The broad ax., 1926-04-03
OWING TO THE GREAT FIGHTING
ABILITY OF HON. OSCAR WOLFF,
THE POPULAR CORONER OF
COOK COUNTY, THE COLORED
INMATES I'M THE VARIOUS COUN-
TY INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING
MORE HUMANITY TREATED.

his aunt, Mrs. Terrell, who acted as
his guardian You were also in
formed by evidence presented at the
inquest that Harry Horton, at several
occasions, was patient of an insane
asylum, and from the testimony OF
Mrs. Terrell it is evident that the
police knew that Harry Horton, on
several occasions, was a patient OF an
insane asylum and knew where to find
him if the law required that he be
taken into custody. The post-mortem
statement Of DIR. Foley is positive evil
dence that Horton was shot facing
the police officers, the bullet wounds
showing the entrance and exit OF the
bullets, and they are positive evidence
that he was not running at the time
he was shot, as the testimony Of the
police officers would have you believe.
According to the police officers own
testimony, three police officers and a
deputy sheriff had surrounded him and
were standing from two to three feet
apart and from seven to ten feet away
from Horton when the shots were
fred, that resulted in his death, posi-
tive proof that he could be taken into
custody without firing shot. At the
time Harry Horton was placed under
arrest by the police officer, the police
officer had an opportunity to search
him for a weapon, which no doubt
was done, so that he had personal
knowledge that Harry Horton was not
armed and that neither his life nor
the life Of any police officer was at
any time in jeopardy. The police are
being paid to protect life, liberty and
property and not to destroy them.
my attention has also been called
to several inquests over which you
presided. From the history of the
testimony in case No. 95, one male
adult, 20 years old, was refused adj
mittance at the County Hospital on
January 18th. On January 2lst he
died and the autopsy showed lobar
pneumonia. 1t further shows that
Alfred Richardson, colored, 1858 S.
Morgan St, was affected with lobar
pneumonia from FIVE to seven days
previous to applying at the hospital
and should have been admitted to the
hospital 1t was your duty to advise
me in order that an investigation
might have been made on such a seri-
Gus charge before closing the inquest.
William Battle, a colored man, liv-
ing at 2o08 State ST., a patient in the
County Hospital, was sent home in a
taxi and at Ashland Ave. and Roose
welt Rd died from lobar pneumonia
within twenty minutes after leaving
the hospital. Cease No. Sc Of Janu-
airy, 1920 Why this person should
be sent out Of the hospital in this
condition is mystery and you should
have advised me of this matter be-
fore closing the inquest.
Albert Gilbert Cease No. 73), picked
up by fiivver squad, was taken to the
County Hospital and refused admit
lance. He was examined at the
County Hospital and sent to the
Psychopathic Hospital. The next
morning the Psychopathic Hospital
sent him home because in their opin
ion he did not have delirium tremens.
Before he reached Polk and Wood
SITS, after leaving the Psychopathic
Hospital, he dropped dead from lobar
pneumonia. / cannot understand why
you should not have called my atten-
ton to this case before closing the
inquest.
1t is very evident that you are not
cooperating with the Coroner Of Cook
County in this respect
One thing is evident, that since
Coroner Wolff has stirred up some of
the big county officials and others,
and has secured in having the Chief
Justice Of the Criminal Court to set
a Coroner's Jury's verdict aside, which
was stain on the memory Of one Of
the coIored men whose life was un-
lawfully ended by wild cat officers of
the law, enabling his widow to collect
his life insurance, no more colored
men and women have been turned out
Of the hospital to die on the public
streets Of this city.