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Cassie L. Chadwick | |
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 1904 cabinet card image of Chadwick[2] | |
| Born | Elizabeth Bigley 10 October 1857 |
| Died | 10 October 1907 (aged 50)[3] Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names | Elizabeth Cunard Emily Heathcliff Lydia DeVere Lydia Springsteen Marie LaRose Cassie Hoover Cassie Chadwick Cassie L. Chadwick |
| Occupation(s) | Clairvoyant, fortune teller, pimp |
| Criminal status | Dead[4] |
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| Children | 1 |
| Motive | Money |
| Conviction(s) | 9 ½ years |
| Criminal charge | forgery seven counts forgery and seven counts conspiracy |
| Penalty | 14 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 during the late 1800s and early 1900s[5] by claiming to be an illegitimate daughter and heiress of the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie.[6][7] Newspaper accounts of the time described her as one of the greatest con artists in American history.[8] She pulled off the scam in the Gilded Age of American history, during which time women were not allowed to vote or get loans from the banks, leading some historians to refer to her bank heist as one of the greatest in American history.[8]
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- ^ a b "Hoax of Heiress Ruined Bankers". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 30 January 1955. p. 27.