The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-07
STORY
4 IS SSlEE;8III.
CHADWICK.
a We HsTR AN q r AN {. III ORE
tSIEREsTlNG 6, THAN ANY
OK OF FICTION. Y.
concluded From Yesterday


stnh and the woman were bound
the grand Jury and forgery
mdictnnent we're returned against
shen Iarsh a 81 S9O.$SlIt5w figured
mat she had obtained sls,O75.12
stirottgf i Lamb, who had given her So
$40; and Ind mortgaged home for
200 to- d bank to secure ia loan.
Tue Indictments were based on the
300 Brown note: IA is
The trial which followed was sen.
aHan Throughout the country. Jas.
s9nthard now Congressman from
oledoa district conducted the
sps1sscslt ton. ind 30 Rltchey defended
gomans Irwin Delford; now clerk
~ The United States Supreme Court
iaf the northern district Of Ohio, de.
sIadsd Lamb. The man she had so
xErplete deceived and SO success:
tool, was the star wit:
ness agaains 4 Elizabeth 5Bigley, as we'll
! y against himself. He told every.
slaes ne Knew Of the woman and her
titlerati onsS8 not sparing himself. In
us final argument, Belford set up III
isgmbfs behalf thesplea that the wo.
,a had Used hypnotic Influence over
I'm The Jury accepted this plea and
aaitted Lamb. !stss} Hc 5trod the path
#l-t
titss outcast then, and died broken.
mart 81 peddler of brooms.
lydia Deveres they convicted. She
g1s sen enced to Imprisonment for
iiins Years and six months in the Co.
aaaihns penitentiary. AT the peniten.
the woman made an excellent
sE,;'1rd as q prisoner. Her conduct
well calculated to help in her
HiInrts secure her release. She
5F1Ss taken several times before the
sIdon Board $and prevailed upon its
nstabers to recommend her parole.
IN 1896, less than three years
Yer she had been sentenced, she
ssss leased from the penitentiary
ri parole through the clcmency of
s|tlre af 8theg most respected men who
Es.ssI lived, William Mckinley, then
lsasernor 81 Ohio, upon whom she had
anEscsedsd lin making an impression
4 less favorable than that she had
ad1trtyed ITO produce before the Par.
sdnf Board fs
size went Ftoaher home. in Canada
and reported monthly to the prison
ea1ired by the parole law. Soon
rsapp eared fiji Cleveland
oman now became Mrs. c. L.
fEsoyer: She resided part Of the time
r. 81 her sister and mother, who had
rtxnsE from Canada. Mrs. Hoover
lizde herself conspicuous for her
stste and lavish display. She travel.
- stnnGf Il She had with her son,
~ Emil. She did considerable
ilalang and seemed to be profusely
ks9plfed EwithSmoney.
sStynnllsslWass the lie She led until Au.
sissts Y So she married Dr.. Leroy
y: chadwick This was about the
line that she was formally dscharg.
trnn resi- possibility to the peniten.
4 iay
\ shee StlialIi asess look place al Wind.
Ontario Or. Chadwick had at.
f ~ her as physician. He was
and had daughter, Mary.
fIeswass q member of one Of the old.
and most respected families Of
The residing in the Euclid ave.
ms manslon left him by his father.
AZ ststiisS home Mrs. Hoover came with
ilerts9nS Emil and chattels to share tt
the ID ctors and his daughter
AasS Bae ked by her husbands po-
J ls59i q she became social climber,
sllss ociety9 accepted no more of her
alts41ices than was necessary to show
st.stlS 81. for Dr. Chadwick. The wo-
s1aan & past preyed upon her. @
Nr4 e. e.
Easual encounters with persons
WHO y knew her as Lydia Devere alarm.
sEsed her; She begged them to bury
her knowledge. She furnished the
IS as .sssa q mansion according TO her
oaH IDEAS Of; elegance. Her utter lack
~ 4 taste 5isS apparent at a superficial
insrection Of the interior Of the
ssshaRsestWit Its grotesque array Of
h essitppstly rubbish, as many would term
sS i; The rooms Y are crowded with
saalmets. The cabinets, mantels and
sSssyezy available space display a hete.
$stsssnoas collection OF bric.a.brac, I'm.
Il :aaz1tsdf expensive but utterly alb.
aitHrent TO sane ideas OF home adorn.
n a,enh 10 The little music room is
S sszrssnttzd BY an immense pipe organ.
" The Ta3t sEafs are covered with pictures
Sspf ssyssying merit, for which she paid
enhorbitant prices. Among the bi.
ssarral furnishings is an enormous
Elossss shich covers. table in the re-
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