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Show OHIO WOMAN FIGURES IN HIGH FINANCE, AND B ANK CLOSES AS RESULT 0 BANK THAT CARBIED WOatAN'S NOTES HAS CLOSED ITS DO0BS. - - - OB EKLIJ.'.'O. r'ov' S -The CHf-' sens' National bank of 'this place was closed today.. The action was taken as a result of a meeting of the1 board of directors held yester- day. The following notice was posted on the bank door today: "This bank will not open this morning or until further notice. Th bank la in charge of "the Na- tlonal Bank Examiner for examlna- nation and investigation." It is generally understood that the bank carried notes of Mrs. Cassis tChadwlck of Cleveland to a large amount. Mrs. Chadwlck for which promised payments pay-ments had not been made when due. . "I am not alone concerned In this matter," mat-ter," said he. "but I must decline to tell who are the other parties. I made the loans on the strength of a statement of Mrs. Chadwlck that she was a woman of wealth and owned securities sufficient suffi-cient to warrant the loans. "The promised payments were not forthcoming and we proposed to find out whether her assertions were true." Mr. Newton understands the case will come up at Cleveland tomorrow. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. A sensation has been caused here by the bringing of a suit by Herbert D. Newton of Brook-line, Brook-line, Mass., against Mrs. Cassle Chadwlck Chad-wlck of Cleveland, O., for J190.S00 for money- loaned T yMra. , phadwick-ia - the -Wife of a Cleveland physician. In addition addi-tion to Mr, Newton's Suit, several banks have taken legal action to recover various vari-ous amounts which bring the total sum to 8267,800. Mr. Newton alleges that Mrs. Chadwlck Chad-wlck told him she had 85.000.000 in bonds and securities placed in trust by Ira Reynolds, secretary and treasurer of the Wade Park Banking company of Cleveland, Cleve-land, and that she bad a note for 8500,000 which she could negotiate at any time for the purpose of paying Newton. He loaned her 8180,800. P. W. Carver, of Boston, attorney for Mr. Newton, in a statement made for his client said that when the loan became payable it was not met and that then he, Mr. Carver, had a conference with Mrs. Chadwlck and her counsel. "The statement was made to me." said Mr. Carver, "that the securities held as a trust fund would soon be released and that in a short time all the various obligations ob-ligations would be psld. "Later, I went to Cleveland, where X held a conference with ' Mr. Reynolds, but he refused to disclose any information informa-tion as to the securities In his care. "Following another conference with Mrs. Chadwlck's counsel last Monday, we decided to bring a suit in equity for the recovery of the money and have obtained ob-tained injunction restraining Mr. Reynolds Rey-nolds from putting the securities out of his possession, and also to prevent Mr Chadwlck from disposing of them." The magnitude of the suits and sensational sensa-tional stories growing out of the case have attracted much attention. OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE DEALS MADE -WITH MRS. CHADWICK. BOSTON. Nov. 28. Herbert D. Newton New-ton of Brookline, Masa, who has sued Mrs. Cassle Chadwlck of Cleveland. O., for 8190,800, is a well-to-do business man. Concerning the action against Mrs. ' Chadwlck. he says that suit has been brought in the Common Pleas court at Cleveland to recover upon loans made to |