Chicago Shakedown: The Ogden Gas Scandal

by John F. Hogan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467139513
• ISBN13: 9781467139519
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"