Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-10-16
MRS. CHADWICK IS DEAD
Passes Peacefully Away In the
Ohio Penitentiary.
SON ARRIVES TC0 LATE.
Repor, Was In Circulation That the
Departed Woman Had Told Of Her
Various Financial Transaetion,, bu,
Thu, IL Denied.

Columbus. O.. Oct. ll.-Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick. whose amazing financial
transactions eliminated In the wreck
ing OF an OberlIn bank. died IN the
womans ward al the Ohio state peni.
tentiary at 10 o'clock Thursday night
Mrs. CHADWICK had been In a comatose
condition fer some hours previous to
her death. and the end came peaceful.
ly. No friends or relatives were at
her bedside: only few prison at.
tsndants. Her son, Emil Hoover. had
been summoned from Cleveland, but
arrived fifteen minutes after his moth.
or had brenthed her last
Mrs. Chadwick embraced the Roman
Catholic faith. and was baptized n
few days Lefore her death. Thursday
morning she received the last anoint.
ment
II was reporioS that Mrs. Chadwick
had made a statement regarding her
various financial transactions. and II
was expe.ted that II such a statement
had been made Il would be given 20 the
public after her death The prison
officials declared that she had never
made any statement so far as they
were aware. and r Y. Powell. her at
terney here. also declared she had
never made any statement TO his
knowledge.
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick. whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Bisely.
was iatiye OF Woodstock. Canada.
She first came into public notice at
Toledo. o.. about twenty years ago.
where she told fortunes under the
name Of Madame De We're While
n this city she forged the name Of
Richard Brown Of Youngstown. o.. and
tentiary at Columbus for nine years
She served but a portion OF her sen.
tence. and then located at Cleveland.
where she married a man named Hoo
yer Her second husband was DIR.
Leroy $. 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.
ece Of her husband. gave to Ira Rey.
nolds. the cashier OF the Wade Park
bank OF Cleveland. box containing
notes slgaod with the name OF Andrew
! Carnegie These forged notes are al
legged to have amounted 10 $500 600
Reynolds gave 10 Mrs Chadwick q
receipt for the papers. which describ
ed the notes and the signatures upon
them. Mrs. Chadwick left with Rey,
nolds as an explanation Of the exist
ence OF the note the statement that
she was a natural daughter OF Car
negie
With the receipt of REYNOLDS in her
! possession Mrs. Chadwick went 10 dlf
ferent banks and many capitalists max
Ing loans. and paying not only high
interest 10 the banks. hut heavy bo.
muses. TO the bank officials who loan
ed her money. The extent OF these
transactions will never be fully known,
but they run up into the millions
They involved men OF high standing
in the financial 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 Dor,
rowed a large amount. which she was
unable 90 pay. Other creditors came
down upon her. and within a short
time she was placed under arrest by
the Federal authorities on the charge
Of conspirlng with Charles Beckwith
the president. and A. d. Spear OF a ns
tional baak a! oberlin. O., which has
been substantially looted. Mrs Chad
wick had obtained from this institu
ton such large sums OF money tha,
| Il was compelled 10 close its doors
causing heavy losses TO the depositors
/ and running many OF them.
Mrs. Chadwick. Beckwith and Spear
were Indicted for a variety OF offens
es against the national banking laws
Beckwlth died before coming 90 trial
Spear pleaded guilty. and was sentenc
cd TO seven years In the penitentia
~ and is now serving time at Colum
bus. o. Mrs. Chadwick was brought
TO trial on March 6. 1905. and after a
hearing which lasted two weeks. was
found guilty OF conspiracy 10 defraud