Full Text of HJR0071 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE 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, Enoch Hopkins was born on March 22, 1824 in | 6 | | Jefferson, Maine; he began his long career as a law enforcer | 7 | | shortly after coming to Morris in the summer of 1854; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically | 9 | | cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September | 10 | | 14, 1878; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, notorious roughs | 12 | | Frank Foster and Charles Miller came to town; the pair shortly | 13 | | became intoxicated; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times over | 15 | | the course of the evening to go home as they became disorderly; | 16 | | Foster and Miller ignored the multitude of warnings they | 17 | | received and persisted their drinking until late into the | 18 | | evening; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it | 20 | | necessary to arrest the 2 drunk men and caught them in a |
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| 1 | | downtown alleyway; as the Marshal was leading them out of the | 2 | | alley, the men fled on foot; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Miller | 4 | | suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the officer; | 5 | | Marshal Hopkins was hit by one of the shots and died almost | 6 | | instantly; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The funeral for Marshal Hopkins was the largest | 8 | | seen in Morris at the time; he was an honored member of the | 9 | | Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of | 10 | | the community; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 13 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | 14 | | Illinois Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines Drive to | 15 | | Illinois Route 6 East as the Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins Memorial | 16 | | Road; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 18 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 19 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 20 | | giving notice of the name of the Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins | 21 | | 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 Enoch T. Hopkins, the | 3 | | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, the | 4 | | Morris Police Department, and the Mayor of the City of Morris.
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