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Chicago legal reform group lambasts Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke in new report
The Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts found that in Burke’s first 500 days in office, she has pursued policies that “present fewer checks on police power in prosecution and prevent wrongfully c...
![In 1857, the Illinois state legislature authorized an election to be held to decide the question of whether the DuPage county seat should remain in Naperville or be moved to the more centrally located Wheaton, which was on the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. Naperville won the election by a vote of 1,542 to 762. Hostility between the two towns continued for the next decade and another
election was held in 1867, in which Wheaton narrowly won by a vote of 1,686 to 1,635. At a cost of $20,000, the City of Wheaton quickly built a courthouse to house a courtroom, county offices, and a county jail. The building was dedicated on July 4, 1868. 12]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fzvckr5pnqkkknf4mitbon5j/bafkreigrjskjjc5ucqnchsmeyyfhnqt3ufve3jgwssibn24skxlti6qwfy)
![However, animosity between the two towns continued, and in 1868, as records were moved from the old Naperville courthouse to the new courthouse in Wheaton, Naperville refused to turn over the remaining county records, prompting a band of Civil War veterans from Wheaton to
conduct what came to be known as the "Midnight Raid" on the Naperville courthouse. As Wheatonites fled back on Wheaton-Naperville Road,
Napervillians were able to secure some of the last remaining records, which were then taken to the Cook County Recorder in Chicago for safekeeping.
During this time, Naperville was mounting a lawsuit against Wheaton accusing election judges of leaving their posts for lunch during the vote when duplicate ballot stuffing allegedly occurred. As the courts deliberated the fate of the county seat, the
records were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of
1871. Shortly thereafter, Wheaton was officially proclaimed the county seat. 13]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fzvckr5pnqkkknf4mitbon5j/bafkreigbzadrjfyo54s5rsh6jdmcswlbeangz5k6ux55q3noy7cgtomwt4)
![Still image from the movie True Stories. David Byrne looks to the side in concentration. The closed captioning reads: “[asparagus landing on table].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m7t7o4hfgjnfk5hh7u6dtfkk/bafkreic463kcfk2hsnvj6xbctwye6aaurhyqpqxcuvghuhucbs5lm76wtq)
