The new South-news., 1907-10-19
MRS. CHADWICK
PASSES AWAY
Only Prison Employees in Attsndance
Most Remarkable Career Ever
Before the American Public Ended
in Penitentiary.

Columbus. Ohio.-Mrs. Chadwick,
whose amazing financial transactions
eliminating in the wrecking OF an
Oberlin bank. died in the woman's
ward at the Ohio penl!entiary.
She had been in comatose condi-
ton for several hours previous to her
death and the end came peacefully.
No friends or relatives waited at her
bedside. Only the prison physician
and his attendants.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Biglow.
was a native of Woodstock, Ont. She
first came into public notice in Tolls
do, Ohio, about twenty years ago,
where she told fortunes under the
name of Madame De Cere. While IN
that city she forged the name of Rich
ard Brown of Youngstown. Ohio, and
for this crime was sent to the penn
Tertiary for nine years. She served
but portion Of this sentence and
then located in Cleveland, where she
married man named Hoover. Her
second husband was ID. Leroy ).
Chadwick, Of Cleveland, a man rf
good family and excellent standing
in his profession. In the latter paft
Of 1902, or early in 1908. Mrs. Chai-
wick. in the presence of her husband,
gave to Ira Reynolds, the cashier OF
the Wade Park Bank of Cleveland, =
box containing notes signed with tho
name of Andrew Carnegie. These
forged notes are alleged to have
amounted to $1,500,tco. Reynolds
gave TO Mrs. Chadwick receipt for
the papers which described the notes
and the signature on them. Mrs.
Chadwick left with Reynolds as an
explanation of the existence of the
notes the explanation that she was
a natural daughter Of Mr.. Carnegie.
With the receipt of Reynolds in hex
possession, Mrs. Chadwick went 30
different banks and many capitalists,
making loans and paying not only
high interest to the banks, but heavy
bonuses to the bank officials wio
loaned her the money. The oxtent
of these transactions will never Oe
fully known, but they ran up into
the millions. They involved men Of
high standing in the fnencial world,
and caused heavy v,sses to mauy
banks. In November, 1904, she was
sucd by man named Newton, IT
Brookline. Mass, from whom she hid
borrowed large amount, which she
was unable to pay. Other creditors
came down upon her and within .
short time she was placed under ar
rest by the federal authorities on the
charge of conspiring with Charles
Beckwith, the presiScn and A. y.
Spear, cashier of national bank at
Oberlin. Ohio. which had been sub
stantially looted Mrs. Chadwick had
obtained from this Institution such
large sums of money that it was COM
PEELED to close its doors, causing
heavy losses to the depositors and
running many of them. Mrs. Chaa-
wick. Beckwith and Spear were in
dicted for variety of offensss
against the national banking laws.
Beckwith died before coming to trial.
Spear pleaded guilty. was sentenc ,'l
TO seven years in the penitentiary and
is now serving time at Columbus,
Ohio. Mrs. Chadwick was brought t.
trial on March 6. 1905, and after a
hearing which lasted two weeks, was
found guilty of conspiracy to defrand
a national bank and was sentenced 20
ten years in the peniteniiary. Her
health. which was not good at the
time of the trial. failed steadily after
its conclusion. Mrs. Chadwick lee,
one son. born of her first marriage,
Emile Hoover. who is now about "
years of age.