Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-03-02 | Page 5 | Woman Worked Envelope Game

uo Mil RiO ENVELOPE IS1E CHICAGO, March 1. Miss Holon Carlson, known In many puits of Chicago Chi-cago as the envelope woman, was held to the grand Jury by Municipal Judge Cottrcll today. Assistant Stntc'y Auornoy Brothers said Misn Carlson had swindled Chicago shopkeepers of more than $5,000 in the last three months. Miss C'arleon's.methqd, said the assistant as-sistant state's attorney, was known U6 "the envelope game." She made a speciality of bakeiles, dollcatossen and tea stores vhere thorc wero young women clerks Advancing to the countor Miss Carlson Carl-son would exhibit a handful of s.lver and small bills. "I want to send some monov to my mothei," she woulo. explain." "Cnn you give me a $20 bill oi two $10 bills for this change?" Sho then would place the largo bill In a stamped envelope while the shopkeeper shop-keeper was counting the change. The change would be short fort or fifty cents. When the shopkeeper called attention to this Miss Carlson would exclaim: "Oh, 1 must have left tho rest of It on the dining room table at home. I will run right over and get it. Hero is your bill," she would conclude as Bhe handed over the Bealed envelope, ostensibly tho one In which tho bill had been placed, and picked up tho pile of change. When the envelope was ppenod bv shopkeepers, who waftea 5nJ vain ,for MJss Carlson's retumit. was1 found to contain blank paper J T , i