“Hinky Dink” and “Bathhouse John”
Hinky Dink (left); Bathhouse John (right)
Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna
(1858-1946) was First Ward Alderman from 1897-1923
“Bathhouse” John Coughlin (1860-1938) was a First Ward Alderman from 1893 until his death in 1938
Links:
Era of “Hinky Dink” and “Bathhouse John” (Encyclopedia of Chicago)
Bathhouse John, Hinky Dink and Others (Weird and Haunted Chicago)
Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John: Chicago’s Infamous Aldermen (My Al Capone Museum)
Alderman John Coughlin’s Basement Bathhouse (The Chicago Crime Scenes Project)
“Mrs Nation and her Crusade: From a Saloon-Keepers Standpoint” by Alderman John J. Coughlin of Chicago; National Magazine, 1901, page 481
