Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1905 — HUSBAND AND WIFE MEET IN SORROW [ARTICLE]

HUSBAND AND WIFE MEET IN SORROW

Pathetic Interview Between Dr. and Mrs. Chadwick in Jail. HER ONLY PLEA IS “TRUST ME” Tears Freely Shed by Both the Man and the Accused Woman. i V Latter Protests That She Has Done Nothing Wrong, While He Can Only Say He Hopes So— Doctor on Bail. Cleveland, 0.. Jan. 3. —Unheralded and unembarrassed by a crowd of the curious the home-coming of Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick was In diametric contrast to the arrival of his wife three weeks ago. Both were under the charge of the law. but under widely different circumstances. Dr. Chadwick rode as a man against whom the people have no claim; Mrs. Chadwick rode as g prisoner guarded by federal officers. Upon arrival here from New York Dr. Chadwick was quickly driven to the county jail, where he was registered as a man against whom the law has suspicion. A bond provided by Attorney Virgil F. Kline and Attorney Dawley was at the jail on the arrival of Dr. Chadwick, and he was soon released. Meeting of Husband and Wife. After the preliminaries In the sheriff’s office Dr. Chadwick was escorted to where his wife is held a prisoner. The meeting between the two was pathetic In the extreme. Mrs. Chadwick arose when she heard the steps in the corAflor and fell in her husband’s arms when she recognized him. Both broke down and wept convulsively for several minutes while clinging to each other, the sheriff attempting meanwhile to console them. There was no artificiality about the scene. Genuine grief, genuine Joy intermingled. Ileal tears were shed, and even the sheriff, hardened as he must be by continual contact with the people In every form of distress, was himself deeply affected. Talk That Is Broken by Tears. Little by little the first shock grew less severe, and the two sat down for a talk that continued for an liour and a half. Dr. Chadwick has lost his all In the operations of his wife, and the large Independent fortune of his only child has been swept away. The troubles into which both bavebeen plunged were thoroughly discussed. The wife told the story, interspersed by violent fits of weeping, in which at times Dr. Chadwick joined. There were no apparent evasions, but there was a constant cry of “Trust me, trust me,” on the part of the woman.