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

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r. w hen Chad rest sd id the
|a Il Ion there u d, steFs
about tl9 VT the ln enter one came
upon several foreign maids trained
to5l N upon Madame 81 Whfms. Il
I: Soon after: his marriage Dr.. Chad.
wick left his wife I'm supreme con:
troll of the mansion, he going to Eu:
rope with his daughter. For the last
few years he{slivcd abroad most ~
the time. The stories OF Mrs. Chad
wick's extravaganza are numberless.
She bought pianos and gave them
away. She bought mechanical must.
cal instruments and automobiles and
gave them away. She bought mer.
chandise Of every kind right and left
with utter disregard Of its kind, quail.
tity or quantity. Her passion for pre-.
,clons stones was notorious. Her
dealings always lavish. To sup.
port her follies she borrowed, borrow.
cd; borrowed money with astounding
success. What arts OF spreternatural
Ingenuity or of superhuman occultism
she employed, or of arguments she
used and offers she made can be only
jconIectured. That her wlles were
successful beyond belief is attestcd
by The reiteratlons by her victims Of
their unbounded belief in absolute in.
itegrity. K
She had an astounding control over
mcn--a control that she exercised un.
moested through her tremendous Dor.
rowings until last November, when
the suit OF Herbert Newton, her Bos.
ton banker, for payment of his $780,.
500 let loose flood of destroying
publicity upon her marvellous machi.
nations. 1t was November 90, 1904,
that Herbert Il. Newton, of Brook.
line, Massachusetts. entered suit in
the Cuyahoga County Court here to
restrain Mrs. Chadwick and her hus.
band from disposing Of their property
and asking that receiver be up.
pointed to take possession of "valua.
bio assets" which 1t was claimed Irl
Reynolds, secretary-treasurer Of the
Wade Park Banking Company, Of
this city held as trustee, for the wo-
man. Newton's claim alleged that
lie held notes aggrcgatlng $19O,SOO
against Dr. Chadwick and wife.
There is nothing in this suit" was
Mrs. Chadwicls's comment when in.
tcrvicwed regarding the case. The
Newton suit was followed by several
others, and soon claims aggregating
about 100000 We're made against the
woman in the courts. IS
Mrs. Chadwick left Cleveland for
New York November 25.
It was announced that she was to
arrange to settle all claims of her
creditors.
On Monday morning, November IS,
the Citizens National Bank, of Ober-
lin, Ohio. closed its door. A national
bank examiner was sent on from
Washington at the request of the di.
rectors.. 1t was announced that Pres.
ident c. T. Beckwith and Cashier A.
y. Spear had made large loans to
Mrs. Chadwick. 1t later developed
that the bank had loaned the woman
$24O,000, four times its capital stock,
and that she had borrowed about
100000 from President Becllwith
and Cashier Spear personally. The
bank did not open thereafter. Beck.
with and Spear were arrested Decem.
her 4, at Oberlin, on warrants sworn
ont by the Federal authorities on
charges in connection with the bank
failure. In the bank were found two
notes, one for S250,000 and the other
Oh"
for 100000 signed ANDREW Carnc.
gle" and drawn in favor of Mrs.
Chadwick. They we're given to the
bank as security. There arrests were
followed on December by the arrest
In New York, Of Mrs. Chadwick on
the charge Of aiding and abetting the
officials Of the Obcrln Bank in the
misrepresentation OF funds OF the
bank. She was unable 10 give bail,
and was taken to the Tombs prison.
Mrs. Chadwick spent a lively time
In New York prior to her arrest. She
had apartments at the best hotels,
and was busy with many conferences
with her several lawyers. She made
n sensational visitto Wall street one
afternoon during her stay, and on an
other made sensational departure
from her hotel.
In this latter trip she was followed
by detectives. secret service men and
reporters on a wild drive on one of
the busy thoroughfares. 1t was said
her plan was to evade her watchers