Chicago Shakedown: The Ogden Gas Scandal

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Synopsis
The Ogden Gas Affair represented the biggest political scandal of Chicago's first sixty years. Mayor John P. Hopkins and Democratic Party boss Roger Sullivan conspired with ten other insiders to form a dummy corporation to blackmail Peoples Gas Company. The scam poured money into the coffers of beneficiaries who were never prosecuted, including the governor of Illinois, John P. Altgeld. As their lengthy swindle ran its course, Hopkins and Sullivan rubbed elbows with the most notorious grafters of the robber baron era, including Charles Yerkes and "Big Bill" Thompson. Author John Hogan follows the money in a scheme that became a template for the enrichment of the connected at the expense of the citizenry.
Copyright:
2018

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781439664742
Related ISBNs:
9781467139519
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Copyrighted By:
John F. Hogan, John S. Maxson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Business and Finance, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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