, 1873-01-01
Review Of the Situation by q 0iti-
zen Of Hyde Park.
History Of Bostwick's Purchase, by Ono
Who Knows tho Circumstances.
J. Esaias Warren's Solution Of
the $a, ,0oo,o 900 Enigma.
Who is William Z. Smith 2..-A Doou-
mont from tho Recorders Office.

From proacnt appearances, II sooms llkoly
that tlcre 10 not after MI, to 10 nddod to our
current literature, Of tho yalor coyorod vari-
city, an exciting talo to bo labolod Paul Cor
noll or, The Stolen Decd" illustrated with
wood-cuts and portraits Of the conspirators, with
yiow Of D. r. Downing lying perdn under john
BostwicEs dying bod, and Paul Cornell IN tho
corner cupboard pcoring very diabollcally
through crack In tho shattered pano1, with,
perhaps, n midnight race on horseback, dono in
exceedingly blackink for pagc Of tho cover
though whero tho partlos should be flying to, 1t
would depend upon tho skill of tho author to
explain. Tho fact is, that Mt tho time Of tho In
coption Of this Dostwick affair nobody was
racing or chasing worry actively In such torpid
n,nttors aa ,eso ao.lth ousde traela and Icon
asain aa saaea ana again. ,D But t docs not now
look aa II tho exciting story Of Tho Stolen
Dood would over 10 written: Public attention, ,
coming rapidly down into quioaconco. But Hyde
Park IL indignant at tho imputation, and nd-
vAnces to tito rescue. Ono Of its prominent
cisizons aon1a us tho following:
70 the Editor of The Chicago Tribune:
SIN: IN common with our fcow-ctttzcns Of 0hicn-
o. the citizens Of liyt'e Park naturally feel na,gn'ns m
q the Of ~ o. o1 Sss. en
charged In the blli Of complaint drawn by Edward
Robey Esl oA bohalf Of tue widow and hess o. John
4nioundea sna fa'ac: There Is ,,sor..;"a 70 sy!"
d. s'si a ct 1ay esh esse den'sssy n ysssa
rsn,oie, Or contingent ~ the principal con'prator.
Paul Cornell, III Bty Of tho lands claimed no connec-
ton on Aia part except as trustee OF attorney no
buAness partnership relations subslat!ng 1T any
tino between, him aud Johu Bostwick no attempt On
bis part my tins 10 defrhul postwic or his heirs
in any way. Tho smpls facts appear to 30 TINT Doat-
wick came to Chicago with no 1neans Of bis own ~
1Ss4 or 1855 that kind friends furnished, advanced,
loaned, gave him some money to assist linn IL max,
nearly 900 worth Of .n paying only about s. ooo
and 'sayng the balance unlnid and scc1red by trust
doela; that he died, aud no means were forth,
had to be sold aud id not py the lucunbrancca; that
the fact Is well known to old residents that lands did
ae III 1855 and 1886 for pzlces which could not 10 OBJ
tAned for thGn for ten years afterWaTd. rcM6ubor
OIL Racre lot which sold In 1865 for oOU and In
1865 for eHs than 900, which Is to-day far moro val
uabie than tho poatwick lands. Alao lot near tho
hotel In yao Iark which sold In 1855 Tor $4,000
fenccd At expense Of s3u0. aud sold IN 1B0s
Tor fGU0. bIuuy Of oIl citizens can tell with palm
ful accuracy many such Instances Of hncsuation. It
unfortunate for the widow and heirs Of Uostwck
that they had no lnoans to ply OF tho incumbrancos,
or to teern tue 1and or even to refund the amounts
Tho fact is auu stated BY the defendants that tho
widow aud hrlfs Of Dostwlck wore possassed Of full
knowledge Of al tho tnancls circnnetances Ut the do
ccaHed that 1t at thcr request, and with thcir
full CONSENT that his csase Administered upon aud
settled, and that full ventilation Of all the facts Of
this hfstury will show that said heirs hayo not tho
As one WHO has great regard for tho material inter-
cste IT uyo Park but who has not cent at stake
n this evntruscfsy nh gratlhcd to b able to asto
that neither the tisio to nor any question involving
oven shadow Of caim, cnn does in any way by
this suit attach any Of the lands owned BY Mr. Cor
nell in Hyde Park or Cornell Of both Of which places
haa IN oil times past proved himself IN honest man
and truo friend. CITIZEN OF HYDE PAuR.