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The 1926 Orland Park Murder Mystery (True Crime) Kindle Edition

by Matthew T Galik (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

The true story behind a Jazz Age crime that shook the Chicago region and shaped the fates of three very different men. 

On the morning of April 14, 1926, the Inland Steel payroll delivery was hijacked in Indiana Harbor. Later that afternoon, Will County deputy sheriff and Mokena resident Walter Fisher died in a hail of gunfire just outside Orland Park. That night, the bullet-riddled body of Santo Calabrese turned up on a Broadview road. The exact sequence of events remains uncertain, but a jury was able to trace enough of the day’s violent trajectory to send Daniel Hesly on the path to Alcatraz. Matthew Galik leaps into a drama of high-speed pursuit and mistaken identity that shocked the jaded sensibilities of Prohibition-era Chicago and plunged the town of Mokena into mourning.
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  1. Print length
    138 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The History Press
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2018
  5. File size
    5.3 MB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
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About the Author

At this very second busy in a dusty archive, Matthew T. Galik is a native of Mokena and has been studying the history of the village for twenty years. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago, having received his degree in Germanic studies, and is the author of Images of America: Mokena by Arcadia Publishing, as well as numerous pieces for the Will County Historical Society and the Mokena Messenger, where he has a column titled "Matt's Old Mokena." He has seats on both the board of trustees of the Mokena Community Public Library District and the Will County Historic Preservation Commission. Matt also is a Chicago tour guide, entertaining visitors and residents alike with breezy stories of architects and gangsters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07J5PMFKG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press (October 1, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 138 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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  • jack
    5.0 out of 5 stars Forgotten history.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019
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    Very well written. I read it from cover to cover. It also transports the reader to the early 1920s. I felt as if I were witnessing the events as they happened.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2019
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    Great book. Informative, very detailed and very well written as well as interesting.
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  • RadioMan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mokena story
    Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018
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    Great story about true people doing heroic events.
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