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Louis M. Cohn: The Great Chicago Fire
One name. Louis M. Cohn. He started the great Chicago Fire. With no doubt, it was him.Well you might be thinking, how do you know? Well read and you'll find out!Louis M Cohn that's who really started the fire. He is the most reliable theory who else could've done it.First of all there's an old map showing the town of Chicago at the time. The map showed peg leg couldn't have saw Mrs.O’Leary’s house from where he was standing, there would have been a house blocking his view. Also why would someone milk their cow at nine in the afternoon. It was a dark night. Also there was no electricity at the time so, no need to heat milk and cookies. There was simply no need, and it was simply NOT Mrs.O’Leary. Do you still think it was her? Well give it up! Because It wasn't!

Louis Chon started the Great Chicago fire. Cohn was the only person who admit that he had started the fire.In the article Time Magazines it says,” A more likely culprit, according to the Chicago Tribune, is the one person who actually admitted fault for
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This is for Peg Leg Sullivan,after mapping the properties, Bales determined that Sullivan would not have been able to see the fire in the barn because his view would have been blocked by another home. Taken by Today I found Out,This is one of the reasons the Peg Leg Sullivan theory is not as reliable.Many people think that peg leg Sullivan is more reliable. I have proof that he couldn't have started the fire.According to an article there is a old map with all the houses and the town of Chicago. In the article it said peg leg Sullivan wouldn't have been able to see the fire that quickly because his view would have been blocked by a house. So he wouldn't be able to see Mrs.O'Leary's cow or the fire soon enough to prevent the fire from happening.There are more reasons and reasons for the other theories but, once again the Cohn theory is therefore the

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