Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-10-12
RETIREMENT OF EVANS MRS. CHADWICK IS DEAD
Passes Peacefully Away In the
Ohio Penitent.ary.
SON ARRIVES TOO LATE,
Report Was In Circulation That tn
Departed Woman Had Told Of Her
Various Financial Transactions. bai
This I, Denied.

Columbus o.. Oct. l1.-Mrs. Cass,-
Chadwick. whose amazing financial
transactions eliminated In the wreck.
Ing OF an Oberlin bank. died In the
woman's ward at the Ohio state pen.
tentiary at 10 o'clock Thursday night.
Mrs. Chadwick had been In a comatoss
condition for some hours previous 10
her death. and the end came peacefui
ly. No friends or relatives were al
her bedside: only few prison q
tendantS Her son. Emil Hoover. hal
been summoned from Cleveland. but
arrived fifteen minutes after his moth
er had bieathed her last.
Mrs Chadwitk's body was remov, {
to n local undertaking establishment
and prepared for burial at Cleveland.
Mrs. Chadwick embraced the Roman
Catholic faith, and was baptized n
few days lefore her death. Thursday
morning she received the last anoini.
ment.
II was reported that Mrs. Chadw.ck
had made a statement regarding her
various financial transactions. and ~
was expected that n such a statement
had been ilade II would be given 10 tht
public after her death. The prisor
officials declared that she had n.v,r
made any statement so far a thev
were aware. and 7. Z. Powell. her 90.
torney heye. also declared she had
never made any statement 10 hi.
knowledge.
Mrs Cassie /. Chadwick. who
maiden nEme was Elizabeth Birr'v.
was a lative OF Woodstock. Canada
She first came into public notice ~
Toledo. o.. about twenty years AGO
where she told fortunes under the
name OF Madame De We're. Will
In this city she forged the name oi
Richard Brown Of YOUNGSTOWN. o.. ard
for this crime was sent 70 the ptni.
tentlary az Columbus for nine yeas
She served but portion OF her sen.
tence. AMI then located AZ Cleveland
where she married a man named Hoo.
yer. Her second husband was Or
Leroy ;. Chadwick OF Cleveland. o
man OF good family and excellent,
standing ll his profession.
n the latter part OF 1902 ~ early
in 1908. Mrs. Chadwick. IN Ne pres
ece OF her husband. gave 20 Ira Rey
nolds. the cashier OF the Wade Pari
bank OF Cleveland. a box containing
notes sigasd with the name OF Andrew
Carnegie. These forged notes are al
legged 10 have amounted 10 $500. 900
Reynolds gave 20 Mrs. Chadwick q
receip, for the papers. which describ
ed the notes and the signatures upon
them Mrs Chadwick left with Rey.
nolds as an explanation OF the exist.
ence OF the note the statement that
she was natural daughter OF Car.
negie
With :hc receip, OF Reynolds in her
possession Mrs. Chadwick went 10 dif.
ferent banks and many capitalists max.
ing loans. and paying not only high
interest To the banks. but heavy bo-
muses. TO the bank officials who loan.
ed her money The extent OF these
transactions will never be fully known,
but they run up into the millions.
They involved men Of high standing
In the financial world and caused
heavy losses to many banks.
In November 1904. she was sued
by a man named Newton OF Brook.
line. Mass. from whom she had Dor.
rowed a large amount which she vas
unable TO pay. Other creditors came
down upon her. and within short
time she was placed under arrest hy
the Federal authorities on the chargs
OF conspiring with Charles Beckwith.
the president. and A. II. Spear Of a na.
tional bank AZ OberlIn. O.. which had
been substantially looted. Mrs. Chad.
wick had obtained from this instltu.
ton such large sums OF money tha,
u was compelled 10 close its doors.
causing heavy losses TO the depositcrs.
and running many OF them.
Mrs. Chadwick. Beckwlth and Spear
were indicted for variety of oficns.
es against the national banking laws
Beckwith Gied before coming 10 trial
Spear pleaded guilty. and was sentsnc.
ed 10 seven years in the penitentls.
~. and Is now serving time al Coluri.
bus. q. Mrs Chadwick was brought
10 trial on March s. 1905. and after q
hearing which lasted two weeks. was
found guilty. OF conspiracy 20 defraud
a national bank. and was sentenced 90
L. t.