, 1877-04-15
.vsn,,n.ou presented Chain Of title to the Eaton
st Thirh had been AcTccd on by Messrs. kales
~ Nason. which was placed On record.

1homp.on presented Chain Of title to the Eaton
- Nason, which was placed On record.
a'A MR. J. IRVING PEARcE
...s,ted the letter OF June II, 1875, from Mr..
= Wilson, CASHIER OF the Third Sationa1 EauS- to
e..nrday u also his reply to the zane, dated swo
iafer. The witness further stated that he hal
s.Jsr refused to produce letters from the American
9Trharsr Bank. and that the newspaper alles9.
nons that the whole matter arose out OF mis-
sparehcufon on the part OF one of the Committee'a
s1nploW. Ws.on asked how It came that the letter OF
Jane Witnc.a answered that he called on Mr. Me-
~ who 1,ontcd out that there was missing link
outt chain Of letters. and witness handed him the
- i.trrr which was printed.
- the I,ark ommisei0ncrs-meant-
anG ~ I,rtncts replied that such did not appear In
~ nric;ual document That was IN explanatory
noss noe1 r. Thnmn:on asked whether the witness had
-, seen IN :hc Inter Ocean of Thursday whole
s1;es Of correspondence between Gen. Smith and
q. american Exchange Bank The letter pur-
posd Ioaer d.te Of June 5, 1873 had-n ever written
1T bern received by Witness
Sitness said thzt he had seen It, hut had not
..;t;rsllr examined it. He produced the check By
a;rh the S. 900 warrant IVES paid.
1t This roint Gen. Rowctt Withdrew 70 sasat Inc
Basrd Of Trade. and
WI called upon to testify In reply to NJ Ma
VI hc sa,d that he knew Of no bonds certificates,
sont Of money or any valuable consideration etc.
1.;d to auy editor or proprietor of any Chicago
rsxtnapc5 for any services rendered OF pretended
to be rendered 70 the sou,a rask eom1o4eef: us1 q
Iohn B. Jennings aud wife to Arthur Dixon OF
sS41o} feel IN Block j. Jennings Aodats Sub
dirielon.
T.. hnu.ht the property some time in 1870 at $50
~ L. font on time. He entered into ne
FFntiatjons some months AFTER the Park act
Ed pasx=d. Thought he paid quarter down in
r.sh. halaucc in one and two years. First bar
sx,ned for the property si1 months after tho bill
"a PASSED. and had no '.op1ion" OF purchase.
Jenninfe had the land plated out, and was selling
to Ill and sundry Jennings was -, s. ~
witness lid sid out his State street property, and
wauted TO bny more. Never heard that any person
had been granted privileges OF options of ratchas-
lands Ia, N ne'5 . the p2as Of 1aat
meant b the question. NeveE heard Of any
editor OF proprietor Of newspaper receiving snch.
But few days ago man came to his once. Claim.
inc 70 represent the Committee, and asked him II
he had enca knowledge, and this WIS the drst he
heaf; ;ut IT, Was hot st Springfield working for
the Park act. Got no consideration o. promise Q!
property for III. IN securing the locanon o.
fhs Soutn ta1ks. knew Of nobody connected with
aoy newspaper who rcceised or MAS promised any
fsins n aforesaid. believed the newspapers fa
7orrd thu Park bill because they thought the Souta
Park would be good thing % 1or aae &c autee' d.;e
Knew nothing Of convcyances IN Block 6 By Jcn.
pines to " F. Storey. Knew nothing Of anr euch
transactions, and Was absolutely ignorant o. Wy
suy meetings in reference to the Park bill before
it, passage and never visited any editors In con-
ngct,on with it. Did not know OF any u1uncy raised
for The purpose Of secnsins ne adoption o. ne
n. .t- l. Mate STREET
properly, which he Fad bought for 81, 600 in 1865,
10 some gentleman, namc not remembered. for
s. GOO in 1860. Tae eae was bona EIDE. and there
was no option in the matter bought the lind on
the usual terms. onc-fhird down, balance on
time
The questions, though repeated nd naascam.
fa,led TO elicit any information except that Mr.
Di1ou bought some Innd in the re-c1ar way from
rea-eeta:e agent and aold it again at profit, and
that be had the ighrest knowledge Of any real
or alleged c=pokeuneos.
Ia answer to Mr. hales. Mr. Dixon said that he
hi not kccn the person who had called On him to
speak about 'toptlohs" given to influence the
r:e3s present in the committee roorl- The man
sssea II he did not know that it was common report
tbs war. Witness said he did not know
1nythln, Of the kind The nlan said it was his
b1stncse End that or the Committee to inquire into
a,l these matters. He said he had spoken with a
Josracl reporter abont 1t, and this assertion had
fuee BEEN con-adic1cd by 3.r. Sullivan, city editor
o: ike Joavna, who characterized it as false. The
seekes ate: Information was small man With
iaretpon*c to the usual questions said that he
kn.x !. tae tine. by hea1eay, that certain small
t7as Of money wee given to men
ss aszed to assaa: ,naasnse tss tsa ''tas I'm
tut be hid received money f:om. as he understood,
c. 6. Wicker. who Was an opponent Of the bill.
b: eaancei front At t"c last. h.tncsa had Il con-
re:.ation with NJ. Joseph Ncdill with whom he
xt11 trnra1,fnG ann f.Erd him yrET THE
TxErxE ehpuld favor the adoption Of the act bs
tae people Witness regarded the act ~ infamous.
and lad never seen dI to change bis opinion Hr.
Nedlli sud that Mr. Cowles had purchased eighty
',rcs of a,ld in the vic Mtg Of the p7aks and that
himself aui Other attaches Of tle p.per had an in
seeas in lani in that ncignborhood, which must
uliaately becemc extremely valuable Witness
ta'ssht the land IN question WAS near si1ty-
si:t Etrcet, but could not remember exactly
u. Cowles witness understood to be the financial
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TGsBuSE. Hc coald not re-.
IL. became satisfied that it Was no use arguing
Nth I man who had pcCunilEr interest IN the
p4 .sge Of the law. The conversation occurred
b:.Heen the passage Of the act and the confirms
Ts.te were many persons who received ens1l
sa:ns Of money. and many others who thought
their teams woald he used at 81 per day. Nasnus'
int DArle was Patrick
Nr. Tru,dell d,dn want hearray evidence The
Committee could eend for the psr!ics themselves.
Let As. Eddy nauie Ill persons who could prove
anyta1nS Is to ea1tors having been benefited
Witness suggested the names OF Joseph Mcdill,
Horace White, Alfred Cowle., Henry 81. Smith,
j. \. G. Forrest, William Derby, Z. G. Wicker,
a1d Robert s. Wilson. He made no charges against
II! Of these gentlemen
vi. ka1es asked what interest M:. Eddy had in
opposing the Park bill The witness said that he had
"ays opposed public aud private steals sanctioned
whenever &c had any 1n,ney, and a. means Of
psseins away time; Hs opposed the horse
shore front robbery: He had no hesitation in
saae4efiztng these things as steals even after the
laws had been enacted BY tae Legislature. lie was
opooscd to the common law and the Ftatutory en-
aetnentt He paid very few taxes since the fire,
sna had patd no park assessment, and did not In
tend TO- This statement he afterwards qualified,
saxang that he had paid park tar for Eve years.
The Committee then took recess until $50
p. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
n. q. EDDY.
At the afternoon session Mr. Eddy resumed the
stand- He desired frst to correct two statements
naade in the morning. First, he had said that he
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