[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 27
g up there for years.It has a large clientele of the better class of com-mercial travelers. The wits of the town crackjokes at the expense of the Palmer on the scoreof the number of guests of Hebraic extraction it yj.^^^^^ shelters. Be that as may, the Palmer welcomes all who pay their bills and… … 31 terest, it having been the scene of one of the mostfamous tragedies in Chicagos history. In thesummer of 1882, it was occupied by Charles Stiles,the popular and high-living caller of the Boardof Trade. Early one morning a veiled woman,whose tasteful but somber raiment revealed theoutlines of an…
