The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-09
THE STATE CLOSES
Interesting Story of Two
Drafts Told.
Letters From Mrs. Chadwick to Beck
with and Spear TrickIe HumOr-
OusIy Into the Minds Of the

lBv the Agsooiated Presg.l

Cleveland, o., March S.-The case
Of the government against Mrs. Chad
iwck was completed this afternoon.
one witness for the defense. an expert
accountant, was sworn, but an adj
journment was taken until tomorrow
before he had given any testimony.
The entire afternoon session OF the
court was taken UP in the introduce
ton, as evidence of checks, deposit
slips, books of the bank and two let
ters written by Mrs. Chadwick to
Beckwith and Spear.
The most important point made by
the State in its entire case was gained
this morning when District Attorney
Sullivan after a hardI fight, with the
attorneys for the defense, secured the
admission as evidence of two drafts,
agregating $4,000, issued by the Ober-
lin bank i'm favor of Mrs. Chadwick
August 24th, 1903. on this same date
Mrs Chadwick obtained from the
bank a certified check for $12, 500 and
Receiver yon testified that there was
nothing on the books of the bank to
show that at the time of receiving
the drafts and the check Mrs. Chad
wick had cent of money in the
blank, or was in any way entitled to
credit. The drafts were entered on
the books of the bank one month and
five days after being issued. During
this time the boks of the Oberlin bank
showed that the money was held to
its credit at the Importers and Traders
National Bank in New York, while ii
was in reality in the possession of
Mrs. Chadwick.
Mrs. Clladwiclz's Letter.
The letters written by Mrs. Chad
wick to Beckwith and Spear We're read
during the afternoon session and af-
forded considerable amusement to the
court The letter first read was writ
ten jointly to Beckwith and Spear and
related to a loan which Mrs. Chad
wick had secured FROM Mr. Fay, OF
Elyria, Ohio. 1t declared that the
writer had given a check to Fay, and
when he came to see them about It,
all they had to do was to say that they
had agreed to extend her papers. 1t
would not be necessary for them to
say anything eyond that The letter
concluded:
He said that you would be sur
prised to see the check in his hands
so you better be surprised. If you
don't say it you can look it,"
The second letter was written to
Spear alone In it Mrs. Chadwick
asked him to certify a check to be
given by her to Henry E/Hrst, of Ely
ria, saying that she would get the
goods in the east to meet the check.
80 draw check for $4,000" the
letter said, "and / will sign it, and
probably pay you we'll for it. / am
about to do something of great inter-
est to us ALL"
District Attorney Sullivan laid great
| stress in presenting the letters to the
| jury on the apparent fact that Mrs.
Chadwick was asking for the certifica
ton of a check not only when she had
no funds in the bank, but even before
she had signed It.
1t is practically settled that Andrew
Carnegie Will not appear in the case
at all. There has been nothing in the
! case as. presented by the government
| that bears in any manner on the pa
pers signed with his name, which bore
so large part in the financial trans
action Of Mrs. Chadwick, and it is not
/ expected that the defense will offer
any testimony that viii call him to
/ the stand to testify in rebuttal