In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 photo, James Sledge, an executive officer at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office in Chicago, holds one of the original autopsy reports from the infamous Long-forgotten autopsy reports written after the 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre have been unearthed - and have given a new account of one of Chicago's bloodiest crimes. CHICAGO (AP) --Written by hand, the autopsies on the seven bullet-riddled bodies vividly describe why the Valentine's Day massacre of 1929 is still considered Chicago's most infamous gangland killing. Crime & Safety Autopsy Reports From St. Valentine's Day Massacre Recovered by Medical Examiner The gory details of Chicago's bloodiest Valentine's Day may become public knowledge 87 years later. The Cook County medical examiner's office is considering how best to preserve and display the newly unearthed autopsy reports alongside inquest transcripts from Chicago's infamous gangland Valentine's Day massacre of 1929. CHICAGO — Written by hand, the autopsies on the seven bullet-riddled bodies vividly describe why the St. Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 is still considered Chicago’s most infamous gangland CHICAGO (AP) — Written by hand, the autopsies on the seven bullet-riddled bodies vividly describe why the Valentine's Day massacre of 1929 is still considered Chicago's most infamous gangland Autopsy reports from infamous, bloody Valentine's Day massacre unearthed for preservation The attack, carried out by men dressed as city police officers, is widely believed to have been ordered by Report Threats & Crime; More Contacts About the FBI. Quick Facts; What We Investigate; St. Valentines Day Massacre St Valentines Day Massacre Part 01 At the end of the hand-written autopsy report, it says simply, apparently in Schwimmer’s own hand: “I will bury remains.” Now that the St. Valentine’s Day massacre papers have been Coroner's official reports on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre victims. Valentine's day massacre scene. Autopsy is performed by F.D.Gunn. Half of his face was Written by hand, the autopsies on the seven bullet-riddled bodies vividly describe why the Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 is still considered Chicago’s most infamous gangland killing. For decades, Schwimmer’s autopsy report — as well as those of the six other victims in the massacre — had been all but forgotten, gathering dust in a metal file cabinet in a Cook County Autopsy reports found from Chicago's Valentine's Day massacre On Feb. 14, 1929, seven men were lined up against the wall in a North Side garage and gunned down execution-style. The infamous mob hit became known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre. Written by hand, the autopsies on the seven bullet-riddled bodies vividly describe why the Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 is still considered Chicago’s most infamous gangland killing. James Sledge, executive Officer of the Cook County Medical Examiners office, shows recently discovered original autopsy reports from the Saint Valentine's Da | AP FILES Moran Capone The bodies of six of the men slain during the 1929 ‘‘St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.’’ | JAMES FOSTER FOR THE SUN-TIMES James Sledge, executive officer of the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, holds the original Saint Valentine’s Day massacre autopsy reports from 1929. After the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February, 14, 1929, one of the nation’s foremost forensic scientists, Dr. Calvin Goddard, was hired to examine the ballistic evidence. Goddard compared the bullets collected from the crime scene with test bullets fired by a range of firearms. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Evidence On the chilly winter morning of February 14, 1929, four men entered SMC Cartage Company garage in Chicago. Seven members of Bugs Moran’s gang were lined up against the wall and shot. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre exceeded any gangland killings before or after February 14, 1929, throwing the city into a frenzy of police activity, awakening the Chicago Crime Commission, and dismaying civic-minded businessmen who were tired of hearing their city called the world's “gangster capital.”Coroner Herman Bundesen, wielding more authority than any medical examiner before or
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