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This file concerns FBI contacts and public inquiries about the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. The released records are chiefly 1935 memoranda, letters, and telephone summaries concerning false newspaper reports that Byron Bolton had confessed or identified those responsible for the killings. FBI officials, including J. Edgar Hoover, directed the Chicago office to deny that Bolton had provided information about the massacre and stated that the Bureau lacked jurisdiction over the crime. The records also document concern that the Chicago American may have learned confidential Bureau information through a telephone tap, along with requests from police and members of the public for information on the case.

FBI file number: 62-34299-7 | Documents span: 1935 | Released in 2 parts
Names in this file: J. Edgar Hoover, Byron Bolton, D. M. Ladd, Harold Nathan, T. L. Quinn, Fred Burke, Gus Winkler, Alvin Karpis, Doc Barker, Arthur Barker, E. J. Gonnelley, Frank Farrell
Subjects: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago organized crime, FBI press relations, Byron Bolton, telephone taps, jurisdiction