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On February 23, 1876, at 3:30 a.m., 5th District (Oliver Street) Patrolman Kemper found John Zilar (19), of 83 Everett Street, creating a disturbance in front of Sumpter’s Saloon at 15th Street and the canal. Zilar, an acquaintance of Patrolman Kemper’s, was intoxicated and instead of arresting him, Patrolman Kemper attempted to prevail upon him to go home. Zilar consented to go to his brother’s home about half a block away on Canal Street between 15th and Wade Streets.