Full Text of SJR0008 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given | 4 | | their lives in the line of duty; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins was born in Jefferson, | 6 | | Maine on March 22, 1824; he began his long career as a law | 7 | | enforcer shortly after coming to Morris, Illinois in the | 8 | | summer of 1854; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically | 10 | | cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September | 11 | | 14, 1878; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, notorious roughs | 13 | | Frank Foster and Charles Miller came to town, where the pair | 14 | | shortly became intoxicated; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times | 16 | | over the course of the evening to go home as they became | 17 | | disorderly; the pair ignored the multiple warnings they | 18 | | received and persisted with their drinking until late into the | 19 | | evening; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it |
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| 1 | | necessary to arrest the two intoxicated men and caught them in | 2 | | a downtown alleyway; as he was leading them out of the alley, | 3 | | the men fled on foot; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Charles | 5 | | Miller suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the | 6 | | officer, who was hit by one of the shots and died almost | 7 | | instantly; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The funeral for Marshal Hopkins was the largest | 9 | | seen in Morris at the time; he was an honored member of the | 10 | | Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of | 11 | | the community; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 14 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | 15 | | portion of Illinois Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines | 16 | | Drive to Illinois Route 6 East as the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins | 17 | | Memorial Road"; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 20 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 21 | | giving notice of the name of the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins | 22 | | Memorial Road"; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Marshal Hopkins, the Secretary of | 3 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Morris Police | 4 | | Department, and the Mayor of the City of Morris.
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