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SJ0005LRB104 05731 LAW 15761 r

1SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General 

3Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given 

4their lives in the line of duty; and

5 WHEREAS, Marshal Enoch T. Hopkins was born in Jefferson, 

6Maine on March 22, 1824; he began his long career as a law 

7enforcer shortly after coming to Morris, Illinois in the 

8summer of 1854; and

9 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins' honorable service was tragically 

10cut short when he was killed in the line of duty on September 

1114, 1878; and

12 WHEREAS, On the night of September 14, Frank Foster and 

13Charles Miller, notorious roughs, came to town, where the pair 

14shortly became intoxicated; and

15 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins advised the men several times 

16over the course of the evening to go home, as they had become 

17disorderly; the pair ignored the multiple warnings they 

18received and persisted with their drinking until late into the 

19evening; and

20 WHEREAS, Around midnight, Marshal Hopkins found it 

SJ0005- 2 -LRB104 05731 LAW 15761 r

1necessary to arrest the two intoxicated men and caught them in 

2a downtown alleyway; as he was leading them out of the alley, 

3the men fled on foot; and

4 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins pursued the men when Charles 

5Miller suddenly drew his revolver and fired twice at the 

6officer, who was hit by one of the shots and died almost 

7instantly; and

8 WHEREAS, Marshal Hopkins, whose funeral was the largest 

9seen in Morris at the time, was an honored member of the 

10Masonic Order, a great, noble man, and a respected citizen of 

11the community; therefore, be it

12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL 

13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE