OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 14 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 14 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Cuyahoga Co. Doi (Oshetsky) [Archives ] #2 Oh-Cuyahoga Co. Doi (Ertman) [Archives ] #3 Fw: Tid Bits- Part 69 C. ["Maggie Stewart, OH Archives" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060131165042.31721.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Cuyahoga Co. Doi (Oshetsky) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cuyahoga County OhArchives Declaration Of Intent.....Oshetsky, Ferdinard (Fred) May 20, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Richard B. Tucker tuckarb701@bellsouth.net January 31, 2006, 4:50 pm Volume: Vol. 1 Form No: 1880627 Applicant: Ferdinard (Fred) Oshetsky State: Ohio County: Cuyahoga Court Name: Common Pleas Court Court At Cleveland,Cuyahoga County,OH Age: 50 occupation: Laborer Color: White Complexion: Height: Short Weight: Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Visible Marks: None Place Of Birth Poland Date Of Birth: January 26, 1873 Current Residence: 862 Eddy Road Cleveland, OH Emmigrated: Vessel: Foreign Residence: Married Yes Or No: Yes Spouse: Caroline Ertman ? Spouse Place Of Birth: Poland Spouse Age: 49 Spouse Residence: Cleveland,OH Renouncement: Lawful Entry: New York Entry State: New York Date Of Arrival: May 20, 1899 Vessel: Signed: Date Of Signature: September 13, 1923 Clerk: Court: Court Deputy Clerk: Witness: Julius Weitentahl 1622 E. 49th Street, Carl H.Wendt 1759 E. 45th Street File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/cuyahoga/court/oshetsky3nnt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 31 Jan 2006 17:06:08 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060131170608.5307.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Cuyahoga Co. Doi (Ertman) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cuyahoga County OhArchives Declaration Of Intent.....Ertman, Emil Andrew October 9, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. 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Tucker tuckarb701@bellsouth.net January 31, 2006, 5:05 pm Volume: Form No: 13615 Applicant: Emil Andrew Ertman State: Ohio County: Cuyahoga Court Name: Common Pleas Court Court At Cuyahoga County,OH Age: 21 occupation: Machinist Color: White Complexion: Fair Height: 5ft 6in Weight: 160 Hair: Black Eyes: Blue Visible Marks: None Place Of Birth Warshaw, Russia Date Of Birth: July 1, 1892 Current Residence: 1539 East 43rd Street Cleveland, Ohio Emmigrated: 2203 Vessel: St. Paul Foreign Residence: Hamburg, Germany Married Yes Or No: No Spouse: Spouse Place Of Birth: Spouse Age: Spouse Residence: Renouncement: Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russia Lawful Entry: New York Entry State: New York Date Of Arrival: October 9, 1910 Vessel: St. Paul Signed: Emil Ertman Date Of Signature: September 10, 1913 Clerk: Edmund B. Haserodt Court: Common Pleas Court Court Deputy Clerk: Joseph Jarc File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/cuyahoga/court/ertman4nnt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:45:39 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart, OH Archives" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <012f01c6269e$ea3fb610$0301a8c0@margaret> Subject: Fw: Tid Bits- Part 69 C. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene & Kathi kelley" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: Tid Bits- Part 69 C. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley Nov. 14, 2005 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections Of Ohio And Then They Went West Know Your Ohio Tid Bits -- Part 69C by Darlene E. Kelley Notes by S.Kelly +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tide Bits- Part 69C June 29th seems a fateful date for Lake Erie shipping and Island people. On this date occurred several severe stroms in different years, involving wrecks and loss of life. In 1924, occurred the most devasting storm known on Lake Erie's shores. Fortunately for the inhabitants of Kelley's Island, this strom, which consisted of several cyclones, did not strike the Island, but traveled from the West, down the shore of the lake close to the mainland. While over the water, the wind caused waterspouts, one of which if not more, was lifted over the nearby shore and was carried inland, where it broke, deluged and devasted a large area about Erlin, Ohio. The dry cyclones swept inland also and devasted parts of Sandusky, Cedar Point, and various places further inland, such as Bogarts Corners and elsewhere, and then swept on to destroy half of Lorin, Ohio. The lives of many island people were undoubtedly saved on this occasion by the wisdom and courage of Mr. William D. Kelley II, who was one of a large company of people who were in the office building on the dock at the foot of Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, awaiting the arrival of the steamer CHIPPEWA, when the cyclone struck. Mr. Kelley kept the panic stricken people from running out by absolutely closing the door and standing guard over it. The building swayed and trembled, and it seemed to the imprisoned ones as if it would be swept away by the tremendous force of the windas were the buildings on every side of them on nearby docks, some of them were carried bodily up into the air and dashed into fragmants. The little building, held down by the weight of the crowd, was the only one on the docks that survived the storm. People and automobiles standing on the docks were swept into the water, and the lives of those swept away were saved only by the quick and dseperate work of those who remained alive. On June 29th, 1902 occurred a storm of a different character. It was a gale from the northeast, which sprang up during the night and continued with such tremendous force, that even the islanders who were accustomed to storms, were alarmed. Many of them, including men, women, and children went to the east shore to see the enormous waves as they dashed themselves in unheard of fury against the rocky coast. In the meantime, the steamer GEORGE DUNBAR, which had left Cleveland on June 28th, bound for Alpena was strugglying hopelessly for its life and finally floundered a few miles east of Kelley's Island early on the moning of June 29th. Five of its crew of ten took to the raft and were lost. The other five, including Capt. Little, his wife, and grown daughters, escaped from the steamer in the yawl boat, which soon capsized and only the Captain and his family remained alive of the entire crew. They were sustained by life preservers and all those being unusaully large and vigorous, succeeded in keeping alive, although many times were submerged beneath the breaking crests of the huge waves that rolled its fury over their defenseless heads. The wind and the current was carrying them past the island toward Marblehead. As the drifted past, not far from the island, the Captain when being lifted on a crest of a wave could see the people on the shore. He tried to attract their attention by waving his arm. His cries would not be heard over the roar of the wind and the crash of the breakers on the beach. At last, his efforts were rewarded. He was seen by someone, but at first no one could believe that human beings were out there alive in the raging storm. They were taken for drifting wreckage, and it was not until they had been under observation for some time that it was decided that they were human beings in need of rescue. Among the watchers on the shore was Mr. Fred Dishinger, and old an experienced commercal fisherman, his son, a grown man. and Mr. James Hamilton, mayor of the island village, all three stalwart men, and afraid of nothing. These three men when convinced at last, that the floating ones were alive, started in search of a boat, which they found some distance away, and which they dragged with such desperate haste to the water's edge that they were well nigh spent by the time they were ready to attempt to launch it.The boat was a flat bottomed skiff, ill adapted to battle with the sea as ran that day. Nothing daunted those three brave men from launching the boat. They were watched by the little group in which were Miss Hazel Hamilton and her two younger brothers. In writing of the event twenty three years later, Miss Hamilton said: " Myself and two younger brothers watched from the shore, and we'll never forget the awfulness of seeing that little boat tossed about in the heavy sea. It so happened that we all were down to look at the big waves which was fortunate for the shipwrecked people. Dad said ' Come on Fred, we must get those people.' The two and the elder Dishinger carried and dragged the skiff a considerable distance to the bank, so were pretty well used up before even launching the craft, which was a difficult matter. It was perhaps thrilling to read about, but no so to witness and I remember not being able to eat a bite for dinner or lunch that day." One can easily imagine the anxious moments of Miss Hamilton and her brothers as they watched their father and neighbors in their battle with the raging waters. From another source, we learned that two men rowed, while one bailed to keep the boat afloat and from being swamped. It was not thought by some of the older men who watched the attempt, that there was one chance in a hundred that they would reurn alive, much less save the lives of others, for the waves were so huge that the little boat could only be seen when it was tossed up on the crest of a wave. But the men who manned the skiff were experienced oarsmen, who had strong arms and brave hearts, and they finally succeded in reaching the castaways. In some way the men in the boat succeeded in getting a rope to the Captain, who tied it to his life preserver, undoubtedly a circular affair, and then attached it to his wife and daughter. They were then towed toward the shore by the men in the skiff, for it was impossible to get them into it. When the surf was reached, the men leaped into the water and each seized one of the shipwrecked ones, who were so far overcome by the long immersion as to be helpless. One of the women was insenceable. The boat abandoned and the rescuers struggled to prevent the others from being hurled to death against the rocks; and so, the three men, struggling desperately to maintaining their footing against the strong undercurrent and the avalanche of the breakers, dragged their helpless burdens to the beach, where they were tenderly cared for by the crowd that had gathered to render them such help as they required. The castaways had been in the cold water so long they had turned blue. It was thought at first that all three were negroes, but when they warmth of their bodies had been restored, they resumed thir natural color. The three rescuers were almost as bad a plight and were so exhausted by ther exertions as to be hardly able to walk. We are gratified to be able to say that the heroic conduct of these men was brought to the notice of the authorities of the United States Government by some of the island people, of whom Captain Corydon Woodford was one, with the result that, in the words of the account which appeared in the " Sandusky Register "; " The names of Fred Dishinger Sr., Fred Dishinger Jr., and James Hamilton of Kelley's Island will go down in the records of the National Government as heroes who won the highest award provided by the law for herioc deeds in saving lives from the perils of the sea." Each of these men was awarded a gold medal by the Government. On each medal is inscribed the name of the men to whom it was awarded, together with the statement, " For herioc daring in saving life, June 29, 1902." Each medal was accompanied by a letter signed by Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of Treasury of the United States, in which he recited in minute particulars the facts as given above. We quote the concluding paragraph only: " Your conduct on this occasion was brave and self-sacrificing in the highest degree, involving peril of your own life, and is deemed well worthy the bestowal of the accompanying medal which is the highest award provided by law in testimony of herioc deeds in saving life from the perils of the sea." " Respectively" L.W. Shaw, Secretary December 14, 1904. The medal is a massive gold pendant about the diameter of a twenty dollar gold piece but about double its thickness. This is suspended by a scarlet silk ribbon from a heavy gold bar pin, making a magnificient badge and trophy to treasure. After resting on the island for about a week in the Islanders excellent care, Captain Little and family left, and as far is known, has never been heard from since. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tid Bits continued in Part 70. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:46:38 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart, OH Archives" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <013501c6269f$0d21c3d0$0301a8c0@margaret> Subject: Fw: Tid Bits - Part 70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene & Kathi kelley" To: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:49 PM Subject: Tid Bits - Part 70 Contributed for Use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley November 15, 2005 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Ohio And Then They Went West Know Your Ohio Tid Bits - Part 70 by Darlene E. Kelley notes by S.Kelly ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tid Bits - Part 70 Cleveland's Most Famous Con - Artist She was born Oct 10, 1859 at Stathroy/ Eastwood, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of a Ontario railway worker and named Elizabeth Bigley. Nothing was known about her early years. In 1881, at 22 years old, she was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario for forgery, but was released on the grounds of insanity. The next year, she married Dr. Wallace S. Springsteen in Cleveland, Ohio, but he threw her out in 11 days later when he found out about her past. Soon after, she changed her name to Lydia Scott and became a fortune-teller; only to change her name again to Madam Lydia de Vere,as it sounded better for a clairvoyant. Some accounts say this happened in 1886 and 1887, respectively. One account says she was in San Francisco bilking unsuspecting people with her clairvoyance, and then retuned to Cleveland in 1886. Most accounts state she was sentenced in 1889 to nine and a half years in the state penetentiary for forgery in Toledo. After serving four years, she was paroled by the then - governor William Mc Kinley, and returned to Cleveland changing her name yet again to ' Mrs. Hoover' and working as a prostitute. Apparently, in 1887, she had a son, whom she named Emil Hoover. Nothing is mentioned in any account as to who took care of the son. In 1887, she met and married Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, a well respected physician, who knew nothing about her past criminal activities. It is said she met him in a borello on Euclid Ave, where she assured him she was merely an etiquette instructor for the girls. It was apparent that around this time she again changed her name to Cassie L. Chadwick. Nothing is mentioned as to what the L. stood for or when she came up with this name. In 1897, Cassie set up her biggest scam, On a trip to New York City, in the posh lobby of the Holland House Hotel, she was introduced to her husband's acquaintance, Dillion, who was an Ohio banker. She told Dillion she was an illegitimate daughter of the wealtiest batchelor in America, Andrew Carnegie.. To prove it, she and Dillion took a carriage ride to Carnegie's Fifth Avenue mansion.( Other accounts state she merely asked Dillion to take her there. ) While Dillion waited in the carriage, Cassie went to the door and was admitted in, where she stayed for about 30 minutes. Upon returning to the carriage, she waved to a well dressed man in the front window, ten tripped while entered the carriage, surreptitiously dropping a piece of paper. Dillion retrived the paper for her and noticed it was a promissory note for $ 2 million signed by Carnegie, whom Cassie said was the man waving from the window. Dillion wanted details, which Cassie supplied, after swearing Dillion to secrecy. She said that Carnegie, out of shame for her illegitimacy, had given her a promissory note worth 7 million, but her own shame she had not drawn on them. She said she would inherit $400 million when Carnegie died. In truth, the man in the window was the butler, whom Cassie had occupied by purporting to need creditionals on a maid she intended to hire. Upon returning to Ohio, Dillion set up a safe deposit box for Cassie's promissory notes and then shared her secret with almost every lender in Northeast Ohio. Eager bankers began offering her loans up to $1 million, with interest rates of 25 percent, believing millions were available to be gleaned. Instead of demanding repayment, they let Cassie's loans compound annually, figuring Carnegie would vouch for ay debts and they would get their financial rewards after probate. According to one source, her husband was with her when she placed the promissory notes into the safe-deposit box at Wade Park National Bank in Cleveland. Nothing else is mentioned about her husband in any of the accounts. Casse 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. She entertained lavishly even frittering $100,000 on a dinner party. For several years she lived the high life, amassing loan debts totaling over $20 million. Again, accounts differ as to whether apparently exactly how much she had incurred in her expenditures. An Ashtabula newspaper account of her death stated " the extent of these transactions will never be fully known, but they ran up into millions. They involved men of high standing in the financial world and caused heavy losses to many bankers." Banks were not the only ones to loan her money, millionaires did, too. And one of them was to be her downfall. Herbert B. Newton, a Boston, Massachusets Banker or entrepreneur, loaned her $190,800 and had the gall to request repayment. Cassie was indignant. She explained her securities were in the Wade Park bank. Newton went to the police and brought suit against her on November 2, 1904. Upon inspection, Cassie's promissory notes were found to be obvious forgeries. News of the forgeries caused trouble for several Ohio banks. Citizen's National Bank of Oberlin, had loaned Cassie $200,000, had a run that forced it into bankruptcy. When Carnegie was asked about his daughter, he issued a press release: " Mr. Carnegie does not know Mrs. Chadwick of Cleveland. Mr. Carnegie has not signed a note for more than thirty years.!" Cassie was arrested on December 7, 1904, at her suite in Cleveland's Hotel Breslin, lying in bed with her money belt, containing $100,000. She escaped from her arresting agents and fled to New York to the Holland House hotel, where she was soon arrested and returned to Cleveland. Cassie stood trial in Cleveland, and March 10th 1905, was convicted on seven counts of conspiracy against the government and conspiracy to wreck the Citizen's National Bank of Oberlin. She was sentenced to 14 years and fined $70,000. On January 12,1906, she began her prison term, only to die less than two years later on her birthday October 10, 1907. According to newspaper accounts, Cassie's health was already declining during her trial. It said: " She fretted incessively over her confinement until it became almost impossible to sleep. At times she was so peevish the patience of the prison officials was sorely tried." While fairly robust when she entered prison, Cassie lost 30 pounds by the time of her death. Three weeks before, while visiting with her son ( who was 20 years old ), she suddenly collapsed and was confined to the prison hospital. She remained there until she died. At times she was delirious and, for some hours before she passed away, she was in a comatose state. Her son was summoned from Cleveland, but he arrived just 15 minutes after she died. Cassie L. Chadwick was 48 years old. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tid Bits - Continued in part 71. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:46:38 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart, OH Archives" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <283bf52ec3b46ea6f19186f7e2aee81b@ev1.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Fw: Tid Bits - Part 70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene & Kathi kelley" To: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:49 PM Subject: Tid Bits - Part 70 Contributed for Use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley November 15, 2005 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Ohio And Then They Went West Know Your Ohio Tid Bits - Part 70 by Darlene E. Kelley notes by S.Kelly ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tid Bits - Part 70 Cleveland's Most Famous Con - Artist She was born Oct 10, 1859 at Stathroy/ Eastwood, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of a Ontario railway worker and named Elizabeth Bigley. Nothing was known about her early years. In 1881, at 22 years old, she was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario for forgery, but was released on the grounds of insanity. The next year, she married Dr. Wallace S. Springsteen in Cleveland, Ohio, but he threw her out in 11 days later when he found out about her past. Soon after, she changed her name to Lydia Scott and became a fortune-teller; only to change her name again to Madam Lydia de Vere,as it sounded better for a clairvoyant. Some accounts say this happened in 1886 and 1887, respectively. One account says she was in San Francisco bilking unsuspecting people with her clairvoyance, and then retuned to Cleveland in 1886. Most accounts state she was sentenced in 1889 to nine and a half years in the state penetentiary for forgery in Toledo. After serving four years, she was paroled by the then - governor William Mc Kinley, and returned to Cleveland changing her name yet again to ' Mrs. Hoover' and working as a prostitute. Apparently, in 1887, she had a son, whom she named Emil Hoover. Nothing is mentioned in any account as to who took care of the son. In 1887, she met and married Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, a well respected physician, who knew nothing about her past criminal activities. It is said she met him in a borello on Euclid Ave, where she assured him she was merely an etiquette instructor for the girls. It was apparent that around this time she again changed her name to Cassie L. Chadwick. Nothing is mentioned as to what the L. stood for or when she came up with this name. In 1897, Cassie set up her biggest scam, On a trip to New York City, in the posh lobby of the Holland House Hotel, she was introduced to her husband's acquaintance, Dillion, who was an Ohio banker. She told Dillion she was an illegitimate daughter of the wealtiest batchelor in America, Andrew Carnegie.. To prove it, she and Dillion took a carriage ride to Carnegie's Fifth Avenue mansion.( Other accounts state she merely asked Dillion to take her there. ) While Dillion waited in the carriage, Cassie went to the door and was admitted in, where she stayed for about 30 minutes. Upon returning to the carriage, she waved to a well dressed man in the front window, ten tripped while entered the carriage, surreptitiously dropping a piece of paper. Dillion retrived the paper for her and noticed it was a promissory note for $ 2 million signed by Carnegie, whom Cassie said was the man waving from the window. Dillion wanted details, which Cassie supplied, after swearing Dillion to secrecy. She said that Carnegie, out of shame for her illegitimacy, had given her a promissory note worth 7 million, but her own shame she had not drawn on them. She said she would inherit $400 million when Carnegie died. In truth, the man in the window was the butler, whom Cassie had occupied by purporting to need creditionals on a maid she intended to hire. Upon returning to Ohio, Dillion set up a safe deposit box for Cassie's promissory notes and then shared her secret with almost every lender in Northeast Ohio. Eager bankers began offering her loans up to $1 million, with interest rates of 25 percent, believing millions were available to be gleaned. Instead of demanding repayment, they let Cassie's loans compound annually, figuring Carnegie would vouch for ay debts and they would get their financial rewards after probate. According to one source, her husband was with her when she placed the promissory notes into the safe-deposit box at Wade Park National Bank in Cleveland. Nothing else is mentioned about her husband in any of the accounts. Casse 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. She entertained lavishly even frittering $100,000 on a dinner party. For several years she lived the high life, amassing loan debts totaling over $20 million. Again, accounts differ as to whether apparently exactly how much she had incurred in her expenditures. An Ashtabula newspaper account of her death stated " the extent of these transactions will never be fully known, but they ran up into millions. They involved men of high standing in the financial world and caused heavy losses to many bankers." Banks were not the only ones to loan her money, millionaires did, too. And one of them was to be her downfall. Herbert B. Newton, a Boston, Massachusets Banker or entrepreneur, loaned her $190,800 and had the gall to request repayment. Cassie was indignant. She explained her securities were in the Wade Park bank. Newton went to the police and brought suit against her on November 2, 1904. Upon inspection, Cassie's promissory notes were found to be obvious forgeries. News of the forgeries caused trouble for several Ohio banks. Citizen's National Bank of Oberlin, had loaned Cassie $200,000, had a run that forced it into bankruptcy. When Carnegie was asked about his daughter, he issued a press release: " Mr. Carnegie does not know Mrs. Chadwick of Cleveland. Mr. Carnegie has not signed a note for more than thirty years.!" Cassie was arrested on December 7, 1904, at her suite in Cleveland's Hotel Breslin, lying in bed with her money belt, containing $100,000. She escaped from her arresting agents and fled to New York to the Holland House hotel, where she was soon arrested and returned to Cleveland. Cassie stood trial in Cleveland, and March 10th 1905, was convicted on seven counts of conspiracy against the government and conspiracy to wreck the Citizen's National Bank of Oberlin. She was sentenced to 14 years and fined $70,000. On January 12,1906, she began her prison term, only to die less than two years later on her birthday October 10, 1907. According to newspaper accounts, Cassie's health was already declining during her trial. It said: " She fretted incessively over her confinement until it became almost impossible to sleep. At times she was so peevish the patience of the prison officials was sorely tried." While fairly robust when she entered prison, Cassie lost 30 pounds by the time of her death. Three weeks before, while visiting with her son ( who was 20 years old ), she suddenly collapsed and was confined to the prison hospital. She remained there until she died. At times she was delirious and, for some hours before she passed away, she was in a comatose state. Her son was summoned from Cleveland, but he arrived just 15 minutes after she died. Cassie L. Chadwick was 48 years old. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tid Bits - Continued in part 71. ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ==== This list if for Archive Material Only. No Queries Allowed. For Ohio Queries visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/Maillist/maggiemaillist.html and sign up for Maggie_Ohio-L or OHROOTS-L -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V06 Issue #14 ******************************************