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A Chicago police officer wearing an overcoat and peaked cap. This seems to have been the cool weather version of the Chicago police uniform, as opposed to the tunic and bobby-style helmet (see page 9).

Source:

Policeman standing on a sidewalk next to a fence [1903]. (DN-0000301, 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 / 13

The Investigation / 2

The police learned about the two girls, Mary Dolan and May Cox, and brought them in for questioning but the hard-boiled young ladies refused to identify their two missing escorts from the previous night. The police let them go anyway, probably confident that they could get the information they wanted from other sources.

As the news spread about the body in the cab Kane's family became alarmed because he had not come home all night. His 18-year-old sister Marie phoned the 22nd Street station to make inquiries, which prompted the police to bring her in for questioning along with the sister-in-law and Kane's brothers Edward and John.

On learning of her brother's death Marie Kane launched into a bitter diatribe against the police:

“I suppose you are glad that you have killed him at last,” she said. “He was always a good boy, but the police hounded him to death. He has been arrested but you have never been able to convict him of anything."

Kane's mother Mary was heartbroken. "James took me to the party last night, where we had a nice time," she said. "He was a good boy and I won't believe he was a bandit."