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Show CASSIE LIDWICK OIESJPRISON No Friends or Relatives at Bedside of Woman Who Gained National Reputation as a Swindler. Woman Claimed to be Daughter of Andrew Carnegie, and Succeeded in Buncoing Financiers and Bankers Out of Large Sums of Money. Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Cassio Chad-wick, Chad-wick, whose financial transactions culminated cul-minated In tho wrecking of nn Oborlln bank, died in the woman's ward In the Ohio penitentiary at 10:05 o'clock Thui sdny night. Mrs. Chad wick had been In a coniatoso condition for some hours previous to her death, and tho end came peacefully. No friends or relatives waited at her bedside, only the prison physician and her prison ni tendnnts. ..-s. Cnsple L. Chadwlck, whoso maiden name was Elizabeth Hlgley, was u native of Woodstock. Canada. In the latter part of lfi()2 or enrl in 111011 Mrs. f had wick, In the presence or her hush" ml, gave to Ira Reynolds, cashier cr the Wade Park bank of Clevc'nni', a box containing notes signed with the name of Andrew Carnegie. Car-negie. Theso forged notes tire alleged al-leged to have amounted to $7,500,000. Reyno'ds gavo to Mrs. Chadwlck n receipt re-ceipt for the pa-'crs, which described the notes and the signatures upon them. Mrs. Chndwlck left wltli Reynolds Rey-nolds ns nn explnnntlon of tho existence exist-ence of the notes, tlio statement that sho was a natural daughter or Carnegie. Carne-gie. With tlio receipt or Reynolds In her possession Mrs. Chadwlck went to different dif-ferent banks nnd ninny capitalists, making loans and paying not only high Interest to tho banks, but heavy bonuses bo-nuses to tho bank oiriclnls who loaned her tho money. Tho extent of these transactions will never be known fully, hut they ran up Into tlio millions. They Involved men of high standing In the financial world and caused heavy losses to many banks. In November, 1904, she was sued b n man named Newton or Hrookllne, Mass., rrom whom she had borrowed a large amount which she wns unable to pay. Other creditors came down upon her nnd within n short time she was placed under nrrest by the federal authorities au-thorities on tho charge of conspiring with Chnrles Heckwlth, tho president, and A. H. Spear of n nntlonal bank nt Oborlln, Qhlo, which had been substantially substan-tially looted. Mrs. Chadwlck had obtained ob-tained from this Institution such large sums of money that It wns compelled to close Its doors, causing heavy losses to the depositors nnd ruining many of them. Mrs. Chadwlck, Heckwlth nnd Sponr woro Indicted for n variety of of. fenses ngalnst the national banking laws. Heckwlth died before coming to trial. Sponr pleaded guilty, wns sentenced sen-tenced to soven years In the penitentiary peniten-tiary and Ik now serving tlmo In Columbus. Co-lumbus. Ohio. Mrs. Chndwlck was brought to trial on March fi, 1005, and niter a hearing which lasted ror two weeltH was round guilty or consnlrncy to defraud n nntlonal bank nnd wns sentenced to ten years In the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Her health, which wns not pood it tho time of the trlnl, failed steadily after its conclusion. |