The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-18
AMAZING STUNTS
Of MISS DIXON
BLOOMINGTON GIRL WHO SPENT
CHURCH FUNDS, HELD ON
SIX COUNTS.
A MYSTERIOUS BROTHER
Is Said to Have Received the Money
Bat Authorities Doubt Story
Cassie Chadwick's Case
Rivaled

Bloomington. Feb l7.-"Is Hell II
Dixon the Cassie Chadwick # Bloom
, ington?' The Mclean County grand
jury has Just adjourned its sessions
IL after an exhaustive study OF this quea
ton and inv st cation Of her pecuIa-
tions, returning six true bills against
her. The charges are emhezzlement
larceny as bailee and forgery
The action of the grand jury fl rn-
ished a sensational climax to the
first announcements that she had been
unable to produce $1,000 belonging to
the Cleaners Society of the Second
Christian church with which She had
been entrusted al treasurer.
Developments hay intensified the
exc tcmcnt over her amazing ac ions.
the authorities declaring that there is
q marked similarity between her case
and that of Mrs Chadwick, The for
z ry Indictment is feature is fea-
mre which previously had not been
considered. The Corn Belt Bank made
complaint in this case.
Some time ago she appeared al the
bank with the announcement that she
" sh to dep sit $1,000 draft which
he stated, she had just received, as
she was the beneficiary Of insurance
carried by her brother who had been
killed in a wreck She fumbled in h +
purpose for the paper and suddenly
exclaimed that she had lost it, The
cashier was sympathetic and urged
her TO look further She returned n
few days later, stGting that the draft
could not be found, and asked for
Joan of S125 pending the arrival of
| duplicate draft The bank complied.
Forged Note. It is Charged.
| A few weeks later she reappeared
| saying the draft had net becn received
and that she needed another 1925. To
cover both loans she rendered a note
| for $780, which she said, had baen
given to her by a friend, Minnie Lem
me The indorsers were John and
Margaret Lemme The note appeared
to be genuine and was accepted. The
bank now declares that the signatures
are forgeries and that Lemmes knew
nothing of such a note,
Another sensational charge today
was that her bank book, in which she
kept the accounts. of the Cleaner So
ciety, had been subjected to forged
records of deposits She maintains
her policy of saying nothing regard
'ng her case There is still no clew
to the whers abouts cf any of her re-
latives
The money intrusted TO her care
had been raised by four years of la
botious effort on the part of the so
ciety When the church proposed 10
purchas a handsome new pipe organ
the Cleaners Society took it upon it.
self to raise one half of the money
required,
The society, all girls and women
gave periodical bazaars, suppcrs festi-
walls and other 'ertainments Re
Gently the organ was installed and the
Cleaners Society was called upon To
pay fits agreed port on Two weeks
ago Miss Dixon was asked T. turn
ovec the money but che amazed tha
members by declaring that she ala
not have a cent in her possession. She |
was also out of employment and ap
paren,ly had no means what yer TO .
remunerate the society for the nds /
entrusted to her.
The Mysterious Brother.
She was coaxed and threatene.
but refused to make any statement "a
to the disposition Of the money oher I
than that it wa gone After two /
weeks of vain efforts it was d cidcj /
to place her under arrest. She took /
her Incarceration cooily. but II had the /
effect of breaking her silence She
said hat hsr parents We're dead. bat
that she had a brother of whom she !
was very fond When last heard from l
he was in Chicago
He had written TO her at intervals 1
in the last two years asking for /
money stating that he was ia trouble |
and that certain sum was ab oiu-c- |
ly n ccssary also promising 80 pas
her back al the first opportunity So !
received appeals Of this character I
from time 10 time she said bul never /
any m uey back. She did not have +
the heart to fuse him. she said and 4
always lived in the hope hat some I
day he would pay her back every cent {
she had advanced.
Miss Dixon feared. as time pa sed 4
and her brother failed to forward any
Of the money. that exposure would 4
come. she SAYS. She could have left /
before the shortage was discovered. /
but decided sha SAYS 70 remain and 4
take what punishment was in store