Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-10-11
SWINDLER
OF CENTURY DEAD
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, Wrecker Of
Banks and Financiers, Dies In
Ohio Penitentiary

sic Chadwick whose financial tranSac-
tions wrecked the ODerlin hank, caus-
ed the death of the cashier, sent an
other cashier to the penitentiary for
seven years and seriously crippled a
number OF the leading financiers OF
the east and for which she was sen.
fenced to serve 10 years in the pen
itentiary died in the Ohio penitentiary
here tonight at 1915. She was sur
rounded by no relatives CT friends
when the end came, her son who had
been telegraphed for al.iying fifteen
minutes late.
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Bigley,
was native OF Woodstock, Canada
She first came into public notice in
Toledo, Ohio, about 20 years ago
where she told fortunes under the
name OF Madame Deviere. While in
this city she forged the name OF Rich
ard Brown, Youngstown, Ohio, and for
this crime was sent TO the penitentiary
at Columbus, for nine years.
She served but a portion OF this
sentence and the located in Cleve-
land where she married a man named
Hoover. Her second husband was
Dr.. Leroy S. Chadwick, OF Cleveland,
d man OF good family and excellent
Standing in his prDtpSSi0n
In the latter part of 1902 or early
in 1903 Mrs. Chadwick, in the pres
ence OF her husband, gave to Ira Rey-
nolds, cashier of the Wade Park
Bank OF Cleveland, a box containing
notes signed with the name of An
,rew Carnegie. These forged notes
.-0,Uoo. Reynolds gave Mrs. Chad
wick a receipt for the papers, which
described the notes and the signature
upon them. Mrs. Chadwick left with
Reynolds as an explanation of the
existence of the notes the statement
OF Carnegie.
With the receipt of Reynolds in her
possession Mrs. Chadwick went to
different banks and many capitalists,
making loans and paying not only
high interest to the banks, but heavy
bonuses to the bank officials who
loaned her the money. The extent Of
these transactions will never be
known. but they ran into the mil
lions. They involved men of high
j standing il the financial world and
. caused heavy losses to many banks
In November 1904, she was sued
hy man named Newton of Brook
, rowed a large amount which she was
unable 10 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 conspiriting with Charles Beckwith
! the president and A. b. Spear Of a
National Bank at Oberlm, Ohio. which
had been substantially looted. Mrs.
! Chadwick had obtained from this in.
! stitution such large sums OF money
that it was compelled to close its
doors, causing heavy losses to the
deposilors and running maay Of them.
Mrs. Chadwick, Beckwith and
Spear were indicted for a variety Of
offcnses against the National Bank
Ing laws. BeckWith died before com.
ing to trial. Spear plead guilty, was
sentenced TO : years in prisCn and is
now serving time in Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Chadwick was brought to tria
on March C, 1905, and after hearina
which lasted for two weeks was founl
guilty OF conspiring to defraud a Ma
tional bank and was sentenced to 1t
years in prison.
Her health, was not good at III,
time OF the trial and failed steadil,
after its conclusion.
Mrs. Chadwick left one son. borr
OF her first marriage, Emil Hover. VIII,
is now about 20 years of age.