The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-16
SUES BROKERS To
REGAIN HER MONEY
Model Servant Girls Savings
of Years Swept Away by
Speculation.
DEALS ARE ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN UNLAWFUL
Anti-GambIing Statute Will Be
Invoked in Effort to Re-
cover Cash.

CHICAGO. July 15.-In an effort TO
| win back the savings of lifetime as
a servant, which have been swept away
In unfortunate attempts to speculate
Miss Adele Lauer. a domestic in the
home OF Robert Stevenson in Winnetka
has brought suit to recover $4,000 from
Ennis & Stoppani. brokers in the Roolt-
cry building. This amount. she alleges
was lost within a few months.
Miss Lauers in the households where
she is known is regarded as model
servant Quiet ana retiring, but ever
attentive TO her duties. she has eX-
perienced no difficulty in securing
place, and her frugal tendencies enabled
her to save a considerable portion OF
the money she earned. Until recently
this was kept in a bank where 1t drew
interest
Learns of Short Cut to Riches.
Through the medium of an acquain-
lance who worked in neighborlng
household. Miss Lauer learned of tho
short cut to wealth by the speculation
route. and In the course OF frequent
meetings she was impressed With the
opportunity within her grasp. few
ventures on the sea of speculation she
was told, would bring for her returns
on which she might safely retire TO d
life OF luxury and ease.
Miss Lauer listened with interest TO
the glowing stories told her. out con-
without making Withdrawals. Each week
she added to her store OF wealth by a
fresh deposit, and the wealth she Was
piiing up was the source Of much envy
among her acquaintances,
Basis for the suit might never have
been furnished had il not been for an
occurrence few months ago when an
intimate acquaintance of Miss Lauer
who was more susceptible to the lure
OF the stock market, made an invest
ment which brought returns. The story
of her good fortune spread among the
servants of the suburb, with the result
that mani of them made small invest
ments. some Of which proved mod
erately successful.
Decides TO Make Plunge.
Miss Lauer weighed the project for a
long time in her own mind before she
finally decided to make a small plunge.
NO harm could come from IL. She
thought and If she lost she would still
experience, which would be worth some
thing to her. The thought OF her en-
tire savings being swept away did not
enter her mind.
made their purchases of stock at the |
Offices OF Ennis & Stoppani. who are
members of the consolidated stock eX-
change OF New York, and she naturally |
went TO the same place. After CON
sultation with the brokers she paid
over her money, il Is alleged and re-
ceived a memorandum of the invest
ment. Even after the transaction was
over the bank account looked almost as
large as before. and the girl argued with
herself that If she was unsuccessful it
would require only few weeks TO make
up the loss,
Entire Savings Swept Away.
But Miss Lauers venture did not
prove TO be all that she desired and
she made other purchases OF stock. it
c1NA In in l.,- n.,,. rl1f-
fortunes at one stroke. Instead of win
ming. she proved a steady loser and
additional margins caused the $4,000 to
dwindle away and finally disappear.
During all this time the young woman
kept her own counsel and had borne up
braVely under her losses. but when the
last dollar was gone she returned to
her place OF employment and gave way
TO tears. 1t was while she was weep
ing that her employer came upon her
Murry Nelson. Jr., an attorney with
down town offices. whose home is In
Winnetka, heard of the girls mlsfor-
tune, and at his request she was brought
10 him and told her story. After stat
ing he would make no charge for his
against the brokerage firm in an en-
deavor TO recover the money The filing
Of the suit yesterday was the result
The action is brought under the anti
gambling statutes. which are designed
TO regulate stock transactions TO legiti-
mate trading. we'll as TO prevent
gambling in other forms, It is alleged
that the deals in which Miss Lauer en-
gagged were Of nature prohibited by
law. and that. for this reason, the money
should be returned.
Ennis & stoppani. who do an extensive
brokerage business. have not filed an
| answer. but II is said they will contend
| that any transactions which Miss Lauer
| may have had with the firm were Of
| legitimate nature and that under such
| circumstances she Is not entitled TO re-
| cover.