The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

AL EW YORK. Dec. 31.-Dr. Chadwick,
~ who is under Indictment in Cleve-
land with his wife, Mrs. Cassie
! l. Chadwick, for uttering forgery,
reached here today on the steamer Pre-
| toria or the Hamburg-American line.
Dr. Chadwick and his daughter OcCu-
pied one of the poorer state rooms in
the second cabin.
DR.. Chadwick win not be placed un-
der arrest. but will go to Cleveland as
the guest of Sheriff Barry, who is an
! old friend.
There Will be no arrest or even de-
| tention,' Mr.. Barry said.
DR.. Chadwick, who had previously
| been informed of his indictment and
probable arrest. consented 10 return TO
! Cleveland without formality.
Interview With the Doctor.
DR.. Chadwick gave the Associated
Press "A long interview on his arrival.
In reply 10 questions he said:
II am inexpressibly shocked by the
recent turn of events. L am innocent
of all charges against me and can
point with pride TO thirty -five-year
! residence in Cleveland. 1 cannot be-
lieve that the dreadful things printed
| by the papers are true. / am entirely
without information as to the case ex-
cept what / read in the papers. and
what you have been good enough to
tell me- So | can say nothing of the
awful charges against my wife. My
life the past few weeks has been a liv-
| ing death and | hope no man will ever
/ go through what have undergone. To
! think that my professional career,
] which has always been successful,
should be blighted. My daughter. Mary,
| poor little darling. l love her with my
| life. When Il recovered from my ill
] ness in Paris. my financial resources
| made it necessary for me to travel in
| the second cabin. l insisted that she
J go first class. but the noble girl refused
and has kept at my side, cheering me
! in my dark hour of trouble and proving
/ to be more and more what a splendid
/ woman she is.
Simply Overwhelmed.
"Oh, this is a dreadful calamity. 1
| had no idea that such fate was mine
1 knew little of Mrs. Chadwick's finan-
! cial affairs, and until l find out the de-
! tails viii say nothing 1 am over
! wheined by the charges against her"
| Dr. Chadwick read the Associated
| Press dispatch from Cleveland that
! Mrs. Chadwick had been measured by
! the Bertillon system. AS he finished
| the reading he grOaned aloud. and s he
| turned to the correspondent tears rolled
1 down his cheeks.
The doctor, III and sore al heart. was
! completely overwhelmed by the revela-
ton and the consequent developments.
| That is the last straw" he said.
| measuring her in that way. Oh, that I
am brought TO this. You tell me that
| my friend, Mr.. Barry, is here to take
me back. Well 1 am ready to go and
shall be happy to accompany him. But
| this is a different homecoming than 7
/ anticipated ] knew I should find
troubles and breakers ahead, but /
never for moment anticipated arrest.
! Guilty? Of course. I'm not guilty
y I'm hgfa1 faIr AT,I
poor old Beckwith is very i'll? Poor
! man. l know HIM but little but ] am
| sure he is innocent"
Cannot Believe Her Guilty
The correspondent then told DR..
! Chadwick of the statement that has
been made that Mrs. Chadwick is be-
, lieved TO be Nine. Devere The physi-
clan fell back as if stunned.
Nine. Devere,' he cried. "Oh. no, no.
don't say that That cannot be- l do
not believe that such thing can be
possible. If she is I have never sus-
| pected it and I cannot for a moment
believe it."
DO you think Mrs. Chadwick can be
guilty as accused was asked.
| I cannot think her guilty of any
| thing I do not know the charges, but
| she cannot be guilty"
When asked about the son. Emil
{ Hoover Chadwick, the doctor said:
/ EMIL is one OF the SrandeSt boys
( ever knew. I have never had to correct
/ him; / love him as if he were my own
| IT is like him to stand by his mother
so closely. I have been blessed by my
daughter and stepson."
Came Back Penniless.
When asked about his financial re
sources. he said:
IF what the papers say is true. am
a penniless pauper. You saw my beau
tiful home in Cleveland and you know
how ] have lived. Now see me. COM
ing back in the second cabin. 1, who
have always travelled BY the best ships
and occupied the best cabins. But if
| all that has been said is true 1 am
homeless and without a dollar. Oh it
is hard for one at my time of life to
come to this.
You ask if 1 am guilty. 1 have
said no
To make my situation clear, I have
/ in contemplation the writing of "A
book. I want physicians. lawyers. cler-
gymen. bankers. business men, every
| body 10 know where / stand. / have
/ written the skeleton of the book al
ready and hope to have time to write
il. That viii show the world every
thing
You say my wife is accused of being
! Mime. Devere. Did 1 look into her his
toTy2 Think OF my position. I was a
| widower with In invalid sister, my
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