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Chadwick, Cassie L. (1859–1907)

Canadian swindler who defrauded rich Americans and Ohio banks out of an estimated $2 million. Name variations: Constance Cassandra Chadwick; alias Lydia de Vere. Born Elizabeth Bigley in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, in 1859; died in prison in 1907; daughter of an Ontario railway worker; married Dr. Leroy Chadwick.

Canadian con-artist Cassie L. Chadwick plied her trade in the United States for a number years until her illicit machinations caused the failure of one Ohio bank and the near failure of several others. At first, she was known as Lydia de Vere in San Francisco where she bilked the unsuspecting by passing herself off as a clairvoyant. Following a move to Cleveland in 1886, she married a respected Ohio physician, Leroy Chadwick, whom she had met in a whore house on Euclid Avenue where she assured him that she was only there to instruct the girls in etiquette. She then set up her greatest con.

In the lobby of the New York's posh Holland House hotel, she was introduced to an Ohio banker named Dillon and told him that she was the illegiti

Cassie Chadwick

Con artist who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter and heiress of Andrew Carnegie

Cassie L. Chadwick

1904 cabinet card image of Chadwick[2]

Born

Elizabeth Bigley


(1857-10-10)10 October 1857

Eastwood, United Province of Canada

Died10 October 1907(1907-10-10) (aged 50)[3]

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Other namesElizabeth Cunard
Emily Heathcliff
Lydia DeVere
Lydia Springsteen
Marie LaRose
Cassie Hoover
Cassie Chadwick
Cassie L. Chadwick
Occupation(s)Clairvoyant, fortune teller, pimp
Criminal statusDead[4]
Spouses
  • Dr. Wallace S. Springsteen
  • John R. Scott
  • Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick
Children1
MotiveMoney
Conviction(s)9 ½ years
Criminal chargeforgery
seven counts forgery and seven counts conspiracy
Penalty14 years prison and $70,000 fine[1]

Cassie L. Chadwick (10 October 1857 – 10 October 1907) was the most well-known pseudonym used by Canadian con artist Elizabeth Bigley, who defrauded several American banks out of millions of dollars duri

Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age (with Annie Reed)

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Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age (with Annie Reed)

December 4, 2024

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