| Show OLIVER H PIKE IS NOT DEAD Body Found In Illinois Was Sure Iy Not His WRITS WRITES TO O CHIEF HION U 1 dr Ness No to Io too lust of t Crawford I Der Dear the spring ot of mG 1196 there thereal was al a boy body found 11 in Chicago supposed to be mine I It was wall also claimed to bo be that of n a man named mt In tar ter claim was made b by his friends In your city I If you leo know anything ot of the tho whereabouts of the ot of Char sell el you please Inform thom them of oC tho mIstake and It I It wi iIi be of oC any In crest to them tu to establish h their claim to the tho body I will 1 gt give them al all the tho l as I On to rectify the Th The body was shen a ChristIan burial here by tu but I thin think It I would benefit tl the friends of to 10 established his ImIs identity and If It wi wilt bo be ut of ny any to them I would lIke to sea co time the rectified Yours trul truly n II lIC The communication was 1 re Fe by Chief Hilton J lo n last lut evening bearIng thI the dote date Ambrose 0 February 1 12 10 1900 Many ho I It wi will recal recall to mind 1 a most moat erse mysterious murder sup supposed posed to lae have been committed here Home ears Ago ngo On time the mh ot of March hEld ther timers sold lold to 10 ICon laas and Phiip Cries Orles ni as unclaimed freight a 11 box wIth time tho CI 0 M If Mor IU Jeterson Jefferson avenue Chicago The box was shipped from Salt lAke City Lit by G ci 1 i Morgan The box which I was wall very ory heavy was as sent lent from ChIcago b by the purchasers purchaser to Austin III I where Is Its contents svere After open openIng ling Ing the box a trunk wrapped In 01 oil coth cloth amid nud packet packed with sawdust was ns dIsclosed As the ie me men worked I a strong and sIck odor arose and for tor a time the lon men Were com compelled lc to suspend operatIons Tue Tho trunk was Inches In size Ilz and was evIdently new Inside the tho trunk wa found a hermetically Belied sealed tine box and In this timis fox tox the tho bod body of I a aman man hIs hll legs bent IJen over th time Joints broken and the tho head belt bent forward until It rested on the tha breast and held there thereby b by a rope ropo a noose being around the tho nok nook This box whIch stirs RI supposed to con Lain goods goodR was wall deposited at Lime UnIon freIght sheds Fob Feb February 7 1 1833 1593 tt ftc freight amounting to being The man who 16 the tho bo left lert for tor the tho East EMt the lay ot of the shipment and that Is I the tho lat last seen Been ot of him Thu Tho of the tho b body In In Austin 00 o 0 excitement her herand here create t and md lr Wa stas to 10 who the f Some claimed In Soe i 1 11 time the body of Prosper he who Is to i hoc ave dl dIate 71 11 In this city In 13 t time Cheval Cheal hived wih wIth I of shady character ci hd e I I I 1 Ue She WM s as known as tiLes n II Afe After dixon I was believed that Iha t the I Imad flad another lover and that ho he hoad had ad murdered Cheval Prosper Cheval taa better known as and the 01 are that that name aetna I Is cor h he drat here wih with the tho rt Rolando woman lie had abut about 30 diamonds besides consIder worth Of o fter hI his disappearance the woman coman sent lent a friend named Leon Jn to I the he Defret Bank to draw the left thee there by in a safety mone box A teV fe diamonds and In some lome of French coin were ni all that be found Abut About this time the b of Oliver IL H Pike of at WM vaR announced d mid when the n In the trunk WAS found foun friends of oC boy Pike ike Me identified it a as his But Dut the letter I I tro real ike olo alive an and wel well that deL IdaL Detoth Detective Gere George Shet Sheath NII says that hf B Is b quite ulle sure that the body fond found In was A not Chaz I sas u tull ally six Ix feet n tal tall while the bd body mea races O five feet sIx ur Sheets stated th this morning hat h he Shel that the boy body found a that itt Crawford 0 a ranch a disappeared 1 r who ho f so mysteriously rem 1 Evanston Wo two weeks prior prioro to o the thc shipment ot of the bo body |
