Walker, Edwin
lawyer, was born in 1832 in Genesee county, N. Y. Through diligent study of the statutes and appointment as general solicitor for the Cincinnati, Richmond and Logansport railroad in 1860 he became an authority on corporation law, and when the general offices of his company were removed to Chicago in 1865 he made Chicago his home. During the World's fair he served as a director and he was retained by the railroads in the lawsuits growing out of the famous strike of 1894.