ROGER TOUHY THE STOLEN YEARS

"ROGER TOUHY THE STOLEN YEARS" is a revised and updated edition of Roger Touhy's book, which he wrote while still in prison and published in 1959, the same year in which he was released from prison where he had spent 25 years. The book has a new Forward by Roger Touhy's niece, Carol Touhy, who wanted to update her uncle's book in order to include information concerning Roger Touhy's murder subsequent to being released from prison and to explain why he had been killed. He had been framed by the Chicago Mob, members of the Chicago judicial system and police department, and a con man and swindler who was wanted in England and was fighting extradition at the time. They all conspired, each for their own reasons and purposes, to create a hoax and blame Roger Touhy for the crime in 1933. Although he had been involved in bootlegging at the time, he had never been accused of nor had committed any murders, was not involved in vice and was a family man who was well-liked in his community. It was a honest and courageous federal jurist, The Honorable John Barnes, who paved the way for Touhy's freedom in 1959 based on his landmark Decision consisting of 1200 pages which clearly exonerated Touhy of the crime for which a quarter of a century had been stolen from his life. Judge Barnes made a point of stating that there had not, in fact, been any crime at all -- that it had been a hoax perpetrated by individuals whom he named in his Decision. The aftermath of Roger Touhy's release from prison was his brutal murder only 28 days later at the hands of the very people who had framed him in 1933. This updated book is exciting, heart-wrenching and, at times, even witty...and, it is all true. It has been called a "good read" by all who have reviewed it.