, 1881-07-27
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
The Body OF John Beidler Found
in the Lake.
Last Seen Alive by His Relatives on
Friday Evening.
Ills Cold. Which and C1nin Missing
Was III MurdcrCd3

The tntth,l developments In n most n,yatc-
rioua casG woro tnatte ycstcrlay whun couple
Of young lfebcrnlcn towcd III to tho plor At tho
foot OF Twcnty.soventh street tho holy ot john
1lc'tlIur, soli of ex-Aid. 1lcltller who formerly
Represented tho Ninth Wnrd In tito city Council.
Tho corpse was seen floating II little northeast
Of tho nler shnrtay boforo II a. III, md Th0mns
1lnIy an.t Thon,as nDran got Il lN,at md brought
It I'll. Thoy tmmetlntoly notified tho police Mt
tho Cottage Grove Avenun Station, anu ofllcor
Chris lflorth tDpk charyu1f tho remains. fn-
rcrs fn,tnd upon tho body fully catablaahed tho
identity Of tito decCnscd and Ills frIentts wcro
advised Of the discovery. Tho hody waR re-
moved to MI nndortaker's, and to-lay m In
quest will DO held.
1t ts nn unusual thing fora ;"iloatcr" to be
cast up by tho waves Of Lake Michigan, but
this caso ls surrounded with 80 inch of Inys-
terry ind 80 many apparently ut,cxptnlnablo
circumstances as to l.istify tho most thorough
investigation. Whether John DeIdlnr was tho
victim Of murder. suicide, Or Incident Is tho
question which is now GEitatng tho minds. not
only Of hts immediate fam'y, who Nro nu,ong
the bost.known md niost wllaly-rcspectcd rcs-
ihonts ar tho West Division. but AlAo of tho po-
lieu Department and many others.
Mr. JOHN tic1dlcr, q youth OF II, was employed
rs hookkccpor with tho iir.u Of ). 1sclt'tor &
llro, tho extensive u1nbcr dcnlcrs doing btist-
ttcss nti tho corner or Twenty and Looms
sssSas 81 c rcsss Ts ssa I'D ss nv etn, m e GsS G %o Il
Aldermen from tho Ninth Wnrti.
LAST FIstnAY EVENING.
betweon and 7:W o'ciook, young 1,ctllor left
with Ills family, md was cheorftl aud pioasnnt
g. ance '' os ,aSe sTf soa o si sert sf s" @ S oes
bntl to be iuaItcsl, mud Of thuso ilo took e,rEu
md & ssartet sowil.town to xvt then IN the Post
unfortunate young nun by nny or hls family.
It Is not yet absolutely. eatabIlshed where
bls hete bit Ut about o.sarter St Iast k ooioak
:S5 Wcst vaa Harsa s!seet. ilo bud saino b,si- s.
Ing upon tic eoa trac on iis pw s recount. i. lt,
owing to the sickness of Ma Dixon, nothing W.s
se viii bxa tef at ha s oos or s% ass asr
ind thon wnlkei .away ID cot,ial,y WITH nun
who had apparently Gsca whiting f5r him on tI,o
anS ms e ss as e zen te wh H.
1stsT; qhG family Md f4cnau or I'm ocoos,a INIT,
In saying thl,t fo wiz uuIot and retiring ia tis-
position,
HAVING FEW on NO ASSOCIATES
outside his own Immediate circle. All his
questioned, hut 1t sco,lls thut no ono of thnt,i
silw him OH FritIny evening. hir. nuI.I,er lid not
,owt,.totyn cxcept tHr il,o ntlrose so oF ma;iias
lettors, and was never known to "a upnn tho
!ako yi.ehting Or rowing. Those who know hlul
have boun led a,vHy by bud company,
ara express tho!r eailro .inal!liity ID oven
sa'G5s0 q 3se e. @ nss od H. t aecaes, o Wss s
strlight, ho hatl no money with hinT moro thai,
a few dollars. aud he was not known to huvo an
4 rUportrr of I'us 1'ntnuyE y!eye,l tho hDtly
as it lily on tho pier 1T Twenty -sove,ith Street