Crime

Most Corrupt City




U of I Professor Dick Simpson

Corruption cost the city $500 million


Police brutality, bogus contracts, bribes, theft and ghost payrolling 

Between 1976 and 2010, there were 1,531 convictions for public corruption 

Since the 1970s, four of seven Illinois convicted 

31 members of Chicago's city council.


"The two worst crime zones in Illinois are the governor's mansion ... and the city council chambers in Chicago.

"No other state can match us."




Illinois - Where Our Governors Make Our License Plates




Four of our past seven Governors of Illinois in jail

Governors:

Rod Blagovitch

George Ryan

Dan Walker

Otto Kerner 




Dr. Henry Howard Holmes - World's Fair Murderer 1893 


Number of victims 4–200 (4 confirmed; 27 confessed)


I 2003 by Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America








Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) 

smuggled liquor and prostitution

Capone became a highly visible public figure. 

He donated to various charities

 "modern-day Robin Hood". 

1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, when seven rival gang members were executed.

Capone was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to federal prison; he was released on parole in 1939

Died in 1947 in Florida



Murders and Gang Turf in Chicago