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Show MRS. CHADWICK IS HELD WHILE HER ATTORNEY IS LOOKING FOR A BONDSMAN t it Mysterious Woman Under Arrest Ar-rest on Charge Preferred by Government; Real Case Has Not Become Public. 5 CARNEGIE REPEATS HIS FIRM DENIAL . -- CLEVELAND, Dec. 8. County Prosecutor Keeler today received . the following telegram from Andrew Carnegie, at New York, In reply to an inquiry as to the genuineness of the Chadwtck notes: "Never signed such notes; have no notes out now; have not Issued a note for many years. Hope you can arrange to have any necessary affidavits executed here. ANDREW CARNEGIE." County Prosecutor Keeler Is uncertain as to his jurisdiction In the caFe because he does not know whether the notes In question were signed in this county, in Lorain county, Ohio, or in New York. In or- der to determine this question the prosecutor has caused subpoenas to " be issued to President Beckwith and Cashier Spear of the closed Citl- sens' National bank of Oberlin. calling upon them to appear before the ' grpn'l Jury In Cleveland tomorrow to testify as to where the notes were pctusllv signed. BULLETIN. NEW YOBS, Dec. 8. Marshal Kenkel has announced that If Mrs. Chadwick's counsel failed to secure ball this afternoon, she would he taken to the Tombs prison. BULLETIN. ELYRIA, 0., Dec. 8. The "grand jury, which began an Investigation, into the Chad wick case here today, x consists of one capitalist, four bankers bank-ers and seven merchants and profes sional men. To the Associated Press correspondent, County Prosecutor Stroup said today: "The purpose of the grand Jury is to investigate and decide whether or not the Chadwick notes are forgeries. The jury may call Andrew Carnegie to Elyria before the Investigation is finished." , communicate the same information to any official with proper authority who cares to call upon him. Strange Feature of Case. . The strangest feature of the mystery has been the use of the name of Mr. Carnegie. What reason was offered to explain why Mr. Carnegie, who has an Income of more than 110,000,000 a year from United States steel bonds alone, should be giving notes, has not been brought out. Unique in Circumstances. Probably not In the history of the United States has there been anything similar In unusual circumstances and magnitude to the Chadwick borrowings. It is known by the statement of President Presi-dent Beckwith of the failed Citiiens' National bank of Oberlin. O., that notes for at least tl.250.00O Indorsed by Mrs. Chadwick are outstanding; the securities securi-ties said to be held by Irl Reynolds of Cleveland figure to the extent of $5,000.-000; $5,000.-000; Herbert D. Newton of Boston has claims for 8190,800, and today It was as- ' serted by those conversant with the strange case that a number of banks not yet mentioned in public had mads: large loans to Mrs. Chadwick. Cablegram to Paris. Mrs. Chadwick's son, EmiL this mom ing sent a cablegram to Paris. He would not disclose the name of the person per-son to whom the message was .addressed. .ad-dressed. Woman Is Weak. A few minutes before 9 o'clock Mrs. " (Continued on page X.) NEW YORK. Dec. 8. Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick was held in 815.000 ball today. It was not ready and she remained in the Marshal's office while her attorney searched for a bondsman. The hearing was postponed until December 17. Mr Chadwick was placed under arrest ar-rest last night by United States Marshal Henkle and Chief Flynn of the secret pervice. The arrest was made at the Instigation In-stigation of the Federal officials of Cleveland, and the warrant was Issued by Assistant District Attorney Baldwin. The charge is "aiding and abetting a bank otllcial in an embezzlement of $16,-500." $16,-500." Mrs. Chadwick wept bitterly and nearly fainted. With the arraignment of Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick before a United States commissioner today on a technical charge of aiding and abetting a bank official in misapplying the funds of a national bank, the second stage in this remarkable case was begun. It seems almost certain that these proceedings ultimately will result in clearing away the mystery in which the case has been shrouded. Ready to Face Music Vrs. Chadwick, who had been permitted per-mitted to remain at the Hotel Brealin during the night, arose early today and told the Urited States Marshal she was xendy to accompany him. She said that although she had been restless, she felt somewhat better than last night, when the shock of her arrest had almost prostrated her. and she saw no reason to delay the detectives further. A carriage car-riage was called and the party started shortly before 9 o'clock for the Federal building, where the arraignment was to take place. Real Facts Still Concealed. Today practically all Interest in the esse was centered in conjecture as to what the future will reveal. Men who profess to have an Intimate knowledge of the affairs of the woman have hinted hint-ed that , only a suggestion of the real case has yet become public. One man is credited with the statement state-ment that time will show this to be the rnost stupendous and far-reaching case of its kind In many years. Country Is Startled. Already the country has been startled star-tled by the disclosures that have followed fol-lowed one after another In quick succession suc-cession since Mrs. Chadwick's affairs were brought before the public in less than two weeks. Since that time Mrs. Chadwick's known indebtedness has grown from less than $200,000 to more than a million, and her counsel has said that the claims against her may amount to twenty millions for all he knows. The validity of some of the claims.- however, said the attorney, was another matter. In the same period at least two banks have taken official cognizance of the case, and the Federal officers have taken it upon themselves to investigate the validity of notes aggregating more than a million mil-lion dollars which bear the name of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Is Emphatic. Mr. Carnegie, the ironmaster, has-stated has-stated that he never signed any notes; that he never has had any dealings v. lth Mrs. Chadwick, to whom the notes in question were made payable, and that be will be perfectly willing; to i Mrs. Chad wick Held. , (Continued from page 1.) Cbadwick camo down from her apart menta and prepared for the Journey to the Federal building. She appeared to be very weak, and leaned heavily on the arm of the United States Marshal. Betore leaving the hotel she was compelled com-pelled to sit on a couch in the hall and test for a time. Asserts Her Innocence. On the way from " the hotel to the Federal building Mrs. Chadwick said to the Marshal who had her in charge: "The time will come when these people peo-ple will see that I am a very much maligned ma-ligned and persecuted woman. When I think of what I have gone through in the past few weeks I wondef that I am rot Insane. Everybody has jumped on me, but I will coma out of this all right, and when I do I will issue a statement to the public that will show how innocent inno-cent I have been." She Faints From Fright. As Mrs. Chadwick came into the corridor cor-ridor to return to the United States' Marshal's office after her arraignment the battery of cameras which had been set up outside the courtroom door was turned upon her. The sudden flaph of the powder eo startled. Mrs. Chadwick that she fainted and sank to her knees on the corridor floor. She was oaved from falling by Marshal Henkel and her son Emil, who supported her as she continued down through the long line of curious onlookers' who had crowded the corridors between the courtroom and the Marshal's office. SISTER TELLS STORY OF THE STRANGE LIFE OF MRS. CHADWICK 8AN FRANCISCO, Dec, 8. A sister of Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick lives In this city in an elegantly furnished flat in Geary street Her name is Mrs. S. M. Tork. In an interview today she said: "Mrs. Chadwick is my sister. We were born and brought up in Canada. Our birthplace was Appen, Ont., a little village neat. London, Ont. There were five girls in the family, of which I was the second. Mrs. Chadwick was the next to me. All the girls were married early. The present Mrs. Chadwick, in 1S80, married a man named C. K. Hoover Hoo-ver and went to live In Cleveland. Mr. Hoover died in 1S87 and left her an estate es-tate worth In the neighborhood of $50,-000. $50,-000. Mrs. Hoover, during the next ten years lived on her money and incidentally inciden-tally traveled for a wholesale millinery establishment." "At that time was Mrs. Hoover arrested ar-rested for forgery and sentenced to a term in the Ohio penitentiary?" was asked. "There was some trouble, Mrs. Hoover Hoo-ver got into difficulties and I would rather not discuss that portion of the story. Tou know what I mean. I am not denying any of the reports that have been spread broadcast about her, nor am I endeavoring to hide anything. There was trouble. "In 1897 she married a very wealthy physician and surgeon named Dr. L. S. Chadwick. She has traveled around the world and dabbled in financial matters in this country. "I never knew of her acquaintance with Carnegie or any other wealthy people of that stamp. I do know, however, how-ever, that no matter what difficulty she is in at present she will surely get out of it, for she possesses more than sufficient suffi-cient money to make good any amounts she may have borrowed on notes or loans." According to Mrs. Tork, Mrs. Chad-wick's Chad-wick's Christian name is Elizabeth. She is 8S, four years younger than Mrs. York. The family name is Bigley. Mrs. York disclaims all knowledge of Mrs. Chadwick at any time during her life, attempting to do business as a medium or as a clairvoyant. "Not one of our family ever posed as a medium," declared Mrs. York, "There was no necessity for such a move, for all of us have had money during, our lives. When my husband was alive he was one of the most successful machine manufacturers in the State of Ohio. In he got interested in the Buffalo Radiator company. Thla concern ate up his money. When he went into it he was worth a quarter of a million dollars. dol-lars. When he died, exactly one year year later his estate owed more than $74,p00, .Jhelpss .of, a fortune .killed him." |