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2. www.findagrave.com › memorial › 730George C. “Bugs” Moran (1893-1957) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   George C. “Bugs” Moran. Convicted Criminal. He was a Chicago Prohibition-era bootlegger, who was incarcerated three times before his 21st birthday. After joining a high school gang, he was found guilty of trying to rob a warehouse, taking part in a horse-stealing ring, taking part in a robbery involving the death of a police officer, and...

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bugs_MoranBugs Moran - Wikipedia

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   Bugs Moran. George Clarence " Bugs " Moran ( / məˈrɑːn /; Adelard Leo Cunin; August 21, 1893 – February 25, 1957) was an American Chicago Prohibition -era gangster. He was incarcerated three times before his 21st birthday. Seven members of his gang were gunned down and killed in a warehouse in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre of ...

4. allthatsinteresting.com › bugs-moranBugs Moran: Chicago’s Infamous Prohibition-Era Gangster

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   Feb 12, 2024 · Shortly after his release, he was arrested again for a 1945 robbery and sent back to prison. He ultimately died of lung cancer while still behind bars on Feb. 25, 1957. After reading about Chicago gangster George “Bugs” Moran, read the story of George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Prohibition’s most trigger happy gangster.

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5. www.history.com › topics › crimeSt. Valentine’s Day Massacre - Victims, Evidence ... - HISTORY

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   Nov 9, 2009 · This rash of gang violence reached its bloody climax in a garage on the city’s North Side on February 14, 1929, when seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, one of...

6. allthatsinteresting.com › st-valentines-day-massacreSt. Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago's Prohibition-Era Bloodbath

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   Apr 4, 2024 · FPG/Getty Images One of the grisliest photos of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, which shows five of the victims of George “Bugs” Moran’s North Side Gang that were murdered in the garage at 2122 North Clark Street on February 14, 1929.

7. crimelibrary.org › mob_bosses › moranGeorge 'Bugs' Moran: His War With Al Capone - Crime Library

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   A virtual legend in his own time, Chicagoans read his name in the newspapers almost weekly during the 1920s, when gangsters made the headlines with their bootleg wars. A smiling, teasing, rakish, but oft-hot tempered punch thrower, Moran was a central member of the North Side "Irish Gang" that would not play ball with crime czar Al Capone.

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   Who was George “Bugs” Moran?

   • Lordprice Collection / Alamy Stock Photo George “Bugs” Moran was the leader of the North Side Gang in Chicago. Al Capone may be the first name that comes to mind when talking about Prohibition-era Chicago, but he was far from the only gangster operating at the time.

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   Did Bugs Moran survive the St Valentine's Day Massacre?

   • It's believed that Bugs Moran was the intended target of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre — and that he only survived because he was running late to a meeting. Lordprice Collection / Alamy Stock Photo George “Bugs” Moran was the leader of the North Side Gang in Chicago.

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   Why did George “Bugs” Moran hate Al Capone?

   • Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo George “Bugs” Moran’s Catholic faith likely contributed to his hatred of Al Capone. With his new persona, Moran delved even further into crime, mostly burglary and larceny. Before he was even 21 years old, he had been incarcerated three times. Then, Prohibition set in in 1920.

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   What is studying Bugs Moran about?

   • Studying Bugs Moran is, in essence, studying Chicago's Prohibition years. Not the ordinary citizen of his times, he is nevertheless the folkloric ideal of the ordinary citizens' headliner during those times. His was the life of the city kid disadvantaged by his surroundings, yet electrified by the socio-economical events stirring around him.

   George 'Bugs' Moran: His War With Al Capone - Crime Library

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9. www.britannica.com › event › Saint-Valentines-DaySaint Valentine’s Day Massacre | Victims, Al Capone, Bugs ...

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   Disguising themselves as policemen, members of the Al Capone gang entered a garage at 2122 North Clark Street run by members of the George (“Bugs”) Moran gang, lined their opponents up against a wall, and shot them in cold blood.