[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 25
putting 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 shelters. Be that as it 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…
