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Seven men were gunned down in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago in 1929, a hit believed ordered by Al Capone in an attempt to wipe out rival George “Bugs” Moran. On this frigid morning, in an unheated brick garage at 2122 N. Clark St., seven men were lined up against a whitewashed wall and pumped with 90 bullets from submachine guns, shotguns and a 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. In the state’s attorney’s investigation last night of the “north side massacre” in which seven men were shot dead against a wall in a garage at 2122 N. Clark street yesterday morning a dovetailing of underworld rumors developed a double motive. THE COLDEST CASE: Since February 14, 1929, when seven men were gunned down inside a Clark Street garage, the mastermind behind the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre has remained a mystery, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked a critical point in the Beer Wars, a years-long conflict between Chicago’s gangs who were battling for control of the bootlegging market and organized crime during Prohibition. 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. By the late 1920s as the gangland wars raged, Chicagoans had become accustomed to newspaper images of sheet-covered corpses and automobiles riddled with bullets holes. Police and residents gather in front of the S.M.C. Cartage Co. garage on North Clark Street after the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. | Chicago History Museum/Distributed by AP. Five victims of the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, 14th February 1929. Five members of gangster Bugs Moran’s gang were shot dead at the orders of Al Capone, in a garage on Chicago’s North Side. Upon his death, Gusenberg became the final victim of a highly orchestrated crime, Chicago’s most infamous mob hit, which would come to be known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The massacre had been carefully planned and executed by notorious mobster Al Capone, to eliminate a rival gang boss, George “Bugs” Moran. 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. Five A body is removed from the S.M.C. Cartage Co. garage on North Clark Street in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1929, following the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. | Chicago History Museum/Distributed by the Mrs. Frank Gusenberg, widow of the gangster slain in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, was to present letters of administration to a loop bank and obtain $100,000 or more by Liberty Bonds kept On this frigid morning, in an unheated brick garage at 2122 N. Clark St., seven men were lined up against a whitewashed wall and pumped with 90 bullets from submachine guns, shotguns and a revolver. 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 A Chicago doctor for many years, Herman Bundesen led the investigation into the St. Valentine's day massacre crime. Chicago Daily News Feb.14th,1929. 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 Getty Images Chicago officials re-enact St. Valentine's Day massacre, the, News Photo Chicago officials re-enact St. Valentine's Day massacre, the Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Product #: 97305169 In a mob hit known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, seven members of George "Bugs" Moran's gang were gunned down in a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929. Though Al Capone was the prime suspect, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre remains unsolved. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred about 10:30 a.m. on February 14, 1929, inside the S.M.C. Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street on the north side of Chicago. Seven men associated with George “Bugs” Moran’s bootlegging operation were waiting inside the garage, presumably for a meeting to buy a hijacked shipment of
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