The mood was festive as the public viewed the remains of John Dillinger in 1934  Chicago, IL —In the early 1970’s I was assigned to remove murder suspects from the Cook County Jail and take them to the Cook County Morgue .   The old Morgue seen above in rare photos was located at Polk and Woods Streets on Chicago’s West side.  It was near the Cook County Hospital .  It has since been torn down.  From 1960 until 1976 the elected Cook County Coroner was the late Andrew J. Toman, MD .  Various forensic pathologists appointed by the Cook County Board have since replaced Dr. Toman.  It is now called the Office of The Cook County Medical Examine r . In those days Coroner’s Inquests into the manner of death were held.   They were presided over by a Cook County Deputy Coroner and a jury of six men hearing the testimony and reviewing the complicated evidence determined if the death was a crime or from some other means....