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Show MUST PAY PENSIONS. Twenty-Three Widows of Chicago Policemen to Receive Money. CHICAGO, Feb. 12 Twenty-three wld-cws wld-cws of former Chicago policemen have, won In tho Appcllato court a decision compelling the city to resume payments to them of the pensions of which they were deprived by the police pension board In Septemb3r, 1904. All their names aro to be restored to the pension list and their pensions will be paid to them for the time they have been withheld. The cc nrt's decision was given In tho case of Mrs, Mar?iret Morgan The city may carry the case to the Supremo court. It means an added burden of about ?7000 a year to the police pension fund. Mrs. Margaret Campbell, once police mctron at iho Thirty-fifth street police station, has been defeated In her effort to force the city to pay her 55CS for the time she was awaiting final disposition of the charges by Lieut. Enrlght that sho had been neglectful of duty and disobedient dis-obedient of orders. She was found guilty by tho police trial board and discharged In ISO". Tho Appellate court yesterday re-horsed re-horsed a Judgment given the woman bv Judge Holriom. |