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Above: The corner of Madison and State Streets where driver Robert Campion was hailed by the cab bandits. Below: Campion's route from Madison Street to the Alexandria Hotel took him across the State Street Bridge.

Source: Top: "Corner of State and Madison Streets, Chicago. The busiest corner in the world situated as it is, in the very heart of the retail business district. Mandel Bros. to the left, Carson, Pirie, Scott to the right and Boston Store on the N.W. corner," Souvenir of Chicago in Colors (Chicago: V.O. Hammon Pub. Co., 1908) p. [61]. Digital version on Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/souvenirofchicag00chic. Bottom: "State Street Bascule Bridge Lifted for Steamship Soo City. This style of bridge, at first a great innovation and curiosity in the city, is coming more and more into general use. Steamship Soo City of the Indiana Transportation Line, runs from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana," same source, p. [38].