Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-11
Famous w oman Prisoner Passes
Away in Ohio Penitentiary,
With No Friends Near
swINDLEs WRECKED MANY MEN
Even Banks Were Caught by Hor Ex-
tensve swindling Operations and
Compelled to Close Doors-Wife of
Prominent Physcian-Career Like a
Story in Fiction.

Columbus. Ohio. oct. 1l.-Mrs Cas-
sic Chadwick, whose amazing financial
transactions eliminated in the wreck
ing of an Oberlin bank. died in the wo-
mems ward OF 1.-THE Ohio penitentiary
last night at 10: is o'clock. Mrs. Chad
wick had been in a comatose" condition
for some hours previous to her death
and the end came peacefully.
No friends or relatives waited at her
bedside; only the prison physician and
hospital attendants. Her son, Emil
Hoover, had been summoned from
Cleveland, but he was not expected to
arrive before today.
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick, whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Bibley,
was d. native of Woodstock, Canada.
She first came to public notice in To-
ledo, o.. about twenty years ago, where
she told fortunes under the name of
Madam Deviere. While in this city
she forged the name OF Richard
Brown, Youngstown Ohio. and for
this crime was sent to the penitentiary
at Columbus for nine years.
She served but Il portion Of this sem
tence and then located in Cleveland
where she married a man named Hoo
YER Her second husband was Dr..
Leroy S. Chadwick, of Cleveland, Il
man OF good family and excellent
standing In his professional life.
The latter part of 1902 or early in
1908, Mrs Chadwick, in the presence of
her husband, gave to Ira Reynolds. the
containing notes signed with the
name of Andrew Carnegie. THESE
forged notes are said to have amounted
to $7,500,000. Reynolds gave to Mrs.
Chadwick receipt for the papers,
which described the notes and the sig
natures upon them. Mrs. CHADWICK
left with Reynolds an explanation OF
the existence of the notes the state
ment that she was natural daugh-
ter of Carnegie. With the receipt OF
Reynolds in her possession. Mrs. Chad
wick went to different banks and
many capitalists making loans and
paving. not only high interest to the
banks, but heavy bonus and to the
bank officials who loaned her the
money.
The extent of these transactions VIII
never be known, but they ran up into
the millions. They involved rnen Oh
high standing in the financial world
and caused heavy losses to many
banks.
In November, 1904, she was sued by
man named Newton of Brookl1ne,
Mass, from whom she had borrowed
large amount which she was unable to
pay. Other creditors came down upon
her and within a short time she was
placed under arrest by the federal au-
thorities on the charge of conspiracy
with Charles Beckwith. the president,
and A. B. Spear, the cashier, or ma
tional bank at Oberlin O., which had
been subsequently looted. Mrs. Chad
wick had obtained from this institution
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 often
ses against the national banking laws.
BeckWith died before coming to trial.
Spear pleaded guilty, was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary and is
now serving time at Columbus, o. Mrs.
Chadwick was brought to trial on
March 6. 1905, and after hearing
which lasted for two weeks was found
guilty of conspiracy to defraud ma
tional bank and was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
No vnn6 ar
the time of her trial, failed steadily
after it's conclusion. Mrs. Chadwick
left one son, born of her first marriage,
Emil Hoover, who is now about 20
years of age.