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A Defense or to Deny Charge.
At least one Judge of the Municipal
Court of Chicago thinks and acts his
belief that it is o. Z. to Jim Grow Col
ored people in public places. There are
othersl
He is Edward T. Wade, now sitting
at the Branch Municipal Court, 35th
and Halsted streets.
Some weeks since, Mr.. Robert Ander-
son and his wife, respected citizens and
taxpayers, living on East 34th Place,
near Rhodes Avenue, went to the
"Monareh Theater," so ealled-a fit
ting name-the result of their visit
shows, located at 461 East 31st street
near Rhodes avenue.
The seats in this place are not re-
served and persons are at liberty, If
White, to take a seat on the main floor
or balcony; but not if you are Col
ored, it was shown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson, having paid
the admission fee of five cents, walked
in and were told upstairs. D" To
this they paid no attention. They
seated themselves on the main floor,
which was scarcely half filed. They
were approached by the manager and
"Bouneer" Louis Zimmerman, he
proved to be, when he was later ar
rested, and ordered, threatened and in
sultingly told to 60 upstairs" or get
out, or else they would be "thrown
OUT This action was repeated and
in so disorderly a manner that the at
tention of the people was attracted to
them and the pictures almost stopped
showing.
Finally Mr.. Anderson and his wife
had to leave as "hudlum," friends of
the manager became threatening and
boisterous.
As they left they were told if they
ever again returned they would be
"thrown out"
The first day that. the defendant APP
peared, the case was, at his instance,
continued by Judge Wade. On Tues
day, September 23rd. Hon. J. Gray
Lucas appeared for the prosecution and
proceeded to prove the above facts and
also that the "Bouncer" told the An
dersons that "this theater is for our
patrons and not for such as you and if
you can't sit '~here you are told, get
out or v al throw you out. :"
Judge Wade at once sustained a
motion by defendants attorney, who
is said to be the owner Of the
Monarch Theater," to dismiss the
case, the demeanor of the court
Cor rather Of Judge Wade) hav-
ing been that of utter contempt Of the
case and the treatment accorded the
Andersons, although the statute is
plain. Judge Wade held in a word,
that this was not discrimination and
would have then and there dismissed
the case, not having required even a
denial on the part of Zimmerman; but
after a heated passage of words in
which Atty. Lucas stated that such a
ruling had not been made in Illinois
for more than forty years, and re-
quested a continuance to produce the
decisions, the court reluctantly con-
sented. The court however said that
he, Mr.. Lucas, should have brought his
authorities; to which Mr.. Lucas re-
piled that he could not foresee that the
court would need decisions on a matter
so plain as it appeared under the laws
of Illinois.
On last Friday the Goth, the case
was called after all others had been
heard. Mr.. Lucas brought the books
with a decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States and two decisions
of the Supreme Court of Illinois; but
to no purpose. Judge Wade would not
hear them and treated the case with
the utmost contempt and without con-
sidering the cases, or permitting the
reading of them, dismissed the cases,
although he had continued them for
that purpose. He even refused to per-
NIT the entering Of a nOlle, so that
some other judge might take them up,
and Hthrew the cases." so to speak,
out Of court.
There are others on the bench like
Judge Wade, who disgraees his posi-
ton and violates his oath Of office.
1872
HEALTH NOTES.