I was a freshman at Bradley, and I remember when some of us guys from the dorm were first getting to know each other. The subject of gangsters came up and I was telling one of the guys (from Pekin) about a new book I had just finished before starting college... "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. He countered with a story about his uncle telling him about one of the Sheltons getting shot dead in (or near) Bradley Park.

Strange, but I haven't thought about that story for over 35 years until I just read your post. Unfortunately I don't remember any of the details other than it happened 20 years before he told me the story. (He told me that the Sheltons kicked Capone's mob out of Peoria).