Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-09-23
Mr. fred n. AtOood for Jvdoe.

dicial Offices to be filed by the people
OF Cook County this fall. 1t goe.
without saying that the personnel OF
the judiciary is of more importance
to the plain people than that of any
other branch of our government. An
able, fearless, and upright bench is
one of the great bulwarks Of oul
Liberties: before such a tribunal every
citizen, whether rich or poor, will
receive exact justice, without fear OF
favor. And the people of this county
are looking to the Democratic party.
and charge it with the duty of nomi-
mating at its coming convention only
such men as fully come up to this
high standard of efficiency, and TIE
EAGLE predicts that if the peoples
wish is carried out the nine Judges
to be elected will be every one of
them Democrats. Many lawyers are
being urged by their friends to be-
come candidates for judicial honors
this fall, and among the most promi-
nent is our old friend, Mr.. Fred H.
Atwood, who will in all probability
be nominated by the Democratic CON
vention. Believing that a few lines
on the antecedents and past history
of Nh. Atwood would be appreciated
by his many friends, our reporter
called or him al his Office, No. 1874 La
Sale street, and found him very
busy preparing a brief in an i'm
portant case in the Supreme Court
Notwithstand ng the great demand
on Mr.. Atwood's time he greeted our
reporter in the most genial, whole
| sOuled sort of way that was his wont
way back in the '70S, when he be-
gan his struggle for supremacy at
the Chicago bar, which he has now so
happily attained On being in
formed of our reporters mission, Mr..
Atwood, after some reluctance, con-
sented to give the information our
reporter was in search Of
Mr. Atwood has a long, honorable
and patriotic ancestry in America;
his gredt-grandfather was a gallant
and intrepid soldier in Gen. Wash
ingtOn's army lin that memorable
struggle for liberty, who, by his I'M
daunted courage and signal ability,
won for himself the command of a
regiment and the military title of
colonel.
Mr. Atwood was born on his
fathers farm in Calhoun County,
Michigan, where he performed man
ual labor during the summe. vaca-
tions of his school and college days,
which accounts for his splendid physi-
cal condition, without which no man
can ever hope to achieve fame in the
arduous practice of the law He was
especially fortunate in having for his
law tutor so able jurst and emf
nent a law. as Judge Cooley, late
OF the Supreme Court of Michigan,
and who was appointed by President
Cleveland one of the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners under the act
Of Congress. Mr.. Atwood practiced
his profession at the Chicago bar for
several years alone, when in 1885 he
formed a c0partnership with C.
E. Cruikshank ESQ.,, under the
firm name of Cruikshank & Atwood.
The firm still exists and has a very
extensive law practice. In 1899, Mr..
Atwood was First Assistant County
Attorney Of Cook County, the duties
of which he discharged with ac-
knowledged legal ability ard great
credit. During he time he was in
the County Attorneys office he had
the sole management of a number of
cases in the Appellate and Supreme
Courts. His briefs and arguments in
those cases presented such rare
legal ability and deep and exhaustive
research as to win encomlums from
both bench and bar. one of the
most important Of these cases to the
taxpayers and people Gn whose in
terests he has always been watchful
and yigilant) was that entitled
Moore vs.. The People. Up to this
time the Justices Of the Peace in
Cook County had, in Mr.. Atwood's
opinion, been Illegally OBTAINING and
applying 70 their own use certain fines
imposed by them, which amounted TO
vast sums Of money which they, the
Justices. claimed they had the
legal right u pocket, aud which Mr.
Atwood claimed belonged Ia the