Amid the myths and amusement parks, the real 'Bathhouse John' struggles to emerge by Chris Jones

As historic types, Chicago aldermen do not lack for color. But despite the height of the bar for eccentricity on the City of Chicago's council, Ald. John Coughlin vaults over it with ease. In his time around the turn of the last century — a time shared with "Hinky Dink" Kenna and other characters you'll know and love if you've read Karen Abbott's "Sin in the Second City," Erik Larson's "Devil in the White City"…

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