Iroquois Theater managers released on $10,000 bonds

Website with 696+ pages devoted to 1903 Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago

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On January 3, 1904, Chicago building commissioner George Williams and Iroquois Theater owners Will J. Davis (far right) and Harry Powers (third from left) were arrested and released after posting $10,000 bonds.

William Pinkerton of the Pinkerton detective agency (second from right) furnished the bond for Davis, industrialist Charles Plamondon (whose daughter, Charlotte, survived the fire) furnished the bond for Powers, and Andrew J. Graham, a banker, furnished the bond for Williams.

I failed to match names up with the others in the photo. The location looks like a dining room in a residence or maybe a restaurant.

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