, 1880-07-25

! less something is done, and dUne speetlil
, and thoroughly, to protect life upon tt
J | water, the public should and will avoid |
and trayel.by rail wherever it is pructicab1,
w.. CoKsrABLEs AND ]. P.'s.
!, The people and the authorities of ChIcag
have become somewhat familiar with forr
OF dishonesty, amounting III some instance
to robbery, committed 7ostcnsibiy under til
forms of law and by officers Of the law. S.
successfully has this been carried on, and witt
such freedom and impunity, that other scoun
drals and robbers have assumed the garl
and pretense OF legal authority, and unde
its disguise engaged i'll the same business
What tends to aggravate this dishonesty i
the fact that in d majority OF cases the vic
tins selected are helpless and defeliseles:
women That the whole OF this bushes.
may be understood, it is necessary to state
that Cook County has comparatively large
territory, that it contains thirty-six. town
ships, and that each Of these townships is en-
titled to elect a Justice of the Peace and two
Constables. These Justices have jurisdic-
tion over the whole territory Of the county.
Taken as class, and with comparatively
few exceptions, this body Of Constables, in
| clnding those in commission in the City of
Chicago, are brutal, cowardly, thieving
scoundrels who, instead of bearing commits;
| sions as officers Of the law, have long since
forfeited every claim to decency orshon-
esty, and who, for long and persistent GRIM
inal Practices: Should be serving in the
Penitentiary. 't:~ = g.
These dishonest, Constables have of late
years invented the'practice Of hunting up
civil claims, .illstltuttng suits before the
Justices In the remote county towns, and re-
quiring the defendants to appear at impos-
sible hours: before these; Justices; whose
offices are: ten, fifteen. or even twenty-five
miles distant from Chicago by rail. The per-
sons sued are generally those employed in
the city,-men'and: women who can't leave
their work to 60 out of the city by rail to
hunt up >, these :: country Justices. The
consequence is, that judgments in such !
cases have been given for the debt,
and In a majority Of cases the claims haveno
foundation. Armed with a Judgment and
execution, the Constable, watching his oppor-
tunlty, descends on the home of the defend
ant, seizes his or her. furniture, carts it
away, and it is never thereafter heard
-,,;ttoa - 49, - a 49, looDs'y oeen
,sa;4;aa s,.1 ss !: 40 s'o"u my q teeulat
remedy for the: wrong and mo punishment |
for the wrongdoer. The Constables of Chi !
cago and Of Cook County, as a class, ARE |
brutal thieves, and in their performances |
they seldom fail to sustain that character. "
. This practice has been SO profitable that at
mads ~ ;tSa,f cnsan;a,,on3 ] ~ 10 rt.I polssslon nas
,yre,cbas ~ aser;.n;.rr no - - 1anstaa,e saus VI
;nai,tntsd s;;ts hef.s " t,, uo sone'atss nave
,,a,.a a,sta:, 800 :,, euo Aeuoto'' ustlces'
o .."no so 1o,.saa !aesAleAss alia eAeeutlons'
h",soho,a ] ,ot s1as = ~ Gs!.eu away 11e
.,;ao> tha., $500 et - ~ 'tet1ns' au acconn-
frar, ~ ho,a = euu eeptssius. ne eooos
,var ~ ho.1d % s1ns - aaa .lia' Is le !ass
.'~- ns*Atu@ -, AAoMh " t1o plopelty.
,aa.,r 1919 ~, a:eue o4aln 20 ptesen1eo ny
w na~s 20 ,ae,'n, -, psus ooNss*.ue serves 1ae
,eu =, aSuun1ls vuselce ne gives
,nnstah,s 's .rth.re @ esus.on' Nsas or 1eai
max 80 % p.s1,le''ny .s 1o olnef
eet -; ssnss :le p,opetty Oh 1ne oelenoant IN
''a,.;.,s 10 ] 49, on us .uo,ne, cohieoera1e re-
= oo,,s hond o,as .to oonst1ol1, E4ses
] oe,,,1.to t' ~ '' 'uen W 'no lesai roooers fs
oI.ttsse T. thasS a,sa.. -; =, :,
= ,inea, ~! ~ s,ls IL tnere
sfnda,sts ~ - ';at: =. .ue ~ 'lls k,ho Inc
entts ssnao+ab,s " :lc.tMs arg mostly women
~ 49, "teo"S, eo".ui taois sltuatea' 7
~ az a.. uou1 toooeu anu pun j