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| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre February 14. 1929 Six members of the "Bugs" Moran gang and one optometrist "gangster groupie" slaughtered in a garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago! |
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| copyright 2004- MAD DOG HISTORICAL SOCIETY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capone photo courtesy of Mario Gomes Moran photo courtesy of Rose Keefe All others from Author's Collection |
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| Al Capone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George "Bugs" Moran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The agonizing shrieks of the wounded, the throaty coughs of the dying and the barking guns drowned out the panting and cursing of the hard-working executioners, repeating that left-to right right-to-left sweep of destruction as they glutted their murderous appetites upon the feast of blood. Bullets ripped into soft, yielding flesh, some tearing off bits and burying themselves with the ribbons of flesh in the wall ahead. Others tore into the fresh wounds and made gaping holes. A shotgun roared above the din, its charge obliterating a man's face, stenching the air with the acrid smell of powder fumes and loosing the steam of warm flesh and blood. The withering blast kept up until the last man was down. Satisfied with the havoc wrought, the leader ordered a halt. The four right-faced and marched out, two in front with their hands up, the two in uniform behind them, prodding them with their smoking guns. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre was finished! TRUE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES, 1931 |
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| Coroner's jury visits victims at the morgue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Some of the tommy guns test-fired by Calvin Goddard in his pioneer ballistics investigation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOW!!! See the actual Massacre guns recovered from "Killer" Burke's Michigan hideout! |
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| Bullets recovered from the bodies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the definitive account read The St. Valentine's Day Massacre by William J. Helmer and Arthur Bilek. And watch for Rose Keefe's comprehensive biography The Man That Got Away: The Bugs Moran Story. Rose also authored Guns and Roses, the compelling life story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's legendary florist-gangster whose "handshake murder" touched off the five years of "Beer Wars" culminating in the carnage at the S.M.C. Cartage Co. garage. All may be ordered from CUMBERLAND HOUSE or at any bookstore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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