The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-07-08

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of the above cases are now pending
and ready for trial in the Circuit and
Superior Courts of Cook County, as
aforesaid, and waiting for the dispo-
sition of the Council, so as to avoid
duplicity in the trial of same; that
ninety-hve per cent (9S9s) of the
plaintiffs are Pennies and without
means to obtain their witnesses at
the hearing of the said causes, in
order to make out their cases, and
will be further handicapped to a great
extent; that the City of Chicago, in
the above cases already tried, has
made absolutely no defense by pro-
ducing witnesses at the hearing of
either of the said causes, and this af-
iant verify believes that they cannot
produce any at the future hearings;
that this affiant has persistently i'm
plored and pleaded with the city's
representatives to dispose of the said
cause without compelling the said
several plaintiffs to go to any further
expense of paying out witness fees,
and also to save the time il will take
to try said cases for all parties con-
cerned, thus reducing the cost to a
minimum for the said plaintiffs afore-
SAID. and prays that the said matter
go before the Common Council of the
City of Chicago, there to be deter
mined as was done in similar cases in
East St. Louis, ILL.,, on or about the
18th day of April, 1921, when the said
Common Council passed an ordinance
appropriating the sum of four hun
dred and ffty-hve thousand dollars
(S455,OOO) to pay for suits and claims
pending in the said courts of East St. |
Louis as result of the mob violence
there in 1917, and in the City of /
Frankfort, in Franklin County, where
in the suits brought in the United |
States Court of the Eastern District
Court of Illinois, and there the same
was determined by a confession of
judgment in said court and the said
plaintiffs were put to the least ex-
pense in said cause.
This affiant further AYERS that he
knows of the destitute and
need of all of the plaintiffs
in the said causes; that he has been
responsible and compelled
to pay rent, switness fees, railroad
fare and all, even to the extent of
paying for food to feed some of the
little ones left destitute as a result of
the said mob violence, and prays that
he be relieved by the honorable City
Council from further financial respon-
sibility, etc.
Further afiant sayeth not.
A. L. WILLIAMS, Afiant.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of November, A. D.
1921. WILL N. JOHNSON,
Notary Public
Alderman Henry L. Flick introduced
the resolution and Aldermen E. l. 1
Frankhauser, Charles c. Hendricks 1
and John H. Lyle spoke in favor of
is passage, and the following sixty
six aldermen voted for it-forty-six ,
Democrats and twenty Republicans ,
he membership of the City Council !
being sixty-six at the present time, :
namely. Honorables John J. Cough
in, Michael Kenna. Robert R. Jack
on, Louis B. Anderson, u. S.
Schwartz, John H. Johntry, John A.
2ichert. Timothy A Hogan, Robert
I. Mulcahy. Jos. B. McDonough,
has. s. Eaton, Guy Gurnsey. Martin
}. Furman, Ross A. Woodruff, Shell
lon w. Govier, Guy Madderom.
ames McNichols, Leonard Rutkow-
XII, Dennis A. Koran. Joseph Cepak,
Anton ]. Cermak, John G. Horne,
'amuel o. Shaffer, Joseph H. Smith.
ieo. N. Maypole, Oscar H. Olsen.
edward ]. Kaindl, John A. Piotrow-
XII, John Czekala, S. s. Walkowiak,
'homas P. Devereux, Maurice F
lavanaugh. John J. Touhy, James B.
Bowler. John Powers, Matt Franz.
Henry L. Flick. Chas. J. Agnew, Dor
ey R. Grove, Leo. c. Klein, Arthur
;. Albert. Walter p StefFen, Thos. o.
Wallace, John Haderlein. Leo VI.
'rieske, Frank ]. Link, E /. Frank
auser, Thos. r. Caspers, Charles G.
Hendricks, Christ A. Jensen, Edward
: Armitage, Max AdamowsLi, Henry
ehlegel. Thomas F. Byrne, James F.
,ovarik. VIM. R. O'Toole, VIM. J.
.yneh, Terence F. Moran. Scott NJ.
logan. John H. Lyle, Benjamin S.
wilson, Albert D. Anderson, John P.
iaruer. John Toman. Jos. o. Kost-
er, and John s. Clark
May 2, the elaborate and far-reach-
ig opinion of the corporation coun-
i, Hon. Samuel A Ettelson, and his
cry able and honorable FIRST assistant
orporaton counsel, Hon. James w.
reen, was transmitted to Hon. John
: Riehert, the best chairman Of the A
nance committee that Chicago has
yer had. and on Monday. June rs.
the last meeting of the finance CON-
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