, 1874-12-23
GEORGE w. HILL.


sToRr oF ONE or THE DEFENDANTS.
Tho first Que called upon for information was
Mr.. Hill, rcal-cstato dealer, WHO is one of the
defendants in tho case. Tho conversation latl
with him was rs follows:
Ecpofter-Mr. ll!ll, desiro to get como Iuforma
Lou about your tllo to tits land in Hyde Park, t o
con1nlenced in tho Uuiled statcs Circuit CourtY
AIR. Hill-l purchased thu la1ll III 1U7G from Joseph
Ioxic. If New York, who held tho tit!u from ,Ao
ratenlcr,
RICHARD r. ROBINSON.
M-Mhen r. az ~ ns1nson ,1 ssga.sc ts t'sles
l..-Wlo WIS 1tobingon3
Mr. lille was IN notorious character in New York
cty in la3':3the sumo man who was charged with
numbering llelen JoWett
T.: When did 10 se! tho land to IIo1to?
AIR. ll.-0n the 20th OF June, 1916.
M-Aoont a year afscr hs acquired title from tho
s,r. Hat the time ho conveyed tho land to 1ioxio
NC hEd oIy tu certificates Of purchase, Which lie had
ontaAed III August 1835, from the La1i Ofce In CHI.
Ito 1le 6rnt uut hero aud had tho land onercd for
him Ut Ill acre, nn received the certificates from
-, Il 1aslors Who was then Receiver Of the Land.
,K...Wlat was the amount Of tho whole consdera-
My. H.-Four hundred dollars,
A-lloW much NAB !n thu tract?
ME- !!.-IAree hundred anu twenty ucrcs
Ibid Ao1to hold 1t up to the lime ho cold It 10
Ar. H.-yes1np to tho transfer in 1870.
Mr.. M.-No; le died III August lsTO
n-Y!at became Of lsobIl,sou2 .--
roass s amsanrtly Sy "a after h!s acqital he went to
drtlplng his lat nane,anl lived there good iai,y
5sas ssms ,yn s 1s rrn'ncnt , position my vas ii
while on h!s way to Washington Ia 1ss5' was ta,sl
.1Ii ut the d"t House, IN Louisville, and dist,
K.no"ho, Des.dea Yourself, III Interested In lilo
mr. Id Young scamu,on, tl,e Cook County Land
u9.ntany' a AMI ten Or dozen moro IL whom haYo
TAJ1r 11s t1r
R.-Wlat Ia 1t worthy
Mr. !!.-1h the neighhorl,ood Of s1oo,000,
whaye 5ou ever had any troubu lii regard 10 tlo
Mr. 1.-Ticre have been several suits, but ouly QUO
al nny magnitude. ' ~'~
Mr.. H.-Thut waB . ants brought by tho hcirs or
dcyiHoex under the VIII Of Isoh.nso..
H.-Hhat chin did tloy spt ur2
Mr. H.--Ihcy claimed that Tbs conveyance n,ade by
Robinson u Hoxie In 1886 nut all aspllts roy.y
ancc purorted to bo s faro iiit lint It wss
any dufalcatioa hu might discover In lnnAiug aver lis
acconntH lobi'lton having been his conlea! CLERK
R.-W!mt wna developed during lilo ,yal7
Mr. H.-TAey hrulIGlt forward
THE SiSTl:N Of ROBINSON.
whose testimony taieu in it, Louis In March,
1915 70 roSe tftu allegations I'll tle llaadtfgs B
Rwote To thu truth Of tle statements, ul OIL lstr
sa4D!ion "a M ,,%i. sall @ ao IL, h4a 10 ar, 1ntotss5
not eApest MY rewura Or somisnsatton frsr, fsr,,
~ HeA SoAslAIt 2Hk dGA!@H Rht
her s oG0 in io,oy and 10 per cent Of the yAlu0 Of thu
lind rac0fetui, On ACCOUNT ur her sratdnal ctr-
Drscctlse Htiags, Of f loMs, Win hor ls!en got
thu contract from er for tbs purpose of getting So oo
from inc, that uing ills sia co,hlderat It WORTH
laylu abandoned VII hupe OF got1iug money tron, tho
Usher side.
N.--Who woro tho plrtica to the contract?
Mr.. I'LL was Btgnyd by Ncctor 4nl EaharIne hfc-
Nny, win lronyht tho sint, Mrs. htckay Icing lilo
altpaaaser at lob1nsoD, hDr lnp!hor i'sylnu arred
1wlcc-unCb bef0ro aud nlce after hly death.
II al tail III %nir 1,At, In
Tact betanlo known2
Mr. ll.-it WA Withdrawn, aul 1nal doceru eatcr-
ed In my Jnyar.
1.-nl! sru !hon believe lat tho tc to the proper
IL rts,Gd III yuu3