The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-03-19
LIVING GINLUXURY
~ the Expense of hers---The scheme
Emila Holfcrt Worked.

At the Expense of 'hers---The scheme
Enils nolfTt Worked.
In the DEMOCRAT Tuesday reference
was made to Emlle HOlfert, OstpnsiOly
q green G'fmln b1y, who skipped ont a
day or two ago, after VlcIimizOgaDun'
beI " n0uple,
HOlltrt came here about 1ye months
ago and represented that he had arrived
direct from Germany, which his 0ppear-
ance and cOnyers ton indicat d For a
time he worked at Faugta nuTstTy east
OF the city, ard then he lived In Canton
with a man named Hurt lrd, working
for his bOarl From HuriOri'a he went
10 MIR, Frank BurrOway, who llyts In
the Hartford addition, east 0f the city.
Here he boarded several weeks, Needing
some clothing Mr., Blrr0way took him
10 Mr., Mr. Ed. g Ildberg's clothing store,
where Holtert got a suit OF clothes and
other artc Of apparel, amounting In
value 10 $40. Holtert then ingrati tied
himself with the family OF Mr., John
Danm, who also lives In the Hartford
addition In handsome residence at the
top of the hill east OF the creek and
north Of the 0snaburg road,
H0lfert represented that his mother
owned and operated In Germanya large
mandatory OF millinery and straw
goods, Letters received by him, pur.
porting 10 come from his NOther, In
structed him 10 purchase residence
and suitable site for the erection OF O
manufact0ry In Canton, not To exceed
$4,000 In value; his mother proposed TO
sell out aud come 10 Canton aud estab'
llah her manufactOTy here. With these
letters HOlfert exhibited photographs OF
n German General In uniform aud OF O
fine looking lady; these he claimed were
portralta OF hls parents, adding that his
father was killed In the BrancO'Prnssian
war.
In obedience to the instructions OF his
mother, HOlfert began negotiations
for the purchase OF the Daum property,
and had MIR. Daum have photograph
taken OF hia residence, which no said no
forwarded TO his mother. Hofert gave
every one the Impression that he would
shortly receive large fortune from his
mother, with which 10 purchase the
Dlum property and embark IN business,
His actiOns were quite uns0phlstlcated
aud almost every business man he met
he wanted 10 embark with In pdrtner'
ship, He proposed TO buy an Interest In
Myers Touring mills, east OF the city,
and Mr.. Myers said he had no objection
provided HOlfert had tho ready cash 10
pay the price asked. lhia HOlterl did
not have, but no said he w0n!d get II
from his mother In u few days
HOlfert took fancy 10 photography,
and approached Mr.. John Prince with
proposition TO buy half interest
In his photograph 6 ,llery In ihia city
Mr., Prince stated HIS price and llOlferi
accepted the proposition. Articles OF
partnership were drawn up and tho
signatures were to TO aillX d az soon ns
HOlferrs "Oig Doodle" arrived from the
old country.
During the Ave months Of his resi.
denCe here HOltelt pumped TIE fortune
story into quite u number OF people,
substantiatlng II with letters, purpOrt-
Ing TO come from hla mother. On tho
strength OF II, ho borrowed considerable
money IN small sums from different
parties, all OF whom he promised 10
dOubly repay when his money arrived.
One day last week no invited Mr.. Prince
into Bowen Il Karp's tailor store, where
he ordered two suits OF clothes, ore for
himself and one for MIR. Prince, stating
that he wanted both tuils completed by
Saturday, and that no would pay for
them Monday, the 10Th inst, which was
the day set fer the arrival OF bis. for.
tune.
HOlfert had previously claimed TO Mr.,
Prince that no had rCce we'd remittance
OF some 81 200 with which he had made
u payment on the Daum property, and
that Mr.. Louis Hahn had identified him,
when no had the check caahei Mr..
Prince interviewed Mr. Hahn aud
learned that this statement was not
true. This information aroused Mr.,
Princes suspicious, AM he accu 'ed Hol-
fert Sunday afternoon OF lying 10 him.
llOlfert protested that he had told the
truth and agreed to go " Oh MIR. Prince
10 tho bank Monday morning.
M0nday.camo and tho people who had
been lndulging a0lfert kept their eyes
peeled for him aud hls fortune, but
neither showed up, Tuesday II was
learned that Holfert, the yerdant young
CrOesus, had jumped the town, after
having put In abolt Ave months here nj
the expNnae OF others. lust how much
HOlfoft realized by hls little scheme Ia
not known. but II must DO In the neigh
borhood OF 1900 or $500. HOlferps mp.
parent yerdancy aud poor knowledge OF
the English language made hls preten.
sOns atom plausible. Since ho skipped
out hs acqualntances hay' como 10 tho
conclusion that no was not quite M
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