Ending and Final Outcome
After he served several years in prison for illegally selling liquor
on "dry" Sundays, he and his third wife, Elma Lockwood, moved to East Chicago,
Indiana to lived in a houseboat on the Calumet River (53). On Monday, January
24, 1921 Captain George Wellington Streeter died from pneumonia (Journal
of Illinois 571). His body was sent back to Chicago and hundreds of people
passed by the side of the coffin during his funeral; Streeter’s body was
then buried in Graceland Cemetery (574). After his death Elma filed 1,500
complaints for compensation from the developers, but all of her pleas were
rejected (Stamper 55). The long and strenuous battle was finally over.
Some people still refer to that area as Streeterville, its boundaries runs
south from Oak Street to the Chicago River, and extends from Pine Street
to Lake Michigan (Tessendorf 159). Now many well known sites such as Navy
Pier, the Drake Hotel, the Handcock buildings, and Water Tower Place occupy
that area (Stamper 47).
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