The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-15
END OF REMARKABLE CAREER
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick Dies IN
Ohio PenitentaN
SaAServing Sentence of Ten Years
VT Bank Wrecking-Borrowe
Immense Sums of Money Right
and Left-Banks and Capitalists
Easy Victims.

Columbus, Ohio, October 10.-Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick, whose amazing
financial transactions eliminated in
the wrecking of an Oberljn, Ohio,
bank, died in the women's ward al the
Ohio penitentiary tonight at 10. Is.
Mrs. Chadwick had been in a. coma
tose condition for some hours previous
to her death and the end came peace
fully. No friends or relatives walled
at her bedside, only the prison ply
sician and hospital attendants being
present. Her son, Emil Hoover, had
been summoned from Cleveland, but
he was not expected 20 arrive before
tomorrow.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Bigley.
was a native Of WOostock. Canada.
She first came into public notice in
Toledo, o., about 20 years ago where
SheAOld fortunes under the name of
MaName Deviere. While in this city
she forged the name Of Richard
Brown, Youngstown, Ohio, and for
this crime was sent TO the peniten-
tiary at Columbus for nine years
She served but a portion of this
-sntence and then located in Cleve-
land where she married a man named
Hoover. Her second husband was DR..
Leroy S. Chadwick of Cleveland, a
man of good family and excellent
standing in his profession.
In the latter part Of 1902, or early
in 1903 Mrs. Chadwick, in the pres
ence of her husband, gave to Ira Rey-
nolds. thc cashier of the Wade Park
bank, of Cleveland, a box containing
notes signed with the name of An
drew Carnegie. These forged notes
are alleged to have amounted to ST.
500. 900. Reynolds gave a receipt for
the papers, which described the notes
and the signatures upon them. Mrs.
Chadwick left with Reynolds as an
explanation of the nUtes, the slate
ment that she was a natural daughter
of Carnegie With the receipt of
Reynolds in her possession. Mrs.
Chadwick went to different banks and
many capitalists making loans and
paying not only high interest to khe
banks but heavy bOnuneSe, to bank
officials who loaned her the money.
The extent Of these transactions will
never be fully known. but they ran
up into the millions. They involved
men of high standing in the finan-
cial world and caused heavy losses to
many banks.
In November. 1904, she was sued
by a man named Newton, of Brook
line Mass, from whom she had bor-
rOwed a large amount. Other credi
tQ-. came down upon her and soon
was arrested by the federal
sw<n'rities on the charg" off cOnspir-
ing 4 ith Charles BeckWith, president
and~. p. Spear, cahrer Of a national
bank at O0erlfn. Ohio. which had
been substantially looted. Mrs.
Chadwick 1Ead obtained from this in
stitution such large sums that IL was
compelled to close its doors. causing
heavy losses to the depCsitOrs and
running many Of them.
Mrs. Chadwick, BeCkWRh and
Spear were indicted for a variety Of
Olfenscs against the national banking
laws. BcckWith died before coming
to trial. Spear pleaded guilty, was
sentenced to seven years in the peni-
tertiary and is now serving time at
Columbus. Ohio. Mrs. Chadwick was
brought to trial March 6. 1905. and af-
ter hearing which lasted TWO weeks
was found guilty of conspiracy TO de-
fraud q national bank. and was sem
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
Her health, which was not good at
the time of the trial, failed steadily
after its conclusion.
Mrs Chadwick left one son. Emil
MR,vcE born Of her first marriage.
~ is Now about 90 years old.