, 1880-12-24
TIE CHICAGO FIRE.
Trying to Unravel the Tangled
Web Of the Reports,
And Work Out tho Mysteries Of Lawycrs'
and Asaignoes' Bills.

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r. IT, n.-, 49,, <,,.,-.
Tho moro tho slnal accounts In tho c,,caEa ',
,, isrn'lec woy mier aro a.'e. a
@ ". .,, "us .o .su msuy "us r
rHy at asalwast objections to n|rcr to approving
tho figures IA thcy stn,,d. art allowing tho thing
to 10 cusctt mp. Tl1cro viii 10 tw,, fnil weeks 10
ooK INTO 'natsers, htld tnat mo opportunity WV
bU Improved may bc rot tlnwh ns ont Of tho
~'"'' ''"'' '''' s,,nav xrrvssra
Tho frat ,tom Il, tho p dssrnro.s ] nccount Is n
% uaninIstra.on IT. % md NJ, .si,n9 Of i u" @ est". N
reference to tho aehc'Iu1o attached shows TINT
!no a1'".,'s IL .hN"o W "'c.''e' au",s'n "'het
the rate. first "t "a and then 81 MONTH md
pccuIinr beauty Of this chnrRo VIII bo moro f"lly
nucs,io, wns olso Used NJ tho prlynto nico Of
nutt, nther linn jnmcs X. Mitr,,hy. Ausipncp.
and % TINT tic @ clerk '' who was rs sa"r'c % ut TIC ra,o
OF $i00 tnomth WINS mitch 0f tho tltnu IoRo
olhor tt,nn Mrs. j. X. Murphy. wifo ur j. Il.
Murp,,y. Asa.nncp. VIII, NJ, nltuwnneeof sAlX0
fnr hia srr,irt,s mn n Mny + ts,n nnti n
cnn ,,,, ,,,s ,,..,, ra,,t ,,or,,S ,,ai,, n.,t
e @ ,l!o, wrseh, wS!'e r. It's Wl!e,s sleEeaI
!Gnors % brought n slc9 month ,sssi,les,
~ Mr u nes r. Mfh M @ AsssTSiS, MS, wH,,,l ,l al'sr
Shas u tic sxpre,s!Se js,!s',ss :! f9s f9ss s,fses
,lersttI, I fu .as Mr. x. M,,rpv HIVE Asslenns q % as
lo,tn'l s.,,vient ,Ilne q h!s hails 'lSrins TINT
a,s @ ~ u % f ,,e, ~ s y, ts ,,s ~
ss; nu. ~, y tn III VI IL, IT. ~, ~
'e llsii Is n lT;r.,neo tr',ksr, y whsh eap,Is:
~ ~ @ % ~ ,nsV.nf ~ ~ t,,s,, by
honest roany.
Titl' nEspECrAhfE AMOUNT or go, 0,Hts
nppears to hnro Ko1,o for fces IL tho CIorls Of
tie United StatGs Court III qcttlt,,g the cstntc,
s,irse a y So suit aIlowe ' 10 ss s,an, s for "" ts @
gs,od md sufficient rcnstt That tic System
|'rn,tcy INV Nllnwc,i tic sarnns !iuas width
9 to kc ~ W. M s ssfe rG'nnr. y ~ Ee,'nx ESnn'sxs
IN tho xIat Of MArsl!ls mil tho El0lti Df itcH-
owct @ and i nil Tic As.isnve, Is 81 ' cotlrso sono no
coi,tcnt themselves With closuly surntinizluK
tint elliccrs clnfsn ton slnnl dip IF si.:0l The
ya s e So 'o 'sss e 81 eoasS Sy Mn
probably Oijcct tb tho 1ltAlerte cstimNte Of OK
prnsus L, eu.lnnetion with ille inai mcttnE nor
shapc of ,!s!.!ols. tnouan teero = \ nat.,t1t!
a. 1ss.;.r s,e'0fs themselves l't tho anoaat s't
Tho rcmu,nnp @ ,tsn, Inv In t,a , ,SssIpoco.a occoot
f. If
mnSs % ~, usm, ;'' a,vnr ti. ~, st,a;,ra nr
nn'mrnmtiS r,,,,vctnr '"ir ,,r",a +, ~, NJ
t1,t ~ s,inrs.as i,.st bu,t u vii II ~ ~ M, ~
"jl5o" with ti,o Sjil ft,r services rendered u.s.
tile attorneys themselves. Ta tun G11inttnt uf
| S!ocpurk Wllions bill n S'D,Itl. and tho baI-
.lllcc still duo tho', llr their own ilgures. S,-
HH Tho !oglenl conclusion IT, lie tctlncu,t frnn
!hs is TINT thoy llnsc heni uii,l $hli: atl Ftsil
nn!' .l.e esiate resrnnsillo fGr s:; @ wl'eFsns ~
1U,. A1'nuuHE rupurtcr trMl tn yet some light
I OH this subject from Mr slcnpor himself ycs-
t1rl1uS nntl wns TOLL By TINT HcntlDt,1nsl tnt,
while tho cstMto apparently owed il,o firm S::a,-
S t. az 1t's I1ass ra%ly Eve ; tat bds sla@9
to got. it viii he seen tint iho difference
between tho SMITH, thu tatal M rendered ny tho
ilrkn'a b! and Tho III, ,'Ni which appears til tho
| Assignut,'s repssrt, lss "cnsh paid slueper 4
Whitur," Is just $il,s:U. Mr. Sleeper A ,,nuo!lht-
cdly corrcct When ,e snyH tint MI he rlsI cinIln
knT NJ III ttftlOtlhtGiI1y Tho tlcr80E nd lilo Ills