Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-08
Receivers from Her Mon
days Painting Spells.
Enters Court Room Smiling and
Confident.
Nine Witnesses Examined DURING the
Day-The Case.

Cleveland. Ohio. March Mime wit
rrescs were examined in the Chadwick
,ri,L today and the defence estab-
rsbed the fact that the claim of the
Government that Mrs. Chadwick had
10 money i'll the OberIin Bank at the
lime of drawing checks which were
cert fled by Srear and Beckwith, WAS
incorrect in two instances at least
it was Shown by the general journal
of the bunk that on November. 3, 1909,
rh,n Mrs. Chadwick received GER
tined check for $4,000, an entry credit
ing her with that amount was made
IN the journal of the bank and Il depos-
if slip for $4,000 was made out in her
nome The entry and the slip were in
tin. handwriting of Cashier Spear. An
other entry of similar nature amount
inc TO 5000 was also found. These facts
were brought out on cross-eXamination
nv counsel for Mrs. Chadwick after
Io:.s and tedious questioning of II. H.
Avery, assistant cashier Of the Obcrlin
BaI,k. Avery at first testified that Mrs
ChadW lex. at no time had either money
ill., or credit at the bank.
afternoon: at is not my present i'll
trntipn to put Mr.. Carnegie on the
stand and l do not think that he will
b" called upon to testify unless his ev-
id.ncc should be needed in rebutt:tl of
something introduced by the defence"
Mrs. Chadwick CAME into court.
Tuesday. apparently none the worse
fer her illness which caused Mondays
adjournment. Andrew Carnegie was
not IN court. Tuesday morning.
+. p. Hotter of Oberlin. who WAS on
tn, stand. Monday. when adjournment
WAS taken, WAS called again as soon as
court opened. He was Il director of the
Citizens National Bank of Oberlin and
gave evidence covering the meetings of
the bank.
He WIS asked about transactions car
rird on by Mrs. Chadwick with the
bank and despite the objections of Mrs.
Chadwick's attorneys was allowed to
answer. He said he knew nothing of
Any of them until Nov. -. 1901.
j. =. Randolph of Oberlin. who was
also a director of the Oberlin Bank,
vas asked if he was a member of the
finance committee of the bank and an
swered 81 do not know that l was eX-
cept by hearsay."
c. p. DOolittle, an instructor in Ober-
lin College. and also Il director of the
bank, testified that at all meetings of
directors the minutes of the last pre-
ccding meeting were read by Cashier
Spear us we'll as the discount book. He
never knew of any dealings between
the bank and Mrs. Chadwick until the
day before the bank closed.
None of the Chadwick debts were
ever reported by Mr.. Spear to the di-
rectors.
Mr.. Doolittle identified the record of
the minutes Of the directors meeting
as being entirely in Spears handWrit-
ing. The defence objected to the intro
durtion OF the record as evidence, it
being desired to show By it that Spear
constantly concealed from the directors
all knowledge OF the dealings Of the
bank with Mrs. Chadwick.
Alexander T.. Marshall. vice president
"i tn" FIRST National Bank of Clevc-
Land sw"rc that either on oct. |: or l..
l'Wi, Mrs. Chadwick asked him by tclc-
could cash a che k fo.. So. 900 drawn by
her on the Citizens Material Bank o.
ohrlin and certified by c. r. Beck
with. IL" sid it could be done if au-
'horlty WAS received from BeckWitl.
IL authority was received and later
Ii" paid the money i'll cash to Mr.. Beck
with in the prrsenc" of Mrs. Chadwick
ut Il hct"l here. TIL cancelled check
Was sho%r to Mr. Ml,yhall and h.
h''ntilici the signature of Mrs. Chad
wick as til" drawer and that of Beck
with as the certifying officers of the
bank, The check was charged ur
against tn" ac cunt of the Oberliil
bank. The with IS said that prior
th"'k of tn" same nature had been
r&id by his bank and he'd for GER
lam period before being presented t.
tn" obrrin bank on which it was
Drawn
Several other checks drawn by Mrs
'hadM lex and certified by Spear Were
shown to the Witness and he identified
uI'ir signatures. tcsticyins that Mrs
'h'dwiCk'S endorsements on thes.
the" ks proved that she had received Tho
m"n"y for all of them.
Inc witness testified that one of the
checks for Sl2.50O. drawn to Henry
Nurst. previously identified by him. WAS
not Il proper check because of some writ
inS ON its face.
Il. j. Provo. an official of the Euclid
Avenue Trust Co. formerly of the bank
which received from Mrs. Chadwick tn,
Wurst check for s12.5oo testified that a,
IN" time Of dcnositinty the ch"ck Mrs
'EniWlck opened an account with h!>
"'hk. making deposits of $500 She r.
Gi"Stcd that the account he in the names
"I Cassie l.. Chadwick and c. l.. Ship
r,rS.
II. IL. Avery, formerly assistant cash
Ter of the Oberlin bank. was asked by th'
district attorney if Mrs. Chadwick pos
ScSS"d any money in the Oberln banN
AGAINST which the checks drawn by he
ami c'r tticd ny Bcckwith and Spear
'"lhl he charged. The question WAS al
lowed by Judge Taylor and the witness
declared that the defendant had AT on
time 4 .lr1csit of $4,000 and that ther
WIS no. ut any other time any deposit
're':ir IN hor name in The Oocrihi oihh
lie identified sevt raj checks OF MIS-. CH'u
weeks Of the Oberlin bank WHICH iia
hoen paid when she had no tuh"' III '''
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