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Mike
Royko was born on September 19, 1932, in Chicago,
Illinois. Royko was a reporter for the Chicago
Daily News. His articles were syndicated in over
100 newspapers daily. On October 18, 1971, Royko
received a threatening letter concerning an article
he had written that appeared in the October 11,
1971 newspaper. The article was about John F.
Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. The
envelope containing the letter was postmarked
from Monaca, PA. The Assistant United States
Attorney (AUSA) concluded to not consider prosecution,
as the sender of the letter had not been located.
By letter dated June 2, 1976, Royko received
a threatening letter signed "Corleone.". Royko
stated that a person using that name had been
calling him and barging into his office at the
Daily News since March 1973. Royko considered
the man to be a mental patient who escaped from
an institution and contacts him using the name "Michael
Corleone." The person using the Corleone name
was identified, but the AUSA again declined prosecution.
Royko received documents from a group called "Resist" who
were mailing stolen documents from the Media,
PA Resident FBI Office. The case is referred
to as the MEDBURG case.
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