St Valentines Day Massacre:
The massacre of the infamous St. Valentine's Day took place on February 14, 1929 North Side of Chicago. It was the result of a conflict between gangs during Prohibition Al Capone Side South Side Italian and Bugs Moran Northern Irish-German Gang.
The massacre was part of a plan by the Lieutenant Capone Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn. "To kill Moran and eliminate competition. Has also been a retaliation for an earlier (and obviously unsuccessful) attempt on the life McGurn by two gang members Moran.
The plan was to attract Moran the garage SMC Cartage Company with promises of whiskey smuggling case. McGurn partner Fred Burke and his team of five people would then burst into the building of the disgused as policemen. When Moran gang members were disarmed and then be killed.
With Capone conveniently holiday in his lair in Florida, the plan was made. But it did not work as planned. Moran was not there. He saw the police car approaching (led by men Burke) and left the scene.
At about 10:30 am, inside the garage, seven members of the Moran gang under the orders of the police false to line up against the wall. The police were, after all, most of the time on hold, and the gang members had no reason to fear. They were shot dead by a "machine gun".
The victims were: James Clark, Frank and Pete Gusenberg, Adam Heyer, Johnny May, Al Weinshank and Dr. Reinhardt Schwimmer, an optician who associate with gang Moran.
Frank Gusenberg survived until rescue came. His last words, when asked who did it was "Nobody shot me." Talking to deny the obvious.
While the plan to kill Moran has failed, the event was the end of Capone competition on the north side. His gang ruined Moran Capone never challenged again.
The massacre of the infamous St. Valentine's Day took place on February 14, 1929 North Side of Chicago. It was the result of a conflict between gangs during Prohibition Al Capone Side South Side Italian and Bugs Moran Northern Irish-German Gang.
The massacre was part of a plan by the Lieutenant Capone Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn. "To kill Moran and eliminate competition. Has also been a retaliation for an earlier (and obviously unsuccessful) attempt on the life McGurn by two gang members Moran.
The plan was to attract Moran the garage SMC Cartage Company with promises of whiskey smuggling case. McGurn partner Fred Burke and his team of five people would then burst into the building of the disgused as policemen. When Moran gang members were disarmed and then be killed.
With Capone conveniently holiday in his lair in Florida, the plan was made. But it did not work as planned. Moran was not there. He saw the police car approaching (led by men Burke) and left the scene.
At about 10:30 am, inside the garage, seven members of the Moran gang under the orders of the police false to line up against the wall. The police were, after all, most of the time on hold, and the gang members had no reason to fear. They were shot dead by a "machine gun".
The victims were: James Clark, Frank and Pete Gusenberg, Adam Heyer, Johnny May, Al Weinshank and Dr. Reinhardt Schwimmer, an optician who associate with gang Moran.
Frank Gusenberg survived until rescue came. His last words, when asked who did it was "Nobody shot me." Talking to deny the obvious.
While the plan to kill Moran has failed, the event was the end of Capone competition on the north side. His gang ruined Moran Capone never challenged again.
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