The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-09
GOVERNMENT CLOSES
In The CHADWICK CASE
LATE IN AFTERNOON ONE DE-
FEEsE WITNESS rs CALLED.

Host Important Point Made by the
State in Its Entire Case Gained in the
Admission of Two Drafts for $4,000
issued by the Oberiin Bank In Favor
Of the Accused--Mrs. Chadwick Had
Not Cent OF Money in the RankSst
the Time She Received Them.
Cleveland. March s.-The case Of the
government against Mrs. Chadwick
was completed this afternoon. One
witness fer the defense. an expert ac-
countant, was sworn, but an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow before
he had given any testimony.
The entire afternoon session Of the
court was taken UP by the introduction,
as evidence, of checks, deposit slips.
books of the bank and two letters writ
ten 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 hard fight with the
attorneys for the defense, secured the
admission, as evidence, of two drafts,
| aggregating $4,000, issued by the Ober-
| lin bank in favor of Mrs Chadwick on
August "a, 1903 On this same date
Mrs. Chadwick obtained from the bank
a certified check for $125Oo and Receiv-
hot
1 ing on the books Of the bank to show
! that at the time of receiving the drafts
and the check Mrs. Chadwick had a
cent of money in the bank, 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 books of
the Oberlin bank showed that the mon
1 ey was held to its credit at the Import
ers' and Traders National bank in New
York, while it was in reality in the pos
session of Mrs. Chadwick.
The defense objected TO the Introduce
ton of the drafts on the ground that
they were not mentioned in the indict-
ment for conspiracy Of which Mrs.
Chadwick is being tried. The district
attorney contended that the drafts and
the check were part Of the Conspiracy
between BeekWith, Spear and Mrs
Chadwick, and related to the same
transaction.
| The decision of Judge Taylor was IN
flavor Of the government, and the drafts
! were admitted.
/ 1t is believed that only part Of the
next session Of the court viii be reauir-
/ ed for the witnesses for the defense,
and that the attorneys will begin their
arguments by tomorrow afternoon at
the latest.
The letters written by Mrs Chadwick
to Beckwith and Spear were read dur
| ing the afternoon session and afforded
4 considerable amusement to the court.
I The letter first read was written joint
1 " to Beckwith and Spear, and related
to loan which Mrs. Chadwick had se-
cured from Mr.. Fay, of Elyria, o. 1T
declared that the writer had given
check to Fay, and when he came to see
them about it, all they had to say WAS
| that they had extended her paper. IT
would not be necessary for them to say
anything beyond that. The letter con-
cluded:
H.
to see the check in his hands, SO you
better be surprised f you don't say 1t
/ you can look it,
The second letter was written to
Spear alone. In it Mrs. Chadwick ask
led him to certify a check to be given by
her to Henry Wurst. of Elyria, saying
THAT she would get the goods" in the
least to meet the check So draw q,
1 check for $4,000, the letter said, and
| / will sign it and pay you well for 1T.
am about to do something Of great in
i terest to us ALL
District Attorney Sullivan laid great
stress, in presenting the letters to the
i jury, to the apparent fact that Mrs.
i Chadwick was asking for the certifica-
tion of a check, not only when she had
1 no funds in the bank, but even before
she had signed it,
A bitter fight was Waged in the after
noon, when District Attorney Sullivan
] attempted to introduce in evidence the
books of the Oberlin bank. The de-
fense objected on the ground that there
I must necessarily be much matter In the
i books that was not germane to the trial
/ of Mrs. Chadwick. Judge Taylor de-
Icided against the introduction of the
books.
Il District Attorney Sullivan finally set
tiled the trouble by offering in evidence
such pages in the books as contained
matter bearing on the evidence given
orally by various witnesses.
Iri Reynolds was called to the stand
for a few minutes this afternoon to
identity the writing OF Mrs Chadwick
on various checks and in the two let
/ ters written to Spear and Beckwith IT
is practically. settled that Andrew Car
negie will not appear in the case at all.
There has been nothing in the case as
lpresented by the government that bears
in any matter on the papers, signed
with his name, which bore SO large a
lpart in the financial transactions OF
i Mrs. Chadwick, and it is not expected
that the defense will offer any testimo-
ny that will call him to the stand to
testify in rebuttal.