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Len Small: Governors And Gangsters -- Second Edition

Jim Ridings

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Description:Len Small was governor of Illinois in the 1920s, and it was during his administration that the Chicago Mob was allowed to grow and become firmly established. But Gov. Smalls corruption went far beyond helping to enable the Mob. Before he was governor, he was state treasurer and embezzled two million dollars in a money-laundering scheme. Just after becoming governor, he was indicted. His lawyers claimed he was above the law. Len Small went on trial and was acquitted after Al Capone's gangsters bribed the jury. And even tough a jury acquitted him, a civil suit by the state forced Small to repay $650,000. Small's administration sold thousands of pardons and paroles. He wrecked civil service and docked state workers' pay for his own slush fund. He aided the Ku Klux Klan and they endorsed his every campaign.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Len Small: Governors And Gangsters -- Second Edition. To get started finding Len Small: Governors And Gangsters -- Second Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 388

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2018

ISBN: 0692051570

Description: Len Small was governor of Illinois in the 1920s, and it was during his administration that the Chicago Mob was allowed to grow and become firmly established. But Gov. Smalls corruption went far beyond helping to enable the Mob. Before he was governor, he was state treasurer and embezzled two million dollars in a money-laundering scheme. Just after becoming governor, he was indicted. His lawyers claimed he was above the law. Len Small went on trial and was acquitted after Al Capone's gangsters bribed the jury. And even tough a jury acquitted him, a civil suit by the state forced Small to repay $650,000. Small's administration sold thousands of pardons and paroles. He wrecked civil service and docked state workers' pay for his own slush fund. He aided the Ku Klux Klan and they endorsed his every campaign.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Len Small: Governors And Gangsters -- Second Edition. To get started finding Len Small: Governors And Gangsters -- Second Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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