The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-11
MRS. CHADWICK DIES
Notorious Woman Who Found East
ern Bankers Easy.

ern Bankers Easy. i.
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 11.-Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick. whose financial
transactions eliminated In the
wrecking of an oberlln bank, died
in the woman's ward In the ohio
penitentiary at 1895 O'Clock last
night
Mrs. Chadwick had been In II
comEtose condition for some ..outs
.2reuoua to her death, and the end
came peacefully. No friends or
relatiYes waited at her bedside. q. ~
the prison physician and her prison
attendants. Her son. Emil Hoover,
had been summoned from CIeve-
land. but he was not expect II to
arrive before tomorrow.
A FORTUNE TELLER
Columbus. Ohio, Oct 11.--Mrs.
Cassie III Chadwick, whose maiden
name was Elizabeth Bigley, was
native of Woodstock, Canada. She
first came into public notice in To
ledo. Ohio. about 20 years ago,
whore she told fortunes under the
name Of Madame de We're. Whine
in this city she forged the name
Richard Brown Of Youngstown,
Ohio, and for this crime was sent
to the penitentiary at Columbus fur
nine years
She served but portion Of this
sentence and then located In Clese-
land where she married man nam
ed Hoover Her second husband
was Or. Leroy S. Chadwick, a man
of good family and excellent stand
ing in his profession
FORGED NOTES
In the latter part OF 1912 or early
in 1893 Mrs Chadwick, in the pres
ence of her husband, gave TO Ira
Reynolds. cashier of the Wade Park
bank of Cleveland, box contain
ing notes signed with the name Of
Andrew Carnegie. These forged
notes are alleged to have amounted
to $7,50O,00O. Reynolds gave to
Mrs. Chadwick a receipt for the pap.
ers, which described the notes and
the signatures Upon them. Mrs.
Chadwick left with Reynolds, as an
explanation of the existence of the
notes, the statement that she was a
natural daughter of Carnegie.
With the receipt of Reynolds in
her possession, Mrs. Chadwick went
to different banks and many capital
lists, making loans and paying not
only high interest to the banks. Dut
heavy bonuses TO the bank. officials
loaning her the money. The ex-
tent of these transactions will never
be known fully, 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
lyme, Mass, from whom she had
borrowed a large amount, which
she was unable to pay Other cred
itors came down upon her and in a
short time she was placed under ar
rst by the federal authorities on
the charge of conspiring with
Charles Beckwith, the president,
ona n Gpaaw 80 a na%EnnaI ba1iy
at Oberlin, Ohio, which had been
substantially looted. Mrs. Cnad-
wick had obtained from this insti-
tuition such large sums of money
that it was compelled to close It's
doors, causing heavy losses TO the
depositors and running many of
them.
Mrs. Chadwick, Beckwith and
Spear were indicted for a variety of
offenses against the national bank
ing laws. Beckwith died before
coming to trial. Spear pleaded gull
ty, was sentenced to seven years
in the penitenti-ry and is now serv-
ing time in Columbus. Ohio. Mrs
Chadwick was brought to trial on
March s, 1905. and. after a hear
ing which lasted for two weeks, was
found guilty of conspiracy to de-
fraud a national bank. and was
sentenced to 10 years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Her health, which was not gooG
at the time of the trial, failed sfead-
fly after its conclusion. Mrs. Chad
wick left one son, born OF her first
marriage, Emil Hoover. who is now
about 20 years of age.