[chris]

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place on February 14, 1929, in a garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago. This grisly crime scene became the final chapter for seven individuals associated with George "Bugs" Moran's North Side Gang, a major criminal faction during the Prohibition era.

The victims of the massacre were primarily members of Moran's gang, who were rivals of the Italian South Side gang led by Al Capone. Those killed in the massacre were Peter Gusenberg, a frontline enforcer for the North Side Gang; Frank Gusenberg, Peter's brother and fellow enforcer; Albert Kachellek (alias James Clark), Moran's second-in-command; Adam Heyer, the gang's business manager and bookkeeper; Reinhardt H. Schwimmer, an optician who had started associating with the gang; Albert Weinshank, who managed several cleaning and dyeing operations for Moran; and John May, a mechanic and occasional car thief for the gang.

On the morning of the massacre, the victims were gathered at the SMC Cartage Company garage, reportedly for a bootleg alcohol shipment. Four perpetrators, two dressed as police officers and two in plainclothes, entered the garage, lined up the seven men against a wall, and opened fire with Thompson submachine guns and shotguns. The ferocity of the attack left the wall riddled with bullet holes and the floor soaked in blood, creating a harrowing scene that shocked the nation when it was discovered.

The Chicago Police Department's investigation revealed that the killers had effectively tricked the gang members into standing still, making them easy targets. The real police arrived soon after the attackers left, leading to initial confusion about whether a legitimate police raid had gone awry. However, it soon became clear that the massacre was a carefully planned hit, likely intended to eliminate George "Bugs" Moran and his top lieutenants. Moran himself narrowly escaped death, having decided not to enter the garage.

Despite extensive investigations and public outrage, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre case officially remained unsolved. No one was ever prosecuted for the murders, largely due to the lack of witnesses willing to testify and the code of silence maintained by organized crime figures.

[stevus_maximus]

I saw a show on the History Channel about that. They showed those pictures too. Really gory.

[JLO]

I fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE that mafia shit! I don't of course like the killings, but it totally intrigues me!

[creampienow]

nice

[güttsfükk]

more

[Syl]

I just fucking love old B&W's like this.

[pike403]

Brilliant! Dressing like the fuzz and walking right in there.

[NIGBY]

oh my god dem da DONS

[souris]

yeah it's a ganster classic filled with everything we love about organized crime and outlaw-ery. A doublecross betrayal, innocent 'citizen' victim, murder for profit, mass violence...it's a landmark event in OC in America.

[Illusion]

He was never convicted of murder or conspiracy to commit. I think his only crime was tax fraud.