(Adolphus Leo Weil, Pittsburgh attorney)

Proceedings of [a] Testimonial Dinner given to A. Leo Weil on his Seventieth Birthday, Westmoreland Country Club, Verona PA, July 18, 1928

Quarto, full pebbled black leather, good copy with recent black cloth covering spine, some rubbing and edgewear to boards, contents very good, handsome printing, INSCRIBED by Weil to his grandson Richard Allan Weil. 111 pp, with transcriptions of the testimonial speeches and toasts, menu, and many pages of letters and telegrams received by a member of the dinner committee, Maurice Falk, testifying to Weil's rightfully large group of admirers: acquaintances, fellow lawyers, members of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and beyond who celebrated his life and achievements. Weil was probably the most well known trial lawyer in Pittsburgh at the turn of the century. An article in the July 7, 2020 Post-Gazette by Barbara Burstin recounts Weil's reform-minded politics and how he was able to direct the investigation into the city council of Pittsburgh and their corruption. "By June 1910, 105 of the 155 councilmembers were accused of graft. Ninety-eight were indicted along with seven bankers. Many went to jail." He also was responsible for pushing through new charters that reduced city council to nine members and the school board to the same number, and continued to uncover the corruption in the highest tiers of Pittsburgh's political class well into the 1920s. He died in 1938 at the age of 80. Letters received include one from Ida Tarbell. OCLC locates three copies: Pitt, Hebrew Union College, University of VA law library. Good. Item #H12881

Price: $125.00