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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Shapero Case is at Standstill

Investigation of Chaiges Against Chief of Police Charles W. Seyrr our
Is Again Delayed—James I. Ellman Receives
Threatening Letters

Delay and procrastination are the
words which describe the attitude
of the Village Council of high-
land Park in investigating serious
charges of cruelty, maltreatment of
prisoners and race prejudice prof-
fered by Lazarus Shapero and
James 1. Ellman against Charles \V.
Seymour, chief of police of the vil-
lage, and his subordinates. A fter
having been postponed to last on-
day, the case was again adjourned
to next Wed: at the request of • the
attorney for Seymour, who pleaded
illness as an excuse for the post-

fect his conduct, Mr. Ellman re-
plied : "If the writers of those let-
ters think they can scare me, they
have another guess coming. 1 am
not going to let up in my efforts to
see that a thorough probe is made
and the guilty parties brought to
justice. On the contrary, the re-
ceipt of the letters has made me all
the more determined to go through
with the case. I am going to fight,
and fight hard."

Jewish citizens of the city, of
whom a considerable number were
present at last Monday's meeting,
were disappointed when it was an-
ponement.
notured that the hearing would be
Open Hearing Almost Denied.
adjourned. It is expected that a
Shapero and Ellman were on the large number of Jewish men who
vcrge of being denied the open have followed the Shapero case and
hearing to which they are entitled are interested in seeing justice done
and which they requested and were will he on hand when the open hear-
granted, but strenuous protests on : ing tykes place at the Village I fall
the part of their counsel saved the of I Fghland Park next Monday.
(lay. l'resident Thompson of the
Vilhge Council, the body before
which the matter is up for investi-
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meeting that in order to "facilitate
the proceedings" he would consider
the testimony in the form of affi-
davits and do away with the open
hearing. Attorney :\lcNamara, rep-
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resenting Shapero and Ethan, vig-
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orously protested against what he
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his clients," and his rernirks, which
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struck a responsive chord in the
hearts of some of the members of
the Village Council, resulted in the
defeat of President Thompson's
proposal.

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Ellman Threatened.

Recently the case has developed
another pernicious aspect. James
I. Ellman, the attorney whose de-
termined intercessiOn, in favor. of
Shapero has brought the case be-
fore the attention of the public, has
been in daily receipt :of threatening
letters. These missives, which come
almost daily, are alike in their in-
sistent--demands that he drop the
charges against . the . police depart-
ment and contain various threats of.
what will happen to him in case he
does not desist. A characteristic
letter received by Mr. Ellman is one
which contained a newspaper car :,
toon entitled "You Can't Argue
With a Cop," depicting in one scene
a verbal altercation between a po-
liceman and a civilian, and in the
next the same civilian in a very
much battered state and evidently
quite the worse for the altercation.
Accompanying the cartoon was the
following typewritten note : "You
see, it does not pay to monkey with
the police. Take a tip and lay off."
The note bore the signature "A
Friend."
When asked how the receipt• of
the threatening missives would af-

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