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                                                                                                                                                                             Chicago July 20 1888

Mr B. Stone Esq General Manager BR2 RR City

Dear Sir: Following please find report of Operation D.D.

Saturday July 14'88

To-day at National Hotel. There were a great many callers to-day to see (([Hage?})) and Murphy and among them was Bowles' Brother who had a long consultation with Roger in the Hall near Hage's room. J.J Bowles comes from Logansport Indiana they are all very bitter against the U.S Commissioner in the way they claim he ruled against them there were several (([junknown])) few were here who seem to take great interest in the trial and who are very bitter against Kelley and all who are reported to have made confessions -after the trial before the Commissioner Hages' room was crowded with them all expressing their opinion as to the result