The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
St. Valentine's Day Massacre The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the climax of the Prohibition Era and lead to the decrease in gang involvement in chicago, because after that day there was an increase in police in the city. The great horror story of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was the most gruesome murder that was never solved. The police and federal officers never found evidence to convict a single person for that appalling day.
The Prohibition caused many gangs to involve in illegal trades, like the article “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago” states, “Capone arranged for someone to call moron and tell him that a special shipment of hijacked whiskey was going to be delivered to one of Moron’s garages on the North side”(“The …show more content…
“This rash of gang violence reached its bloody climax in the garage on the city’s North side on February 14, 1929, when seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, one of Capone’s longtime enemies, were shot to death by several men dressed as policemen”(“Valentine’s...Massacre”). According to author Troy Taylor of “Blood, Roses, and Valentines,” eyewitnesses to the massacre told police “five men got out of the police car, two of them in uniforms and three in civilian clothing. They entered the building and a few moments later , the clatter of machine gun fire broke the stillness of the snowy morning. Soon after, five figures emerged and they drove away.” Sources say that “some seventy rounds of ammunition were fired” (Valentine’s...Massacre”) and the police investigation showed that the men had been lined up against the wall and mowed down by machine-gun bullets sprayed efficiently across first their heads, then their chests, and finally their stomachs.” Moments before that “George “Bugs” Moran was on his way to the garage in Chicago at the time of the St. Valentine’s Massacre;he just missed getting killed by minutes. A few days later, he told reporters “Only Capone kills like that.” Reached at his Florida home for comment on the murders, Capone offered his own opinion: “ The only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran.” The police’s involvement in the massacre “Could only find a few eye
The Prohibition caused many gangs to involve in illegal trades, like the article “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago” states, “Capone arranged for someone to call moron and tell him that a special shipment of hijacked whiskey was going to be delivered to one of Moron’s garages on the North side”(“The …show more content…
“This rash of gang violence reached its bloody climax in the garage on the city’s North side on February 14, 1929, when seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, one of Capone’s longtime enemies, were shot to death by several men dressed as policemen”(“Valentine’s...Massacre”). According to author Troy Taylor of “Blood, Roses, and Valentines,” eyewitnesses to the massacre told police “five men got out of the police car, two of them in uniforms and three in civilian clothing. They entered the building and a few moments later , the clatter of machine gun fire broke the stillness of the snowy morning. Soon after, five figures emerged and they drove away.” Sources say that “some seventy rounds of ammunition were fired” (Valentine’s...Massacre”) and the police investigation showed that the men had been lined up against the wall and mowed down by machine-gun bullets sprayed efficiently across first their heads, then their chests, and finally their stomachs.” Moments before that “George “Bugs” Moran was on his way to the garage in Chicago at the time of the St. Valentine’s Massacre;he just missed getting killed by minutes. A few days later, he told reporters “Only Capone kills like that.” Reached at his Florida home for comment on the murders, Capone offered his own opinion: “ The only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran.” The police’s involvement in the massacre “Could only find a few eye