The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-12
THE WOMAN WAS DEFIlIl lI
Conviction Was Followed
 Physical Collapse.
The Breaker of Baaks was Hspsfu1 - Acquittal Until Verdict was nead by Her Twelve
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certidcation of checks on a nzt{o011 bank, when tGere were no fundn 14' the bank to her credit. She was found guilty on all seven counts on which the jury was at liberty to judge hers
 The original indictment ccntn1no6I sixteen counts. Two of these W6rU| ruled out during the trial by Jud94. Tayler and of the remaining fourteo1 one-half charged her with securing tho certification of checks without havinG| the proper entries made on the bop1ke' of the bank. Judge Tayler In ht9s charge directed the jury to diSreKafd these counts and consider only the reSs maining seven which related to tho certification with no funds on depostt.
 Under the law she can be nned on each count not more than $1o,000 or Imprisonment not more than two years on each count.
 The jury left the court room tt 3:33 o'clock. It was announced two houra later that verdict had been reached.
 Mrs. Chadwick came into court about five minutes before the jury. She was accompanied by her son, Emil Hoover, and trained nurse. She took the same seat she has occupied during the trial and rested her face in the palm of her right hand. q position sha had held almost constantly through tho sessions of the court.
 During the afternoon she had suffer- ed severely from cramp in her right arm, being at times barely able to use it. She forgot all about the cramp tonight in her excitement and moved the arm as though nothing had eyer troubled 1t.
 The jury sat silently ie their chairs waiting for the appearance of Judge Tayler and around the dim 1ighted court room stood thirty persons. 0f Mrs. Chadwick's counsel. Judge Wing alone was present and he sat silent with frown on his face. Judge Tay- Ter entered from his chambers and walked quickly to his chair.
 'I have it. your honor" said Clerk Carleton. holding up q sbm white pa- per. Then. turning his face 10 tho court room. the clerk said: rGentle- men. answer to your names as they are called"
 All of the jurymen responded and and stood up-
 Guilty of Count One.
 we find. as to count one, guilty"
 The sentence was repeated six times more for the six remaining counts and. then Mir. Carleton resumed his seat
 "Gentlemen." said the judge, was this, and is this. your verdict"
 An inarticulate murmur of assent from the jury and then in few words Judge Tayier thanked and dismissed the jury.
 Mrs. Chadwick had failed utterly fo grasp the meaning of the verdict. she Is slightly deaf and Clerk Carleton read the verdict in tone so low that it was nearly inaudible ten feet away. Aa the people around her began to move and talk the prisoner grasped the fact that her fate was decided. She glano- ed at Judge Wing. whose tall form was close at her side.
 We have lost. Mrs. Chadwick" waa all he said.
 This time she realized 1t. She turned half around to look at Emil Hoover behind her, and reading there cou- firmation of the word of Judge Wing. she flushed deeply and raised her hand in bewildered fashion to her head Suddenly her limbs seemed to give way beneath her and she sank feehiy into her chair. Her head fell forward on her hands. and a succession of strangling sobs came from her throat. while Emil Hoover and Judge Wing sought vainly to comfort her.
 The government moves for sentences your honor," said District Attorney Sullivan.
 We desire to enter a motion for a new trial, said Judge Wing, stepping forward.
 'T will. at future time set date for the argument on the motion for a new trial" said Judge Tayler, .'and presume the matter can rest until thar time"
 That is satisfactory to the govern- ment,' said Mir. Sullivan. Judge Wing bowed a silent assent and stepped back to the side of his distracted client.
 Mrs. Chadwick Denant.
 Mrs. Chadwick soon composed her. self, raised her head, wiped her eyes and rose to her feet. with an air of defiance. Attended by Deputy MarshaH Clobitz. Emil Hoover and Judge Wing. she walked steadily to the hallway to take the elevator. It was not there and in the slight delay Mrs. Chadwiojx,s composure deserted her utterly. she violently threw off the arm of Deputy Marshal Clobitz and that of her son. exclatming. Let me go, Oh, my God. let me go!'
 She tottered in weakness and Deputy Marshal Kinder stepped quickly to her side.
 I'm not guilty" she exclaimed, and then with all the energy gone from her voice, she moaned again and again. "Oh, let me go, let me go. I'm not guilty. I tell you; let me go"
 Suddenly she fell against Judge Wing. He caught her by the shoulders and kept her from falling until Deputy Marshal Kinder came up on the other side. Together the two men lifted her bodily into the elevator, which descend- ed one floor and she was taken hale walking and half carried Into the of- flee of United States Marshal Chandler and placed on a sofa. An attack Of hysteria followed that lasted fully fif- teen minutes, her sobs and cries being distinctly audible in the hall outside
 The two nurses were in prompt ate tendance and applied restoratiyes diIf> gently. In about a half hour from the time she entered the marshals office, Mrs. Chadwick was restored to com~ parative composure and was then taken to jail. From the time of leaving the marshal's ofEice until the door of the jail closed behind her, she kept up moaning that was distressing to hcars