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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked the world on February 14, 1929, when Chicago’s North Side erupted in gang violence. Seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs 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 men opened fire with two Thompson submachine guns and a shotgun. All seven were shot dead. 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. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago , garage on the morning of February 14, 1929. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929 – a mystery still unsolved – is the story of seven men, gunned down in a Chicago warehouse. The Mob Museum tells this story, brick by brick, bullet by bullet, on its website dedicated entirely to the Massacre: stvalentinemassacre.com. Most of the evidence does point to Al Capone as the man behind the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre — but not all of it. Fred Burke, a known associate of Capone’s, got in a car crash and killed a police officer on December 14, 1929. CHICAGO --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. 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. 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. As the culmination of a gang war between famous rivals Al ‘Scarface’ Capone and George ‘Bugs’ Moran, the bloody events of the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre were splashed across the world’s media and came to symbolise the violence of the prohibition era in Chicago. Chicago was the crime capital of America The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929 – a mystery still unsolved – is the story of seven men, gunned down in a Chicago warehouse. The Mob Museum tells this story, brick by brick, bullet by bullet, on its website dedicated entirely to the Massacre: stvalentinemassacre.com. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Feb. 14th, 1929. Seven men machine-gunned to death in Chicago. Al Capone was suspected, but as The Mob Museum will show you, nothing was what it seemed. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States. The day after the massacre, a coroner's jury watched police reenact the killings at the scene of the crime. For more photos, see the gallery ». At around 10:30 in the morning on February 14th, a The St. Valentine's Day Massacre remains the most notorious gangster killing of the Prohibition era. The massacre not only made Al Capone a national celebrity, but it also brought Capone, the unwanted attention of the federal government. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked a turning point in public opinion regarding organized crime. While the violence between criminal factions had been an ongoing concern, the audacity of the massacre, carried out in broad daylight, horrified the public and galvanized law enforcement efforts to combat the rampant criminal activity. The actual massacre is also dramatized in Roger Corman‘s 1967 film The St. Valentine‘s Day Massacre. From The Untouchables to Boardwalk Empire , Peaky Blinders to The Simpsons , the specter of Al Capone‘s Chicago and the St. Valentine‘s Day Massacre continues to loom large as a symbol of the Prohibition era‘s lawlessness, corruption On February 14, 1929 (aka Valentines Day), seven gang members were slain in what became known as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in Chicago, Illinois. Four men dressed as cops storm gangster Bugs Moran's headquarters on Chicago's North Clark Street, line up seven of Moran's gang members (Adam Heyer, Frank Gusenberg, Pete Gusenberg, John May, No one was ever prosecuted for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, but evidence compiled at the time and revelations in the years since have built a strong argument for closing the book on this case. So, who did it? The consensus choice is the “American Boys,” a hoodlum crew out of St. Louis that worked for Al Capone. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Feb. 14th, 1929. Seven men machine-gunned to death in Chicago. Al Capone was suspected, but as The Mob Museum will show you, nothing was what it seemed.
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