Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-08
drs. Cassie Chadwick Able to
Refute Some of Statements
Made by Prosecution
testimony WAS INTERESTING
Witnesses Testify That Mrs. Chadwick
Had an Account at the oberIin Bank
Whom the Transactions Which Were
Claimed to DO Fraudulent Were
Made.

Hrs. Cassie T.. Chadwick who is being
ied on the charge of, conspiracy in
eonnection with the failure Of the
)berlin National bank. scored point
gainst the government by establish
me- the fact that the claim of the gov
trnment that Mrs. Chadwick had no
.toney in the Oberlin bank ut the time
If drawing checks which We're credited
ny Spear and Beckwith was incorrect
II two instances at least.
1t was shown by the general journal
9f the bank that on Nov. 3, l903, when
Mrs. Chadwick received certified
heck for $4,000, an entry creditinS
4er with that amount was made on the
Journal OF the bank, and deposit slip
or $4,000 WAS made out In her name.
the entry and the slip were In the
.andwritipg of Cashier Spear. Another
.ntrv Of similar nature, amounting to
5000 was also found.
Witness Misstatement.
These facts wereI brought out on
cross examination by Judge Wing,
sounsel for Mrs. Chadwick, after long
md tedius questioning of III. H. Avery,
assistant cashier Of the Oberlin bank.
Avery at first testified that Mrs. Chad-
yick at no time had either money in or
credit at the bank.
1t is doubtful If Andrew Carnegie
will take the stand. District attorney
said this afternoon;
"It Isl not my present intention to
put Mr.. Carnegie on the stand and |
10 not think that he will be called upon
10 testify unless his evidence should
be needed in rebuttal of something I'M
troduced by the defense.
j. r. Randolph, of Oberlin, who was
also a director OF the Oberlin bank,
gave evidence similar to that of Mr.
Hotter. c.. p. Doolittle, an instructor
In Oberlin College, and also director
Of the bank, testified that at all meet
(ngs Of directors the minutes of the
last proceeding meetings were read by
Cashier Spear. as we'll as the discount
book, He never knew of any dealings
between the bank and Mrs. Chadwick
until the day before the bank closed.
None of the Chadwick deals were ever
reported by Mr. Spear to the directors,
Starts Account With $92 500.
G.. J. Provo, an official of the Euclid
Avenue Trust Company, formerly OF
he Sbankswhich received from Mrs.
Chadwick the Wurst check for s12,5o0
.estified that at the time Of depositing
his check Mrs. Chadwick opened an
with his bank making total de-
posts Of $4,000. She requested that
The account be In the name Of Cassie
Z. Chadwick and G. l.. Shippers.
H. Fl. Avery, formerly assistant
cashier Of the Oberlin bank, was the
next witness. He testified that he had
no knowledge Of any of the transact
ions between Mrs. Chadwick and the
bank. He was asked by the district at
.orney II Mrs. Chadwick possessed any
money in the Oberlin bank, against
which the checks drawn by her and
certified by Beckwith and Spear could
De charged An argument between
lawyers ensued and Avery was finally
allowed to state that Mrs. Chadwick
1T one time had q deposit of $1O,-
300, IFS
Judge Wing, who conducted the
INSTRUMENTATION in behalf of Mrs.
Beckwith, attempted to discredit as
Far as possible the statement made
by the witness at the morning session
Of court, that there had not appeared
on the books Of the OberNn bank dur
ing the time that he had acted as as
sistant cashier any entry to the credit
If Mrs. Chadwick and th@t she had not
at any time any deposit in the bank
with the exception of once, when she
had $4,000 there.
Makes Contradiction.
The lawyer and the witness waded
thru a labyrinth of technicalities re-
ating to banking in general and the
books of the Oberlin bank in particular
and the witness finally discovered on
the general journal of the bank ap en-
Try showing that Mrs. Chadwick had
received and discounted a note of $40
300. Then ensued a long Wrangle as
to whether or not this was a credit.
The witness became badly confused at
times and announced that it was a
credit and then declared that 1t was not
! credit. He asserted that it was IAN
item Of credit" but not necessarily a
credit.
Then District Attorney Sullivan re-