The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
CHADN lex
SEES WIFE
IN PRISON
Pathetic Meeting at
Which Both Are
Overcome.
Woman Pleads for Conf
denCe and PrOclaimS
Her Innocence.
Husbands Only Reply Is That He
Hopes She has Told Him
the Truth.

CLEyELANDs Jan. 1-Unheralded,
unembarrassed by crowd of the GU
rious, the homecoming to-day of DIR.
Leroy S. Chadwick was in diametric
contrast to the arrival of his wife three
weeks ago. The hour of the day and
the fact that but few persons were
about made the doctors arrival like
that of an ordinary traveller. No one
was at the station to meet him. with
the exceptfon Of Attorney Kerruish.
Even his s4epsna Emil. failed TO see
him until 2 o clock. Young Hoover had
planned ii board the train at an outly-
ing station, but the train had come into
that station and departed before Emil
was aware of the fact.
Sheriff Barry, in whose company DR..
Chadwick was on the trip from New
York, chose to come to Cleveland over
the Pennsylvania road. Tile train ar
rived at Cleveland at 1880 o'clock this
morning. The Sheriff and DR.. Chad
wick were driven TO the County Jail
quickly. A bond provided on Saturday
evening by Attorney Virgil P. Kline
and Attorney Dawley was at the jail
on the arrival of DR.. Chadwick and he
soon was released. After the prelimi-
naries in the Sheriff's office DIR. Chad
wick was escorted by Sheriff Barry to
the fourth floor Of the women's ward,
where his wife is held prisoner
WIFE PLEADS WITH HUSBAND.
The meeting between the two was
pathetic in the extreme. Mrs. Chadwick
arose when she heard the steps in the
corridor and fell into her husbands
arms when she recognized him. Both
wept convulsively for several minutes
while clinging to each other, the Sheriff
attempting meanwhile to console them.
There was no artificiality about the
scene. Genuine grief. genuine joy in
termingled. Even the Sheriff. hardened
as he must be by continual contact
with persons in every form of dis
tress, was 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
a half. There were pleadings and par
s.al responses when the more serious
predicament of husband and wife was
at length appreciated.
DR.. Chadwick has lost his all in the
operations of his wife and the large
independent fortune of his only child
has been swept away-sufficient reason,
1t would seem, for some show of hard
ness on his part. Mrs. Chadwick tried
to imbue him with the thought of her
innocence of any wrongdoing. His
only response to these pleas was: i
hope so.''
The troubles into which both have
been plunged were thoroughly dis
cussed. The wife told the story, inter-
spersed by violent fits of weeping, in
which at times DIR. Chadwick Joined.
There were no apparent evasions, but
there was a constant cry of Trust
me! trust mel" on the part OF the
woman.
STILL PROCLAIMs INNOCENCE.
Don't believe these stories which
the newspapers hav been printing
about me-" she said. They are all
lies, every one of them. / have done
nothing wrong. Believe me; trust
me; everything will come out all
right in the end and it will be seen
these things the public charge me-
with. Don't think / deceive you; I
will tell you the truth and I tell you
that all these reports are lies-iies."
II can only hope So" was the huE-
bands answer. II have trusted you
and it is hard to believe anything:
my mind is so confused. This has
been such a terrible shock and / d on's
understand any of it. I want time TO
think of it. / do not say won't trust
you, only give me time to collect my
thoughts. Ever since heard oe this
trouble in Paris, have been bothered
and my life has been made a most
III. bearable one. ] have been followed
and bounded until can think of
nothing else. 1 am not the Judge.
can only hope that everything will
come out all right, as you say
After an hours earnest con-
yersation, conducted for the most
part in scarcely audible whis-
pers, Sheriff Barry was asked
by Mrs. Chadwick to send for
her attorney, j. p. Dawley. who was
waiting with Attorney Kerruish in the
fail Office. Dawley went to Mrs. Chad
wick's cell and had a joint conference
with her and DIR. Chadwick. the re-
T,ontirped on Pnre = r,oluur I.