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  Cassie Chadwick Encyclopedia Article @ Resembling.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cassie L. Chadwick (October 10, 1857 - October 10, 1907) is the most famous name of a Canadian-born woman who defrauded Cleveland, Ohio banks by claiming to be an illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie.
As her health deteriorated, Cassie began writing explicit instructions for her funeral, going so far as to instruct her son to send a portion of her hidden funds to Canada for the purchase of a tombstone for the family plot.
Cassie Chadwick died in jail on her 50th birthday and was buried in her birthplace of Eastwood, Ontario, Canada.
www.resembling.org /encyclopedia/Cassie_Chadwick   (1354 words)

  
 Cassie Chadwick - WikiLeasing.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the 1900 United States census (District 97, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County OOhio), she identified herself as Cassie Chadwick, born 3 February 1862 in Pennsylvania; her son Emil Hoover was ennumerated as Emil Chadwick, born September 1886 in Canada (England).
For a time, the Chadwick Mansion on Euclid Avenue (at East 82nd SSreet) became a tourist destination; it was torn down for the construction of the Euclid Avenue Temple (now Liberty Hill Baptist Church) in the early 1920's.
As her health deteriorated, Cassie began writing explicit instructions for her funeral, going so far as to instruct her son o send a portion of her hidden funds to Canada for the purchase of a tombstone for the family plot.
www.wikileasing.com /5/Cassie_Chadwick.html   (1056 words)

  
 Cassie Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick also masked her identity and her son's in other ways.
Following her marriage to Dr. Leroy Chadwick in 1897, Cassie began her largest, most successful con game: that of establishing herself as Andrew Carnegie 's daughter.
Cassie Chadwick died in jail October 10, 1907, and was buried in her birthplace of Eastwood, Ontario, Canada.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Cassie_Chadwick   (1132 words)

  
 Cassie L. Chadwick biography
In truth, the man in the window was the butler, whom Cassie had occupied by purporting to need credentials on a maid she intended to hire.
Cassie then became known as the “Queen of Ohio.” She bought diamond necklaces, clothes to fill 30 closets, and a gold organ for her living room.
Cassie was buried in the town of her birth: Eastwood, Ontario.
www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/chad-cas.htm   (1515 words)

  
 chadwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Oberlin’s Mysteries of History
Cassie Chadwick was born as Elizabeth Bigley in 1859 in Eastwood, Ontario, Canada.
Chadwick took over the management of her husband’s fortune, which turned out to be locked in real estate with perpetually decreasing value.
Cassie Chadwick died in her jail cell on her 50th birthday, but still managed to pass away in style.
www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/2006/11/10/features/Oberlins_Mysteries_of_Hist.html   (1125 words)

  
 Outlaw Women - Cassie Chadwick
Between 1897-1905, Chadwick borrowed vast sums of money from Cleveland banks, claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie, and using $5 million in securities and certificates forged with Carnegie's name as security.
She accumulating over $1 million in debts, but was exposed on 2 Nov. 1904 when H. Newton brought suit to recover $190,800.
Chadwick was jailed on 12 Jan. 1906, dying a year later.
www.outlawwomen.com /CassieChadwick.htm   (235 words)

  
 Cassis Hotel
Some people find Cassie's story of a complete transformation of a difficult life, which was strongly influenced by witchcraft and the occult, to be deeply poignant and inspiring.
Cassie Newton, who first appeared in the seventh season episode "Help", was a young girl who came to Buffy and told her that she (Cassie) would die on the next Friday.
Cassie then appeared to Willow in "Conversations with Dead People" and told her that she had a message from Tara—that if she used magic, she would kill all her friends.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/33/cassis-hotel.html   (1957 words)

  
 Cassie Chadwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Following her marriage to Leroy Chadwick in 1897, Cassie began her largest, most successful con game: that of establishing herself as Andrew Carnegie's daughter.
Chadwick fled to New York, but was soon arrested and taken back to Cleveland.
For a time, the Chadwick Mansion on Euclid Avenue (at 82nd Street) became a tourist destination; it was torn down for the construction of the Euclid Avenue Temple (now Liberty Hill Baptist Church) in the early 1920's.
www.info-pedia.net /about/cassie_chadwick   (878 words)

  
 1905: A Year of Mystery
Leroy Chadwick ("Cassie" to her friends) traveled from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York City, where she engaged a suite at the Holland House.
Cassie told Dillon--in strict confidence--that she was Carnegie's illegitimate daughter and that Carnegie, who doted on her, had previously given her $7 million in securities.
Chadwick, then living in an entire floor of the Holland House, was exposed and arrested by Hargreave.
webpages.charter.net /lklinger/1905arti.htm   (1339 words)

  
 Chadwick surname @ Norfolk Genealogy | Births Marriages Deaths Etc.
Arthur B. Chadwick and daughter Aremoy Elouse, of Chicago, are guests of her husband's parents, Mr.
Chadwick -- C. Chadwick of Simcoe was nephew of Mrs.
Chadwick -- Miss Elmira Chadwick, daughter of late Thomas Chadwick and granddaughter of Francis Lea Chadwick, married Cyrus H. Summer of Ingersoll, yesterday [21 Sep 1898] in Simcoe.
www.nornet.on.ca /~jcardiff/b-m-d/chadwick.html   (1479 words)

  
 Cassie Chadwick
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www.nil-admirari.info /101/cassie-chadwick.html   (586 words)

  
 Chadwick Family Crest
Chadwick is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066.
Elizabeth Chadwick settled in Potomac Maryland in 1728.
In the Chadwick coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/chadwick-family-crest.htm   (621 words)

  
 snarkout: the wire, the pay-off, and the rag
When his true identity (and the fact that he had simply invented millions of dollars of revenue) was revealed, he went home to his Connecticut mansion and shot himself.
Everyone knew that Chadwick was good for her debts because for years no one mentioned the matter to the religious and voluble Carnegie; eventually, however, the house of cards fell apart and Mrs.
Chadwick was convicted of conspiracy, dying a year after being put behind bars.
www.snarkout.org /archives/2002/05/11   (810 words)

  
 Top 10 Imposters Of All Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cassie Chadwick (1857-1907) is the most famous name of a Canadian woman born as Elizabeth Bigley.
At the age of 22 she was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario for forgery but released on grounds of insanity.
In 1897, Cassie began her largest, most successful con game: that of establishing herself as Andrew Carnegie's daughter.
www.tombofthemutilated.net /Top-10-Imposters-Of-All-Time_9800.html   (2263 words)

  
 Professional Security Magazine Online
Mr Wells was in the FBI for several years and has written many books, so he knows what he is talking about and how to tell it.
Take Cassie Chadwick, who started at 16 by stealing money from her mother to help her to pose as a debutante on holiday from Europe.
And the men (mostly men, of course) who were defrauded by Cassie blamed her hypnotic eyes.
www.professionalsecurity.co.uk /bookdetails.aspx?BookID=7   (606 words)

  
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www.giochi-per-cellulare.us /cassie_2.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The incredible Mrs. Chadwick: The most notorious woman of her age: Books: John S Crosbie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chadwick: The most notorious woman of her age: Books: John S Crosbie
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
Chadwick: The most notorious woman of her age (Hardcover)
www.amazon.ca /incredible-Mrs-Chadwick-notorious-woman/dp/0070821941   (85 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The woman you're talking about is Cassie Chadwick, who was perhaps the most celebrated con-artist of the early 20th century.
Chadwick pretended to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie.
She claimed that Carnegie was paying her off in order to keep her paternity a secret.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /email/2000Oct.html   (430 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jernegan managed to flee to France with over $100,000 before the scam was found out.
Cassie Chadwick claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie.
She said that Carnegie was paying her huge sums of money in order to keep their relationship a secret.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoaxorum/hoaxorum1869.html   (1333 words)

  
 Cassie Chadwick Encyclopedia Article @ Resembling.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas, *Tara R. Thompson, Benadin Varajic, *Alice M. Weber, *Cassie N. White...
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www.resembling.net /encyclopedia/Cassie_Chadwick   (1331 words)

  
 hellshaw.com - kavanagh
Kavanagh's "novels" were never published, however, and this kept him out of the public eye, although until her death in 1865, he was a known protégé of Princess Caraboo, who famously masqueraded as a lower class servant with the unlikely name of Mary Baker.
He was a lover of Thérèse Humbert in the 1870s and Cassie Chadwick in the early 1880s.
He dramatically re-emerged in public at the end of the twentieth century with the musical group Dacianos, who released two CDs, Mis-showbusiness (2000) and Hold Music (2002).
www.hellshaw.com /barry   (306 words)

  
 May 2006
Adjusted for inflation, it would be worth about 150 Million USD today.
Cassie Chadwick, who pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's daughter to get loans
John Draper, also known as Captain Crunch, was a phone phreaker (questionable, claimed by his partisans to be a grey hat and not to have profited from his deceptions)
www.tampabaycfe.org /news/2006/0506.htm   (1802 words)

  
 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Demise of Cassie: To the last, Chadwick Screams her Innocence
Charles Ponzi, an immigrant from Italy to Boston, Mass., wasn't the first to foist an illegal pyramid scheme on the public but he did manage to develop it into a fine art.
The Hypnotic Cassie Chadwick: In Early 1900s, She Swindled Millions and Left Ruined Men in her Wake
www.cfenet.com /resources/articles/Browse.asp?ParentID=2   (3670 words)

  
 McClelland.com | Books | She Dared by Ed Butts; illustrated by Heather Collins
While some of these women achieved legitimate fame, others gained notoriety.
Cassie Chadwick fleeced bankers for a fortune in one of the most brazen con games ever played.
Famous or infamous, the women in Ed Butt’s fascinating book are sure to intrigue readers.
www.mcclelland.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887767180   (339 words)

  
 The Avalanche - pafn185 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
NOTE: The date at the end of each extract indicates the date of the publication:
Cassie CHADWICK has entered upon her ten years service in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, for her conspiracy which wrecked the Citizen's National bank at Oberlin, Ohio.
Her glory has departed and her future, oblivion.
members.tripod.com /~stoliker/pafn185.htm   (1655 words)

  
 Women in History - Actress Charlene Connors
harlene Connors portrays Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sarah Knowles Bolton, Cassie Chadwick, Amelia Earhart, Adella Prentiss Hughes, Mary Todd Lincoln, Belle Sherwin, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Victoria Woodhull.
Her favorite character is Cassie Chadwick because she is the most “infamous” woman that she performs.
“Not only is the costume I wear for Cassie is wonderful, but I can be absolutely outrageous when I portray her!” Since joining Women In History in 1995, Ms.
www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/cconnors.htm   (369 words)

  
 SMO: Book Reviews 05/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Known to many as the sparkplug in the engine of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Joseph T. Wells writes about ten scam artists who he claims are "the worst monsters of 20th century capitalism." Of course, his list is highly subjective, and it is sometimes questionable.
Born Elizabeth Bigley in 1867, Chadwick, who claimed to have been the illegitimate daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, actually committed most of her mayhem before 1900, though she was tried and convicted in 1905.
The nine males who complete the list comprise Charles Ponzi, Ivar Kreuger, Philip Musica, Stanley Goldblum, Robert Vesco, Eddie Antar, John Bennett, Mark Whitacre, and Michael Milken.
www.securitymanagement.com /library/001041.html   (1471 words)

  
 Spider-Man 3 Cleveland Trivia! - Superhero Hype!
Jeptha Wade, Cleveland benefactor and founder of Western Union Telegraph, lived on the Avenue, as did his son Randall.
The Avenue's most infamous resident was con artist Cassie Chadwick, the wife of Dr. Leroy Chadwick, a mild mannered doctor who had no idea that his wife was passing herself off to bankers as the illegitimate daughter of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
And this is my favorite "easter egg" - perhaps the best reason why Cleveland should be part of the Spider-Man film:
www.superherohype.com /news.php?id=4134   (945 words)

  
 Spontaneous Arising: Assumed Identities
Each one of us could make the difference." R. Buckminster Fuller
What do George Psalmanazar, Cassie Chadwick, Victor Lustig and Milli Vanilli have in common?
They made the list of Top 10 Greatest Impostors in History
adreampuppet.blogspot.com /2006/04/assumed-identities.html   (190 words)

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