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 …show more content…
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