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Walter Oleksiak 1922 - 1979

Walter Oleksiak was born on December 19, 1922, and died at age 56 years old in February 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Oleksiak.

Walter Oleksiak

December 19, 1922

February 1979

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December 19, 1922

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February 1979

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Walter Oleksiak lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

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In 1922, in the year that Walter Oleksiak was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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In 1930, Walter was just 8 years old when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

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