Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIFTH PRECINCT-CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOHN SCHAACK COMMANDINGEARLY DAYS OF POLICE LIFE IN THE "NORD SEITE"--THE OLD NORTH MARKET HALL AND HURON STREET STATIONS--MAX KIPLEY ANDMARTIN QUINN--LIEUTENANT BADS AND THE BAVARIAN HEAVENLIEUTENANT LLOYD AT WEBSTER AVENUE --THE CAREERS OF A BATALLION OF GOOD MEN-SPLENDID RECORDS. This precinct includes the Chicago avenue, Larrabee street and Webster avenue stations, with headquarters at Chicago avenue. Chicago Avenue Station was built in 1873. Before the great fire of 1871, the station was located on Huron street, between Dearborn avenue and Clark street, and was known as the Huron street station. Here mauy of the ablestofficers of the force at the present time received their police education, and here Wells Sherman was sergeant and afterward captain, followed by Gund and others whose names are indelibly connected with the early history of the Chicago police department. The force on duty at this station now patrols the district bounded, north by Division street, south by the Chicago River, east by Lake Michigan, and west by the north branch of the Chicago River to its intersection with the north branch canal, thence along said north branch canal to Division street. The district contains an area of one and one-fourth square miles, with a population estimated, in 1887, at 50,000. The force at this station, all told, numbers 75 men. MICHAEL JOHN SCHAACK, captain commanding the fifth precinct, was born at Saptfoontaines, Luxemburg, Germany, April 23,1843; in 1853 came with hifl family to America; came to Chicago and remained a short time, locating lator on a farm near Port Washington, Wisconsin; at the age of fifteen went to Cairo, 111., and found employment in a brewery, where he...
