Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-26

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 $100 given her by Mrs. Louise Rich, jlry convicted her of swindling.
 Business and society circles of Jol- tot were shaken and startled several weeks ago by the arrest and indict- ment of Mrs. Hulshizer. The prison CT, who is well preserved, middle-aged woman, and the mother of Edna Thay- CT, an actress appearing with the "Florodora" and Babes in Toyland' companies. had the entres to the most exclusive homes in Joliet.
 For years she was connected in 3 confidential capacity with 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. Hulshizer.
 One of the surprising things in con nection with her final exposure was the manner in which she keeps secret the fact that scores of her acquaint- ances were speculating through her in the markets.
 Not until after the arrest was 1t known that besides gullible women Mrs. Hulshizer numbered among her alleged victims some of the most prominent men in Joliet.
 One of the sensational outcomes of the Hulshizer trial is revival of in- terest in the case of Luthey Kny, a young German, son of prominent of ficer 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 Joliet lawyer to take his case before the pardon board.
 The downfall of Kny was one of the social sensations of Joliet.
 He served term in the peniten- tiary for forgery. His parole period was spent in Joliet, where he secured a position in the office of the Ameri- can Steel & Wire company and soon won his way into exclusive circles. He fell in love with the daughter of Dr. Moody and it 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 the margins. There was a further de- mand and Kny fell into his old trick. that of forgery. Exposure came, then conviction, and finally the peniten- tiary. This was couple of years ago and Kny is still behind the bars.
 Mrs. Hulshizer is about, 40 years of age. She is of good figure. prepos- 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 culpable than many who invested with her. It was a game of risk. Those who won have no complaint. It was those who lost who are bitter and there is no ques- tion but that much bitterness exists.
 The outcome of the pending pro- ceedings before Judge Smith will be eagerly awaited by all Joliet.