People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — IS IT A MYTH? [ARTICLE]

IS IT A MYTH?

The Book Found In the Hay Stack Ktlll a Mystery. It was thought, last week,that some information could be found in regard to the mysterious book found in a hay stack at J. A. Clevistons, by writing to the proper authorities at Chester, Illinois. The editor of this paper took it upon himself to address the postmaster at Chester and asked him if there ever was such a man as P. H. Dore that had ever lived in that town. In answer to our letter the postmaster at that place replies as follows: Chester, 111, Nov., 9, 1893. C. B. Harrold, Rensselar, Ind. Dear Sir: Your card rec’d and in reply will say that I can find no one who knew P. H. Dore. I also got a letter from a party in your town inquiring about this party which I gave to the editor oi our local paper and I think he will publish it and it may bring out some information with regard to him. If it does I will give you all the imformation I can. Respectfully, G. B. Allison, P. M. Chas. Coen, the hay man, also wrote to the same parties at Chester and his letter, as is stated above will be published in the local paper there, and an effort made to clear up the would be mystery. We cannot see, for our part why a person would do a thing like this unless it would be for a sort of a practical joke, and we cannot see where the joke would come in, if they intended it in that way.