Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-11
END COMES
FOR SWINDLER
MRS. CASSIE CHADWICK DIES IN
PRISON
Woman Who Posed as Daughter Of
Carnegie and Whose Opera
tIons Affected Nations
Banding, Succumbs s
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct 10.-Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick. whose amazing financial trans
actions eliminated in the wrecking of the
Oberlin National bank, died in the wo-
mans ward In the Ohio penitentiary, at
10:05 o'clock tonight.
Mrs Chadwick had been in a comatose
condition for some houRs previous to her
death, and the end came peacefully. NO
friends or relatives waited at her ped
side; only the prison physician and her
hospital attendants. Her son, Ernil iioo-
yer. had been summoned from Cleve-
land. but he was not expected arrive be-
fore tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, whose maiden
name was Elizabeth Bigley, was a natiVe
of Woodstock, Canada. She first came
info public notice in Toledo, Ohio. ABOUT
twenty years ago, where she told Tor
tunes under the name Of Madame De
we're. While in this city she rorgeu tue
name of Richard Brown, of youngstown,
Ohio, and for this crime she was sem
to the penitentiary at Columbus 1or niiie
years
! she served but portion of this SEN
tence and then located in Cleveland
where she married a man named Hoover
Her second husband was DR.. Leroy ..
Chadwick Of cleveland, apman OF goou
family and excellent standing In MS
profession.
In the latter part of l902, OF carry 4 y, .
,ooa Mrs Chadwick, in the presence of
her husband, gave to Ira Heynoios'
cashier of the Wade Park bank OF CleVe-
land. a box containing notes signed Win
the name of Andrew Carnegie. THESE
forged notes are alleged to have amount
ID 1Old 81.
Chadwick a receipt for the papers, which
DESCRIBED the notes and signatures upon
them. o,zs- -
Mrs Chadwick left with Reynolds as
an exnlanation of the existence OF the
notes the stataement that she was nat
,,ral daughter of Carnegie. With the
recent of REYNOLDS in her possession
Mrs Chadwick went to different palihs
and many capitalists, making loans anu
paying not only high interest," 10 .ue
ehahks. but heavy bonuses to the bank
officials who loaned her the money The
extent of these transactions will never
be known fully, but they. ran up INTO
the millions. They involved men OF hign
standing in the financial world. and caus-
ed heavy losses to many banks
IN November, 1904. she was sued py d
mo ~ named Newton of Brookline Mass
from whom she borrowed large sum-
which she was unable TO pay paSA'
other creditors came down upon her.
and within short time sne was plaoeu
under arrest by the federal authorities
on the charge OF conspiring WIN
Charles Beckwith, the president, and A..
B. Spear of the Oberlin Nationai panh'
which had been looted.
Ruins Bank
Mrs. Chadwick had obtained from
this institution such large sums OF
money that 1t was compelled to close
its doors. causing heavy losses TO the
depositors and running many OF them.
Mrs. Chadwick, Beckwith ana spear
were indicted for variety OF oIenses
against the national laws. Beckwitn
died before coming to trial. spear
pleaded guilty, was sentenced to seven
wears In the penitentiary and Is now
serving his time in Columbus.
MRS, Chadwick was brought 70 triaI
on March 8, 1905, and after nearing
which lasted for two weeks was found
guilty OF conspiracy to defraud ma
tional bank and was sentenced TO ten
wears In the penitentiary
Her health was not good at the time
of the trial and Enthusiastically after its
Mrs. Chadwick left one son. born Of
her first marriage. Emil Hoover. who Is
now about 20 years old