Silas Jayne

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Silas Carter Jayne (July 3, 1907 – July 13, 1987) was a Chicago-based stable owner, horse trainer, and horse trader who was heavily involved in criminal activity, including fraud, intimidation, arson, and murder. He covered up the infamous Peterson-Schuessler murders and, much later, arranged for the killing of his stepbrother George. In 1980, Silas was also tried and acquitted of arson, after he allegedly persuaded a former cellmate of his to start a fire in a stable, where men against whom Silas had a grudge kept their horses. Silas died of leukemia in 1987, aged 80.

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