The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-08-11
Startling Operations Of
Joliet 9 Woman Plurager =
Sensational Charges Which, If True Make Mrs Helen Hsher
Second Cassie Chadwick-conservative Business Men
Hypnotzed by Her.

sands of dollars to invest and caused
many business men and women to
join pools formed for the purpose OF
breaking the richest Spectators in
Chicago.
That all the money thus received
was lost in playing tips. furnished
by Mrs. Hulshizer
That she was accused of bucket
shopping" and, when unable to ac-
count for the loss of 500 given her by
Mrs. Louise Rich, a jury convicted
her of swindliag.
Business and society circles of Jol-
let were shaken and startled several
weeks ago by the arrest and indict-
ment of Mrs. Hulshizer. The prison
er. who is well preserved, middle-aged
woman, and the mother of Edna Thay-
er, an actress appearing with the
.Florodora" and Babes in Togland
companies, had the entree to the most
exclusive homes in Joliet.
For years she was connected in d
confidential capacity with a board of
trade house. where she earned a con-
siderable salary She made daily trips
to Chicago and became konWn to hun
dreds of the commuters along the
road, who regarded her as being re-
markably successful operator.
Several stories were current regard
ing fortunes won and lost by Mrs
Hu1shizer.
One of the surprising things in con
neetion with her final exposure was
the manner in which she keeps secret
the fact that scores of her acquaint-
anees we're specializing through her
in the markets.
Not until after the arrest was it
known that besides gullible women
Mrs. Hulshizer numbered among her
alleged victims some of the most
prominent men in Joliet.
One of the sensational onteomes OF
the HuIshizer trial is a revival of in
terest in the case of Luthey Kny,
young. German, son OF a prominent of
fcer in the German army, who Is
serving an indeterminate sentence in
the penitentiary He forged checks,
it is claimed, to keep up his payments
in the system devised by Mrs. Huls-
hizer Now his friends declare he
should be liberated and they have ar
ranged with a Joliet lawyer to take
his case before the pardon board.
The downfall of Kny was one of the
social sensations of Joliet
He served a term in the peniten-
| tiary for forgery His parole period
was spent in Joliet, where he secured
/ position in the Office of the Amerf-
can Steel & Wire company and soon
won his way into exclusive circles,
He fell in love with the daughter OF
Dr.. Moody and 1t Is reported the two
were engaged In order to increase
his financial holdings, however, kny
had quietly invested in the Hulshizer
/ scheme The market went wrong and
Kny borrowed money to keep up tha
I margins There was further de-
mand and Kny fell into his old trick,
/ that of forgery. Exposure came, then
conviction, and finally the peniter-
tiary. This was a couple of years ago
and Kny is still behind the bars.
Mrs. Hulshizer is about 40 years of
/ age. She IS OF good ngufe, pfepos-
sessing, and a well-bred, intelligent
woman. She has gracious ways and
during the years preceding her pres
ent difficulties was in the good graces
of hundreds of Joliet people. Many
of these sympathize with her now and
regard with horror the possibility that
she may go to the penitentiary. They
/ feel that she isno more culpabfe than
many who invested with her. It was
4 game Of risk. Those who won have
no complaint It was those who lost
who are bitter and there is no ques-
ton but that much bitterness exists.
/ The outcome Of the pending pro-
ceedings before Judge Smith win be
eagerly awaited by ali Joliet
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