Michael Callahan emigrated from Ireland in 1898, becoming a policeman in Chicago in the early 1900s. He was killed in the line of duty, while trying to bring in a drug dealer. In 1905 Michael married Katherine "Kate" Barton (1877-1947), an Irish emigrant also buried in this plot. They had one child, a baby daughter, Margaret "Peg" Callahan.∼Callaghan, Officer Michael D., of the Warren ave. police station, died at the Roosevelt Hospital on Jan. 4 as a result of a bullet wound received a short time previous in a desperate hand to hand encounter with three desperadoes. He was born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry and had lived in Chicago about 14 years where he had been steadily employed as a motorman, fireman and policeman. He married two years ago to Catherine Barton, and is survived by her and a year old baby, and his sister Mrs. Michael Curran. Funeral occured from his late resid., 1349 W. Congress st. to Our Lady of Sorrows Church to Calvary. Jan. 18, 1908 (2) from The Chicago Citizen, 1883-1909, obituaries, marriage and social notices in Tom Cook, Chicago’s Irish Families 1833-1910.
Patrolman Michael D. Callahan
Star #2842, 29th Precinct, 29 years old, was shot in the line of duty on January 2, 1908 while attempting to apprehend two cronies of Patrolman [William R.] Mooney's killer. During the citywide manhunt for Mooney's killer on the morning of his death, Callahan stopped four known criminals, Bert McCagg, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke, at the corner of Hoyne Avenue and Washington boulevard and questioned them. Callaghan was traveling with his partner, who remained a half-block behind him as was their custom on patrol, when he saw two pairs of suspicious looking men.
The officer believed the men were up to no good and hr approached them. His hunch later proved correct when it was discovered that the men had spent all day in a rented room planning night-time holdups. When Callaghan spotted them, they were patrolling for victims and did not appreciate the officer's questions. Instead of responding to his queries, the four men open fire, fatally shooting Patrolman Callaghan in the abdomen.
The policeman was able to return fire and fatally wound McCagg, but the others managed to escape. Callaghan was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he later died. The three assailants who had managed to flee the scene were eventually dropped. Anderson, a twenty-year-old cocaine addict who boasted of his crime-record in other cities, was sentenced to hang for his role in the crime but was never executed. Dennin 14 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Officer Callaghan was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
Edward M. Burke and Thommas J. O'Gorman, End of the Watch: Chicago Police Killer in the Line of Duty 1853-2006, Chicago: Chicago's Book Press, 2007, 173.
Patrolman Michael D. Callahan
Star #2842, 29th Precinct, 29 years old, was shot in the line of duty on January 2, 1908 while attempting to apprehend two cronies of Patrolman [William R.] Mooney's killer. During the citywide manhunt for Mooney's killer on the morning of his death, Callahan stopped four known criminals, Bert McCagg, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke, at the corner of Hoyne Avenue and Washington boulevard and questioned them. Callaghan was traveling with his partner, who remained a half-block behind him as was their custom on patrol, when he saw two pairs of suspicious looking men.
The officer believed the men were up to no good and hr approached them. His hunch later proved correct when it was discovered that the men had spent all day in a rented room planning night-time holdups. When Callaghan spotted them, they were patrolling for victims and did not appreciate the officer's questions. Instead of responding to his queries, the four men open fire, fatally shooting Patrolman Callaghan in the abdomen.
The policeman was able to return fire and fatally wound McCagg, but the others managed to escape. Callaghan was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he later died. The three assailants who had managed to flee the scene were eventually dropped. Anderson, a twenty-year-old cocaine addict who boasted of his crime-record in other cities, was sentenced to hang for his role in the crime but was never executed. Dennin 14 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Officer Callaghan was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
Edward M. Burke and Thommas J. O'Gorman, End of the Watch: Chicago Police Killer in the Line of Duty 1853-2006, Chicago: Chicago's Book Press, 2007, 173.
Michael Callahan emigrated from Ireland in 1898, becoming a policeman in Chicago in the early 1900s. He was killed in the line of duty, while trying to bring in a drug dealer. In 1905 Michael married Katherine "Kate" Barton (1877-1947), an Irish emigrant also buried in this plot. They had one child, a baby daughter, Margaret "Peg" Callahan.∼Callaghan, Officer Michael D., of the Warren ave. police station, died at the Roosevelt Hospital on Jan. 4 as a result of a bullet wound received a short time previous in a desperate hand to hand encounter with three desperadoes. He was born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry and had lived in Chicago about 14 years where he had been steadily employed as a motorman, fireman and policeman. He married two years ago to Catherine Barton, and is survived by her and a year old baby, and his sister Mrs. Michael Curran. Funeral occured from his late resid., 1349 W. Congress st. to Our Lady of Sorrows Church to Calvary. Jan. 18, 1908 (2) from The Chicago Citizen, 1883-1909, obituaries, marriage and social notices in Tom Cook, Chicago’s Irish Families 1833-1910.
Patrolman Michael D. Callahan
Star #2842, 29th Precinct, 29 years old, was shot in the line of duty on January 2, 1908 while attempting to apprehend two cronies of Patrolman [William R.] Mooney's killer. During the citywide manhunt for Mooney's killer on the morning of his death, Callahan stopped four known criminals, Bert McCagg, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke, at the corner of Hoyne Avenue and Washington boulevard and questioned them. Callaghan was traveling with his partner, who remained a half-block behind him as was their custom on patrol, when he saw two pairs of suspicious looking men.
The officer believed the men were up to no good and hr approached them. His hunch later proved correct when it was discovered that the men had spent all day in a rented room planning night-time holdups. When Callaghan spotted them, they were patrolling for victims and did not appreciate the officer's questions. Instead of responding to his queries, the four men open fire, fatally shooting Patrolman Callaghan in the abdomen.
The policeman was able to return fire and fatally wound McCagg, but the others managed to escape. Callaghan was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he later died. The three assailants who had managed to flee the scene were eventually dropped. Anderson, a twenty-year-old cocaine addict who boasted of his crime-record in other cities, was sentenced to hang for his role in the crime but was never executed. Dennin 14 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Officer Callaghan was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
Edward M. Burke and Thommas J. O'Gorman, End of the Watch: Chicago Police Killer in the Line of Duty 1853-2006, Chicago: Chicago's Book Press, 2007, 173.
Patrolman Michael D. Callahan
Star #2842, 29th Precinct, 29 years old, was shot in the line of duty on January 2, 1908 while attempting to apprehend two cronies of Patrolman [William R.] Mooney's killer. During the citywide manhunt for Mooney's killer on the morning of his death, Callahan stopped four known criminals, Bert McCagg, David Anderson, John Dennin and Joseph Lemke, at the corner of Hoyne Avenue and Washington boulevard and questioned them. Callaghan was traveling with his partner, who remained a half-block behind him as was their custom on patrol, when he saw two pairs of suspicious looking men.
The officer believed the men were up to no good and hr approached them. His hunch later proved correct when it was discovered that the men had spent all day in a rented room planning night-time holdups. When Callaghan spotted them, they were patrolling for victims and did not appreciate the officer's questions. Instead of responding to his queries, the four men open fire, fatally shooting Patrolman Callaghan in the abdomen.
The policeman was able to return fire and fatally wound McCagg, but the others managed to escape. Callaghan was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he later died. The three assailants who had managed to flee the scene were eventually dropped. Anderson, a twenty-year-old cocaine addict who boasted of his crime-record in other cities, was sentenced to hang for his role in the crime but was never executed. Dennin 14 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Officer Callaghan was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
Edward M. Burke and Thommas J. O'Gorman, End of the Watch: Chicago Police Killer in the Line of Duty 1853-2006, Chicago: Chicago's Book Press, 2007, 173.
