The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-07-08
HAS SCORED THE GREATEST LEGAL VICTORY OF
ANY coLORED LAWYER IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND HE HAS COVERED HIMSELF WITH HONOR AND
GLORY WHICH WILL LHIGER WITH HIM TO THE END
OF TIME.
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sand dollars $4,000.
The city waged a strong and bite
fight against Mr.. Williams and left NJ
stone unturned in its effort to heaC
him of, but it awaited it nothing. Tire,
lawyers were hurled against him a
one time, namely, Mr.. Charles w
Pease, Mr.. E. C. Lund and Mr.. AlbeEt
o. Sullivan. The feeling was so in.
tense on the part of the able lawyer:
Tor the city that during the selection
of the jury a colored man found hi:
way into the jury box. Mr.. William:
was perfectly willing to go along with
the colored juror, but the lawyers fol-
the city hustled him out of the jury
box just as soon as they possibly
could, and the jurors in all three Of
the race riot cases tried by Mr.. Will
ans were white men.
Shortly after the termination OF
those race riot cases Hon. Samuel A.
Ettelson, the great corporation coun-
sci of Chicago, placed all OF the re-
naming race riot cases in the hands
of Hon. James w. Breen, first as
sistant corporation counsel of Chi
cago, and being one of the most re-
sourceful lawyers in this country and
understanding all of the laws of this
city and the laws of the state OF
Illinois from A to Z, and after read
ing many law books of other states,
it did not take Mr.. Breen long to
firmly arrive at the conclusion that
"the city of Chicago was liable to
the survivors of all those who lost
their lives in this city during the race
riots in 1919"
Affidavit and Resolution Passed by
the City Council, November
20, 1921
In the meantime the following affi-
davit which was brought forth by At
torney A. L. Williams and referred to
the Finance Committee for action.
The affidavit of Mr.. Williams was as
follows:
A. L. Williams, being first duly
sworn, says that he is the attorney
of record for twenty-one (2D cases
in the Circuit and Superior Courts of
Cook County for death and serious
personal injury sustained from the
within named causes; that on to-wit:
the 22nd day of June and the 9th,
18th, 10Th and. 30th days of July, 1919.
the within causes grew out of the
riots of said dates by persons being
injured or killed as hereinafter shown;
that suits were filed in the amount
of FIVE thousand dollars $4,000 in
each case under a statute of Illinois
and known as The Suppression of
Mob Violence" which statute is I'M
der the Criminal Code of Illinois be-
ginning at Section ESQ S to ESQ w;
that subsequent to the filing of said
suits, this afiant tried three 90 of
the said cases in the said Circuit and
Superior Courts and obtained verdicts
in each case tried, to-wit: Ada Dozier,
widow, VS.. City of Chicago, before
Superior Court Judge Samuel c.
Slough, verdict twenty-three hundred
dollars $4,000 from the jury; Carrie
Lovings, widow, VS.. City of Chicago,
in the Circuit Court of Cook County
before Judge Thomas G. Windes, YER
dict thirty-fve hundred dollars 49,
500 from the jury, and in the case of
James G. Grimes VS.. City of Chicago,
who was permanently blinded in said
riot, verdict FIVE thousand dollars
(ss,OOO).
This afiant AYERS that there is now
under his supervision eight
zen (l8) cases as follows:
Circuit Court
B-62780, Cornelia Baker (widow)
rs. City of Chicago. 5000.
B-6278l. Julia Jackson widow VS..
City of Chicago, $1,000.
BIO 7S3, Augusta Taylor (widow)
rs. City of Chicago, $1,000.
B-627SS, Pearl Mills widow VS..
City of Chicago, 5000.
B-62786, Lewis c. Henry and wife
lson and wife, VS.. City of Chicago,
5000.
B-63O5l. Ada Banks (mother) VS..
City of Chicago, 5000.
B-63054. Josephine Dozier (widow) |
IS. City of Chicago, 5000.
B-6303S. Gertrude Crawford ovid
'w) vs.. City of Chicago. $1,000.
Superior Court
1920. Lillian Bass (widow) vs..
City of Chicago. 5000.
3S4267, Lila Williams (widow) VS..
City of Chicago. 5000.
354z68, Mary Sanford (widow and
swo ehildren) VS.. City of Chicago,
5000.
$500, Robert Taylor (minor SOM
IS. City of Chicago, 5000.
3S4270, Attress and Hattie Lee (de-
'endent brother and sister, VS.. City
# Chicago, 5000.
3S404o. Ollie Harris (widow and
me ehild) vs.. City of Chicago, 5000.
5S40So, Celia Robinson (widow and
TX ehildren) IS. City of Chicago,
6 O00