1926 Orland Park Murder Mystery, The
Author | : Matthew T. Galik |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781467139915 |
ISBN-13 | : 1467139912 |
Rating | : 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.