The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
She Was Attended OnIy B Hospital Physician and
 His Attendants
FINANCIAL CAREER WAS
 WONDER OF THE AGE
Wrecked a Bank in oberlin, Ohio, and Involved Men and Banks at Quite Number of Other
 Places.

Columbus. O., October 1O-Mrs Cassie Chadwick, whose amazing financial trans actions eliminated in the wrecking of an Oberlin bank, died in the woman's ward at the Ohio hospital at Il o'clock tonight.
 Mrs. Chadwick had been in a comatose condition for hours prior to her death and death came peacefully. No friends or relatives waited at her bedside, only the prison physician and his attendants Her son, Emil Hoover, had been summoned from Cleveland. but arrived 15 minutes after she had expired.
 Mrs. chadwick's Career.
 Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Bigley. was native of Woodstock, Canada She first came into public notice in Toledo about 20 years ago, where she told fortunes under the name of Madame Devere. While in this city she forged the name of Richard Brown, Youngstown, O., and for this crime was sent to the penitentiary at Co lumbus for nine 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 pr. Leroy $. Chadwick of Cleveland, a man of good family and excellent standing in his pro- fession.
 In the latter part of 1902 or early in 1903, Mrs. Chadwick, in the presence of her husband, gave to Ira Reynolds. the cashier of tre W ade Park bank of Cleve- land, a Dox containing notes signed with the name of Andrew Carnegie These forged notes are alleged to have amounted 10 S7,5O0,000. Reynolds gave to Mrs Chad wick receipt for the papers. which de- scribed 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 nat ural da1ghtei of Anorew Carnegie.
 Her Operations.
 With tie receipt of Reynolds in her pos session Mrs. Chadwick went to different banks and many capitalists making loahs and paying not ony high interest to the banks, but heavy bonus to the bank of ficials who loaned her the money. The extent of these transactions will never be fully known. but they ran mp into mil lions. 1ney i'woi, cd men of high stand ing in the fmdncia world and caused heavy losses tc aany banks
 In November, 1904, she was sued by a man named NeNlOn OI bIObkilne, -hdSs-, from whom she had borrowed a large amount, which she was unable to pay. Other creditors came down on her and within short time she was placed under arrest by the federal authorities on the charge of conspiring with Charles Beck with, the president, and A. B. Spear. of a national bank at Oberlin, O., which had been substantially footed. Mrs Chadwick had obtained from this insti- tuition such large sums of money that 1t was compelled to close it's doors, caus- ing heavy losses to it's depositors and sruining many of them.
 Mrs. Chadwick. Beckwith and Spear were indicted for variety of oftenses against the national banking laws. Beck with died before coming to the trial. Spear pleaded guilty, was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary, and is nov. serving time at Columbus.
 Mrs Chadwick was brought to trial on March 6, 1906. and after hearing which lasted for two weeks, was found guilty of conspiring to defraud a national bank, and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Her health. which was not good at the time of the trial, failed stead fly after it's conclusion.
 Leaves One Son.
 Mrs. Chadwick left one son, Emile Hoover. the only child of her first mar riage He is now about 20 years old.
 The decline in Mrs Chadwick's health began almost from the time she entered the penitentiary on January P, 1906, sen tenced to ten years Imprisonment.
 She fretted necessarily over her con- finement and worried about her troubles until it became almost impossible for her to sleep. At times she was so feverish that the patience of the prison officials were sorely tried.
 Has Wasted Away.
 Mrs. Chadwick was d robust, healthy looking woman when she came to the prison, but she gradually wasted away and had lost fully 90 pounds at the time of her death
 Her last illness dated back about three weeks. when she suddenly collapsed dur ing an interview with her son, Emit Hoover.
 She was confined to a cot in the hos pital of the womens ward from that time until her death At times she be- came delirious, but she never talked of her misfortunes during those periods. The physicians declared Mrs. Chadwick was the victim of a total nervous colla pse, described in medical science as neures- theria.
 Mrs. Chadwick's son, Emil Hoover, vis- ited her last Sunday, but returned to Cleveland. This morning when it was apparent that Mrs. Chadwick was dying he was notified, but wired he could not come until tomorrow morning. Two sis ters. Mrs S. M. York of Cleveland and Mrs Weston of Windsor, Canada were also notified yesterday of Mrs. Chad wicks condition, but neither has been heard from.
 Mrs. Chadwicks body was removed to a local undertaking establishment tonight and prepared for burial. It will be taken to cleveland tomorrow by Emil Hoover. but no plans for the funeral in that city have vet been announced.