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Police Officer Jack Muller, right, tickets a county employee's car that was parked on Washington Street beside the County Building on Aug. 13, 1959, in Chicago.
Police Officer Jack Muller, right, tickets a county employee’s car that was parked on Washington Street beside the County Building on Aug. 13, 1959, in Chicago.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller on his motorcycle in 1957. Muller was famous for writing hundreds of traffic violation tickets.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller on his motorcycle in 1957. Muller was famous for writing hundreds of traffic violation tickets.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller demonstrates his ticket technique for a cameraman in 1954.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller demonstrates his ticket technique for a cameraman in 1954.
Continuing the argument after the dismissal of the traffic case, Officer Jack Muller, second from left, trades verbal punches with attorney Charles Gilmartin, left, while Ald. George Buckley (39th), right, stands by before threatening to sue Muller for slander on June 18, 1958.
Continuing the argument after the dismissal of the traffic case, Officer Jack Muller, second from left, trades verbal punches with attorney Charles Gilmartin, left, while Ald. George Buckley (39th), right, stands by before threatening to sue Muller for slander on June 18, 1958.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller, at the Criminal Courts Building, writes tickets for the car belonging to Paul Newey, chief investigator for the state's attorney, left, and a state's attorney's police officer, right, both parked too close to the fireplug on California Avenue on Aug. 24, 1959, in Chicago.
Chicago police Officer Jack Muller, at the Criminal Courts Building, writes tickets for the car belonging to Paul Newey, chief investigator for the state’s attorney, left, and a state’s attorney’s police officer, right, both parked too close to the fireplug on California Avenue on Aug. 24, 1959, in Chicago.
Police Officer Jack Muller, right, gives a ticket to driver Mr. Danielson for Mrs. Silas Strawn for having cut down the license plate on the Cadillac on May 15, 1956, outside the East Chicago police station.
Police Officer Jack Muller, right, gives a ticket to driver Mr. Danielson for Mrs. Silas Strawn for having cut down the license plate on the Cadillac on May 15, 1956, outside the East Chicago police station.
Police Officer Jack Muller adjusts his straw cap while on his motorcycle in 1957.
Police Officer Jack Muller adjusts his straw cap while on his motorcycle in 1957.
Detective Jack Muller again invades the area of the County Building and City Hall to start ticketing cars, many of them owned by police and officials, on July 14, 1959, in Chicago.
Detective Jack Muller again invades the area of the County Building and City Hall to start ticketing cars, many of them owned by police and officials, on July 14, 1959, in Chicago.
Police Officer Jack Muller, center, draws a crowd as he gives tickets to cars along a busy street in 1959.
Police Officer Jack Muller, center, draws a crowd as he gives tickets to cars along a busy street in 1959.
Officer Jack Muller holds up plates that were to be used in a court case on May 14, 1956, in traffic court.
Officer Jack Muller holds up plates that were to be used in a court case on May 14, 1956, in traffic court.
Officer Jack Muller, right, in a sudden outburst during testimony presented by Sheriff Joe Lohman's attorney Richard Orlikoff, center, and Thomas Smith, Lohman's chief deputy, left, at the traffic center on May 26, 1958. Judge Henry Ferguson dismissed Muller's case against the sheriff for the parking violation. Lohman did not appear in court.
Officer Jack Muller, right, in a sudden outburst during testimony presented by Sheriff Joe Lohman’s attorney Richard Orlikoff, center, and Thomas Smith, Lohman’s chief deputy, left, at the traffic center on May 26, 1958. Judge Henry Ferguson dismissed Muller’s case against the sheriff for the parking violation. Lohman did not appear in court.
Officer Jack Muller writes a ticket for a car that was parked in no parking zone and was also in front of a fire plug at 225 N. State St. on Aug. 9, 1958, in Chicago.
Officer Jack Muller writes a ticket for a car that was parked in no parking zone and was also in front of a fire plug at 225 N. State St. on Aug. 9, 1958, in Chicago.
Officer Jack Muller, right, reviews sections from the “Illinois Law Relating to Motor Vehicles” book with assistant corporation counsel Patrick J. Nee, before court at the traffic center on May 26, 1958, in Chicago.