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1. themobmuseum.org › blog › monday-feb-3-yesthese-areThe Actual Tommy Guns Used in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

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   Feb 3, 2014 · Burke was tried and convicted for Skelly’s murder where he subsequently died at Marquette State Prison in Michigan. Burke never confessed to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, but he also never confessed to any of his other crimes. The area was called “Capone’s Playground,” Lyons said, because gangsters came to western Michigan to ...

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4. stvalentinemassacre.org › the-tommy-gunsThe Tommy Guns - St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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   The two Thompson submachine guns seized from Fred Burke’s house in Stevensville, Michigan, on December 14, 1929, and confirmed to have been used in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre today reside with the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in southwest Michigan.

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5. www.history.com › saint-valentines-day-massacreSt. Valentine’s Day Massacre - Victims, Evidence ... - HISTORY

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   • The Rise of Scarface: Al Capone and Chicago
   • Massacre on St. Valentine’s Day
   • Downfall of Public Enemy No. 1

   From 1924 to 1930, the city of Chicago gained a widespread reputation for lawlessness and violence. Not coincidentally, this phenomenon coincided with the reign of chief crime lord Al “Scarface” Capone, who took over from his boss Johnny Torrio in 1925. (Torrio, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in 1924, had “retired” to Brookly...

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   Chicago’s gang war reached its bloody climax in the so-called St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. One of Capone’s longtime enemies, the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, ran his bootlegging operations out of a garage at 2122 North Clark Street. On February 14, seven members of Moran’s operation were gunned down while standing lined up, facing t...

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   Though the St. Valentine’s Day Massacremarked the end of any significant gang opposition to Capone’s rule in Chicago, it can also be said to have marked the beginning of his downfall. With his highly effective organization, his impressive income and his willingness to ruthlessly eliminate his rivals, Capone had become the country’s most notorious g...

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Saint_Valentine&Saint Valentine's Day Massacre - Wikipedia

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   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. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants, two of whom were disguised as police ...

   • Date: February 14, 1929, 10:30 am (CST)
   • Weapons: Two Thompson submachine guns, Two shotguns

   • Location: Warehouse at Dickens and Clark in Lincoln Park, Chicago

7. www.history.com › news › valentines-day-massacre-caponeSee the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929—in Color

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   Feb 8, 2018 · On the morning of Valentine’s Day, 1929, a group of men with tommy guns, a 12-gauge and police uniforms stepped out of a black Cadillac. Entering a garage belonging to the SMC Cartage Company at ...

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   What was the St Valentine's Day Massacre?

   • As Americans today grow increasingly numb to persistent mass shootings, such a crime now might not even make the front pages. But on Feb. 14, 1929, Chicagoans were appalled enough to give it an enduring name — “the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” — and it remains a powerful example of how to check gun violence with proactive reform.

   How the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Changed Gun Laws

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   How did the St Valentine's Day Massacre affect Chicago?

   • The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked the world on February 14, 1929, when Chicago’s North Side erupted in gang violence. Gang warfare ruled the streets of Chicago during the late 1920s, as chief gangster Al Capone sought to consolidate control by eliminating his rivals in the illegal trades of bootlegging, gambling and prostitution.

   St. Valentine’s Day Massacre - Victims, Evidence & Suspects - HISTORY

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   Was the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre a sign of gang violence?

   • Getting to the bottom of the case was a matter of extreme urgency. To the press and public, the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre was a sign that gang violence in Prohibition -era (1920-33) America was spiraling out of control.

   See the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929—in Color

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   What guns were used in the St Valentine's Day Massacre?

   • The Thompson Machine Guns were scientifically tested; they were not only the guns used to kill mobster Frankie Yale in New York the year before, but these were the exact guns used in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But why did Burke flee to St. Joseph after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

   The Actual Tommy Guns Used in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

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9. abc7chicago.com › st-valentines-day-massacre-tommyTommy guns from St. Valentines Day massacre of 7 Bugs Moran ...

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   Mar 18, 2023 · Tommy guns from St. Valentine's Day massacre ordered by Al Capone examined by ABC7 I-Team. By Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner. Saturday, March 18, 2023.

10. www.nytimes.com › 2018/02/16 › opinionHow the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Changed Gun Laws

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    Feb 16, 2018 · But on Feb. 14, 1929, Chicagoans were appalled enough to give it an enduring name — “the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” — and it remains a powerful example of how to check gun violence ...