The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-03-30
MUST live TEN
YEARS IN PRISON
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, Hyp
motto Financier, Sentenced
to Penitentiary.
VERDICT RAISES STORM
Attorneys for the Woman Will Us
Every Effort to Keep Her From
Prison Doors-Will Be Defend
ed to the End.

Cleveland, O.. March %. Unless the
higher court interferes Mrs. Cassie l..
Chadwick viii spend the greater part
Of the next ten years in the Ohio state
penitentiary. A sentence of ten years
was imposed on her by Judge Robert
Taylor in The United states district
Ourt
The sentence came at the close of u
busy day for 1ne court in hearing ar
&ulnents ON a motion for u new trial
which lasted all Gay. The motion was
ovcrruled.
AIRS. Chadwick WAS convicted on
seven counts and sentenced upon six
cunts. For four of these counts 81
sentence Of tWo years each was I'M
posed. Upon two counts a sentence of
IL year each Vas imposed, making q
total sentence of ten years.
Attorneys Not Satisfied.
AS soon as the sentence was pro-
nounced Attorney ]. p. Dawley. coun-
sci for Mrs. Chadwick, took exception
to the sentences upon each count ex-
cept the first GUN The defense in
tends to make the claim that the court
cannot impose a separate sentence for
each count; that the law applies to the
general charge instead of each incident
of 4 general charge. The various
counts of the indictment are considert.:
by the defense to refer only to details
of the general offense, This point will
also be commended in the higher court,
as will the other points of the Chadwick
trial, which resulted in her conviction.
Gross Misconduct.
Dawley focused District A%ttorne;
sullivan of gross misconduct in con-
Quoting the case. He charged the
district attorney with Violating the
law in his inal address to the Jury
when he argued witchcraft, conspiracy
and crimes not mentioned in the testi-
1mony. He also argued that Attorney
SULLIVAN assumed many things that
We're not borne out by the testimony.
He also attacked the jury and i'm
pied that many of the members did
not tell the truth when they said they
mao formed no opinions of the case.
Mr.. Dawley declared that the Judge
ilao erred IN ms charge to the jury.
Ask for Stay of Sentence.
Either Judge Francis j.. Wing or
MI Dawley will go to Cincinnati to-
to make arrangements for >
review of the case by the United
states circuit our of appeals. The
llfst step taken by the defense will be
10 ask Tor a stay of sentence until the |
appeal IS tried out There was an I'M
d~erstandlhg with United States Mar
sha, Gfahdle United States Attorney
and the court today 10 the
effect shat there would be no attempt
10 execute the sentence until the de-
fellse mad an opportunity to carry tho
case to the higher court and there oh
talf a suspension of the sentence. Mrs.
"9
No acton will be taken by Tnitcd
states Attorney Sullivan regarding the
o,hel SIX indictments against Mrs,
CHADWICK in the federal court until
me present case is finally disposed Of
Il the present case and sentence is
uslaliled by the last court. the other
Iii VII 3e dropped, otherwise those
VII De used against the woman
Woman Seemingly Resigned.
Mrs. Chadwick was not Particularly
Affected by the action of the court RI,
as she seemingly had resigned her
self to my action that might be taken.
Mrs. chadwick was indicted by the
United States grand jury at II special
session ordered by Judge Francis 7
Wing, VINO has since his retirement
rom the federal bench became her as
'ociate counsel on several separate
,harges, each relating to her connection
With the failure of the Citizens Nations
bank of Oberlin, of Which the late
!. I. Beckwith was president, and A
;. Spear cashier. Both the president
cashier We're Jointly ipdicted with
ne woman. who borrowed thousands
dollars of the banks money.
She was convicted under the indict-
nent in which she was charged with
conspiracy with President Beckwith
Spear to certify her checks wien
he had no money in the bank.
BY good behavior Mrs. Chadwick can
'educe her time of imprisonment to
light years and four months.
When seen after sentence had been
pronounced Mrs: Chadwick replied to a
question:: What more can the world
want to know about me nowo?"