators In the courtroom,
wa S a Andrew Carnegle. who }sseelnod to be
highly Interested In Mrs. Chad wick, I, nd
al She sat where he could study her close
liz, without being himself observed, he
took adyan tage Of his opportunity 10 the
Ifull2and subjected her from tme to time
lto#close scrutiny, n VA HI