Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

La Rosa, clairvoyant, and again as
Mrs. Hoover, keeper of a boarding
house. She again disappeared and
it was learned she had married a
farmer by the name of Scott. On
her third return to Cleveland, she
had with her a boy named Emil
Hoover, whom she said was her son,
In 1890, after her short visit to
her home, there appeared at Toledo
a Nine De We're, seeress, fortune
teller, etc who lived in magnificent
style, sold rips on the stock market
to the credulous, and swindled
among many others. a doctor who
later died a wreck, and bank di-
rector who is long since dead.
Finally she caused a young ,ex-
press agent to negotiate paper val
ued at $4,000, which was forged.
She was arrested and sentenced to
the state penetentiary for nine years
and a half, getting three years off
for good behavior.
Then Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
appeared in Cleveland, the wife Of
DIR. Leroy S. Chadwick, whom she
married Aug. 26, 1897. Immediate
ly she set about entertaining with a
lavish hand and soon was a,fayorite
in the younger society set.
Shortly after her arrival the Cleve-
land banks were asked for loans on
representations of wonderful securi-
ties. Notes signed by Andrew Car
negie for vast sums were mentioned
by her. She had millions of dol
lars" she said, but needed ready
cash to get it. Some Cleveland banks
as shown in the list of loans secured
by her, responded to her pleas, but
the number was not sufficient nor
their loans large enough, and she
turned her attention to bigger game.
With the money that she secured
she bought diamonds by the trayful,
took twelve Cleveland girls to Eur
ope, had their miniatures made on
ivory and framed in IL carat gold,
gave her servants sealskin coats,
bought whole store full of toys be-
fore Christmas, bought eight grand
pianos in one day to give to her
friends, and generally threw her
money to the winds.
Finally, when II. B. Newton
started suit to recover a loan of
$l9O,S0O it was learned to what ex-
tent the woman had operated.
Cleveland bankers thought they
held securities of hers valued at
100000, and then the bank safes
were opened and the papeN in their
possession were found to besworth-
less. Andrew Carnegie denied
having signed a note for $250,OOO,
as Mrs. Chadwick claimed, and with
marvellous rapidity the number Of
her swindles became known.
Then the Oberlin (Ohio) bank
failed. It was learned what huge
sums she had borrowed" there.
And finally. after weeks of argument
she was arrested in New York on
chages of forgery and brought back
to Cleveland She was indicted, as
was President Beckwith of the OBJ
erlin Bank and also her husband,
who was then in Europe. The lat
ter was set free and President Beck
with died of a broken heart before
he could be brought to book by the
law.
The woman's trial was bitterly
fought. But in the end justice tri.
umphed and on March 80, 1905
she was sentenced to ten years in
prison at Columbus, O.. Last Jan.
uary she was taken to TIE Fedora
prison at Moundsville, w. Va,
where the dread disease that caused
her death was contracted.
Back of all her dealings there wal
ever the question-was it her eyes
Was it hypnotism? What powe:
did she use to turn hard-headet
men into fools at will? And tn,
question has remained unanswered