IMAGE: North End – HotSpots May 2001
An article by David Olsen in Windy City Times begins:
"A man with a knife walked through Sidetrack bar on Halsted Street Friday night shouting, 'I'm going to kill all you faggots,' a managing partner of the bar said. No one was injured, and police later arrested the man, he said. ...A bar doorman was walking through the crowded bar at 11 p.m. Friday night when he brushed against a middle-aged man, said Chuck Hyde, managing partner of Sidetrack, 3351 N. Halsted St.
"The doorman said 'Excuse me, please.' And the guy said, 'Police, what do you mean police? Show me your badge,' and then he pulled out a knife and started saying something like, 'I'm going to kill all you faggots,' Hyde said.
"For the next five minutes or so, the man waved the knife around, and he carved 'Raven' on a wooden bench, Hyde said. He never made a serious attempt to stab anyone in particular, he said.
"Then suddenly 'he worked his way up to the front, keeping the knife out and waving it around, and he made his way out the front door,' Hyde said.
"Outside, the man dropped his knife on the sidewalk, and someone–apparently a passerby–kicked the knife away, he said. Three Sidetrack doormen then jumped on the man and held him for a short time until police–who were notified earlier by the bar–arrived, Hyde said."