After the Great Chicago Fire, "Chicago Tribune" reporter Michael Ahern, who first published the story that the fire started when a cow kicked over a lantern, admitted in 1893 that he had made it up because he thought it would make colorful copy.
He had made it up. This was what Michael Ahern admitted in 1893 after the Great Chicago Fire, "Chicago Tribune" reporter. He thought. It would make colorful copy. The fire started. This was what Michael Ahern published the story. A cow kicked over a lantern.