Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-10-20


losing their heads. Informed the board
that If 1t would consent to calling an
other examination he would stop the
suit that has been started In the Cir.
cult Court. lie declared that the
questions alleged to have been sold To
the candidates were not spurious. but
genuine. and that the facts already
Cleaned pointed strongly TO this con.
clusion.
This young woman cannot rcmem-
bcr the questions themselves. hut what
she says was the subjcct-mattcr, which
corresponds exactly with that of the
questions given to the aspirants by the
boards representative" said Mr.. Nc.
Shane. "llir Office of the Chicago
Credit Company was the place of bar.
ter. There Is nothing left to do hut
call the present list of and get after
these fellows
ut is hardly probable that any one
could have got hold Of the duties Incs.
tions." said he. but the queries In
arithmetic might have been secured.
We are going to ferret ont this business
until we get something tangible"
The proceedings during last week
were conducted with the same secrecy
as Saturday. though It was not diff
| iicult 10 ascertain what had transpircd.
| Commissioner Ella. Is insisting that the
investigation proceed behind closed
doors. while Mr.. Lindblom is of the
opinion that 1t should bc given the wild.
est publicity.
Very few of the loan artists are as.
scssed rs they ought to be and quite Il
number of them escape taxation On.
tircly.
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 y. Donnelly and
Abe Llpman.
The largest of these IL run by Weber
Brothers ut 13l South Clark street.
Weber Brothers are the fellows who
/
the recommendation of Chief Of De-
tcctives Colleran.
They got 1t back again somehow and
in addition TO big pawnshop with
IN extensive stock of jewelry, dla-
monds. etc, etc, do a big business on
"salarlcd 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.
Donnelly ana I.ipman are always as
scsscd.
Tom y. Donnelly, whose loan office
on Dearborn street Is one Of the most
respectable in the country, is assessed
ut $500.
Abe Lipman, whose pawnshop on
Madison street Is notable for its re.
spcctablllty and straight dealing, is as.
sesscd at $500.
But the Weber Brothers get of scot
free.
Now the assessors must have seen
Weber Brothers big pawnshop at 131
South Clark street, because they had
to 90 down stairs under it TO assess Al
bert Frledrichs, who runs a restaurant
in the basement of 131 South Clarl;
street, $1,000.
The assessors could see the rcstau,
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 92 La
Sale street, run by Dave" Weber and
Sam Kanter, and who are located 50
that they can watch the clerks in the
City Treasurcr's office across the way
with field glasses.
While the Assessors could not find
Dave" Weber and Sam Kanters joint
AT 32 La Sale street, with its great
salaricd loan business, they did not
fail to connect on Card & Eacutt, who
conduct loan office a few doors north
Of them, for $4,000,
Why this favortism?
by the way, the other Weber OUTFIT,
Louis Weber, schedules less than
$4,000 from 3il to 80 South Clark
street, ana ll3 TO ll5 Harrison street
for
Louis Weber, pawnbr0ker,