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Alderman Edward Burke

Mrs. O’Leary Exonerated

Abdon Moriarty Pallasch
March/April 1998

October 7, 2021 by 1 Comment

The truth would have made a great story: Catherine O'Leary, successful Irish immigrant businesswoman. She had five cows in her dairy and her husband Patrick was gainfully employed as a lathe-worker. As Catherine and Patrick slept on that dry October night in 1871, someone started a fire in their barn. The blaze grew into the Great Chicago Fire, killing 300 people, leaving … [Read more...] about Mrs. O’Leary Exonerated

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