Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-10-13

losing their heads. informed the bonr
that If it would consent to calling an
other examination he would stop til,
suit that has been started In the Cir
cult Court. lie declared that tn,
questions alleged To have been sold I,
the candidates were not spurious. In,
genuine. and that the facts nlrrnt,
CLEANED pointed strongly To this con
cllsion.
This young woman cannot rrunpm
bcr the questions themselves. hut whn,
she says was the subjcct-inattcr whirl
corresponds exactly with that of tn,
questions given TO the aspirants by tn,
boards representative" said Mr.. Me-
Shane. "rhc office of the Chicago
Credit Company was the place of bar.
ter. There Is nothing left to do but
call the present list on and get after
these fellows"
ut Is hardly probable that any one
could have got hold of tho duties I,ics.
tlons.' said he. but the queries In
arithmetic might have been secured.
We are going to ferret out this business
until we get something tangible"
| The proceedings during this week
were conducted with the same secrecy
ns saturday. though 1t was not dif.
firult to ascertain what had transplrcd.
Commissioners Ella. Is insisting that the
investigation proceed behind closed
doors. while Mr.. I.indblom Is of the
opinion that 1t should be given the wild.
est publicity.
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Very few OF the loan artists arc as.
scssed as they ought to be ana quite n
number of them escape taxation en-.
tlrcly.
This will be good news for the small
business men who are taxed to the
limit.
The block bounded by Washington,
Clark, Dearborn and Madison streets,
contains three large pawnshops, to wit:
Weber Brothers, Tom n. Donnelly and
Abe Lipman.
The largest Of these Is run by Weber
Brothers at 13l South Clark street.
Weber Brothers are the fellows who
had their license revoked once upon
the recommendation Of Chief of DE.
tcctlves Colleran.
They got 1t back again somehow and
IN addition to n big pawnshop with
an extensive stock OF jewelry, dia-
monds, etc, etc; do u big business on
'salarled loans"
Weber Brothers are not assessed at
all,
Their place does not appear on the
printed list just issued by the asses.
sor's office.
They escaped last year.
They are not listed this year.
Donnclly and l.ipman are always as.
scSsed.
Tom n. DOnnelly, whose loan Office
on Dearborn street Is one of the most
respectable in the country, is assessed
at $500.
Abe Lipman, whose pawnshOp on
Madison street Is notable for its re-
spcctabllity and straight dealing, is as
scsscd at $1,000.
But the Weber Brothers get of scot
free.
Now the assessors must have seen
Weber Brothers big pawnshop mt l3l
South Clark street, because they had
TO 90 down stairs under it TO assess Al |
bert Frledrlchs, who runs n restaurant
In the basement of 131 South Clark |
street, $1,000.
The assessors could see the restau. !
rant In the basement Of 13l, but they |
could not see the big pawnshop on the |
main floor
The assessors also failed to list the |
big Chicago Credit Company at % La |
Sale street run by Dave" Weber and |
sam kantcr, and who are located so |
that they can watch the clerks in the |
City Treasurer's office across the way |
with field glasses.
While the Assessors could not find |
Dave" Weber and Sam Kanter's joint |
lt 32 La Sale street, with Its great .
loan business, they did not |
fail to connect on Card Il Eacutt, who
conduct loan office few doors north !
Df them, for $4,000.
Why this favortsm;
by the way, the other Weber outfit, |
Louis Weber, schedules less than
$4,000 from 3il to 345 South Clark
street, aud ll3 TO 10 Harrison street
for
Louis Weber, pawnbrOkcr.