Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SJR0005 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
5	5	3 Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
6	6	4 their lives in the line of duty; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins was born in Jefferson,
8	8	6 Maine on March 22, 1824; he began his long career as a law
9	9	7 enforcer shortly after coming to Morris, Illinois in the
10	10	8 summer of 1854; and
11	11	9 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically
12	12	10 cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September
13	13	11 14, 1878; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, Frank Foster and
15	15	13 Charles Miller, notorious roughs, came to town, where the pair
16	16	14 shortly became intoxicated; and
17	17	15 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times
18	18	16 over the course of the evening to go home, as they had become
19	19	17 disorderly; the pair ignored the multiple warnings they
20	20	18 received and persisted with their drinking until late into the
21	21	19 evening; and
22	22	20 WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it
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31	31	1 necessary to arrest the two intoxicated men and caught them in
32	32	2 a downtown alleyway; as he was leading them out of the alley,
33	33	3 the men fled on foot; and
34	34	4 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Charles
35	35	5 Miller suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the
36	36	6 officer, who was hit by one of the shots and died almost
37	37	7 instantly; and
38	38	8 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins, whose funeral was the largest
39	39	9 seen in Morris at the time, was an honored member of the
40	40	10 Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of
41	41	11 the community; therefore, be it
42	42	12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
43	43	13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
44	44	14 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the
45	45	15 portion of Illinois Route 47 over Interstate 80 from Romines
46	46	16 Drive to Illinois Route 6 East as the "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins
47	47	17 Memorial Road"; and be it further
48	48	18 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
49	49	19 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
50	50	20 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
51	51	21 giving notice of the name "Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins Memorial
52	52	22 Road"; and be it further
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