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Chicago cab no. 276, the cab that three young men hijacked in the early hours of March 26, 1908.

Source:

Cab of Robert Campion, in which James Kane was killed, Cab hold-up affair. DN-0006038, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum; search the photo ID number at the American Memory web site for more information.)

The Cab Hold-Up Affair

By Norman Beattie

Early in the morning of March 26, 1908 three young men hijacked a Chicago horse cab and used it to carry out a series of muggings.

Their spree began at a downtown hotel and ended in an exclusive residential neighbourhood where a dead body was found inside the abandoned cab.

The case became known as "the cab hold-up affair."

Contents:

• Horse Cab Robberies
• The Bandits
• The Hold-Up
• The Muggings
• The Shooting
• The Investigation
• Since 1908
• Map of Chicago and the Cab Hold-up Affair