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The SMC Cartage Co. garage, 2122 N. Clark Street in Chicago, was the scene of the infamous St. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929, where seven men were murdered. The building was demolished in The Courier-News; Daily Southtown; Lake County News-Sun would run organized crime in Chicago. But the Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked a city that had been numbed by “Roaring ’20s A crowd gathers outside the garage while the body of a victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre is removed. Credit: DN-0087707, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum. The shooters were never conclusively identified, either. 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 Chicago Tribune, February 15, 1929. 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. UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 01: Police reenactment of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, also known as the Moran Gang Massacre, when reputed members of the Al Capone gang disguised themselves as policemen and murdered members of the George 'Bugs' Moran gang in a garage at 2122 North Clark Street in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. 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. 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 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. 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. Chicago Tribune historical photo. Mrs. Josephine Schwimmer, the mother of murdered Dr. Reinhardt Schwimmer, 29, at an inquest for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on Feb. 15, 1929 at the Hudson 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 The Courier-News; Daily Southtown; Lake County News-Sun would run organized crime in Chicago. But the Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked a city that had been numbed by “Roaring ’20s 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 This is Valentine’s Day.Today’s Highlight in History:On Feb. 14, 1929, the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone’s gang were gunned 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 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 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 The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was believed to have been ordered by Al Capone against members of George "Bugs" Moran's North Side gang, and served as the basis for Roger Corman’s 1967 film “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” It's been referred to as both a turning point and an identifying moment for the city. 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
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