Chicago Shakedown
The Ogden Gas Scandal
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History, Biography & Memoir, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | John F. Hogan | ISBN: | 9781439664742 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | July 16, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John F. Hogan |
| ISBN: | 9781439664742 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | July 16, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
