The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-07
MUST live ten
YEARS IN PRISON
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, Hyp-
MOTTO Financier, Sentenced
to Penitentiary.
VERDICT RAISES STORM
Attorneys for the Woman Will Use
Every Effort to Keep Her From
Prison Doors-WiIl Be Defend
ed to the End.

Cleveland, O.. March 90 Unless the
higher court interferes Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick will 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,
court.
The sentence came at the close of a
busy day for the court in hearing ar
guments on motion for new trial,
which lasted all day. The motion was
overruled.
Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on
seven counts and sentenced upon six
counts. For four Of these counts a
sentence of two years each was inn
posed. Upon two counts a sentence of
one year each was imposed, making a
total sentence OF ten years
Attorneys Not Satisfied.
AS soon as the sentence was pro-
nounced Attorney j. P. DaWley, coun-
sci for Mrs. Chadwick, took exception
to the sentences upon each count ex-
cept the first count. The defense in
tends to make the claim that the court
cannot impose separate sentence for
each count; that the law applies to the
general charge instead OF each incident
of general charge. The various
counts of the indictment are considered
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 accused District Attorney
Sullivan of gross misconduct in con-
Quoting the case. He charged the
district attorney with violating the
when he argued witchcraft, conspiracy
and crimes not mentioned in the testi-,
mony. He also argued that Attorney
Sullivan assumed many things that
were not borne out by the testimony.
He also attacked the jury and i'm
not tell the truth when they said they
had formed no opinions Of the case.
Mr.. Dawley declared that the Judge
had erred in his charge to the Jury.
Ask for Stay Of Sentence.
Either Judge Francis j. Wing or
Mr.. Dawley will go to Cincinnati to-
morrow to make arrangements for a
review Of the case by the United
States circuit court Of appeals The
first step taken by the defense will be
to ask for stay of sentence until the
appeal Is tried out. There was an un-
derstanding with United States Mar
shat Chandler United States Attorney
sullivan and the court today to the
ERECT that there would be no attempt
TO execute the sentence until the de-
fense had an opportunity to carry the
case to the higher court and there OBJ
tain suspension of the sentence. Mrs.
Chadwick will be defended to the last
court
No action will be taken by United
States Attorney Sullivan regarding the
other six indictments against Mrs.
Chadwick in the federal court until
the present case Is finally disposed Of.
II the present case and sentence Is
sustained by the last court, the other
cases will be dropped, otherwise those
Will be used against the woman.
Woman Seemingly Resigned. 4
Mrs. Chadwick was not particularly
affected by the action of the court to-
day, as she seemingly had resigned her
self to any action that might be taken.
Mrs. Chadwick was indicted by the
United States grand jury at special
session ordered by Judge Francis =
from the federal bench became her as.
sociate counsel on several separate
charges, each relating to her connection
with the failure Of the Citizens Nation
al bank Of Oberln. of which the late
c. 7. Beckwith was president. and A.
B. Spear cashier. Both the president
and cashier were jointly indicted with
the woman, who borrowed thousands
of dollars of the banks money.
She was convicted under the indict.
ment in which she was charged with
conspiracy with President Beckwitt
and Spear to certify her checks wher
she had no money in the bank.
By good behavior Mrs. Chadwick car
reduce her time Of Imprisonment IL
eight years and four months.
When seen after sentence had beer
pronounced Mrs. Chadwick replied to {
question:: What more can the worlc
want to know about me now?"