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Feb 3, 2014 · Burke’s home was raided and police found two Thompson Machine Guns with nine ammunition drums, two high-powered rifles, one sawed-off shot gun, ammunition estimated at 5,000 shells, six tear gas bombs and stolen bonds from a Jefferson Wisconsin Bank.
Feb 16, 2018 · By A. Brad Schwartz. Feb. 16, 2018. Share full article. Bodies from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago in February 1929. Chicago History Museum/Getty Images. The scene was both...
- The Players
- The Hit
- The Guns
- Trigger Time
- Aftermath
The demarcation was as stark and deadly as the battle lines in a war zone. The Irish under George “Bugs” Moran owned the northern part of the city. The Italians led by Al “Scarface” Capone ran the south. What was at stake was the lucrative business of prostitution, illegal gambling, and “speakeasies,” underground watering holes where the enterprisi...
Capone’s men arrived in a Cadillac and a Peerless sedan. Four men entered the back of the garage. Two were dressed in police uniforms. What we know for certain is that all seven of Moran’s men were lined up facing the back wall of the brick warehouse. At that point two of Capone’s men opened fire with M1921 Thompson submachine guns. One Thompson fe...
The two Thompson submachine guns were ultimately definitively tied to the murder through forensic ballistics. This burgeoning science matched spent bullets to a gun via the unique impressions made by the gun’s rifling. The path by which the cops came ultimately to possess the guns is convoluted. One of them was also tied to the murder of Frankie Ya...
The Thompson submachine gun was a truly revolutionary weapon for its day. Designed as a “trench broom” for use during the First World War, the Thompson was heavy, bulky, and complicated. However, it was and is a remarkably effective close combat weapon. The buttstock removes easily with the press of a button, and the gun points naturally from the h...
While it is presumed today that Capone’s men were behind the St. Valentine’s Day hit, no one was ever arrested or prosecuted for the murders. There have even been rumors that the Chicago Police Department was involved as payback for the murder of a police officer’s son. Al Capone was ultimately convicted of tax evasion, of all things, and spent eig...
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.
- February 14, 1929, 10:30 am (CST)
- Two Thompson submachine guns, Two shotguns
- Warehouse at Dickens and Clark in Lincoln Park, Chicago
Feb 8, 2023 · by Ballistic Staff. February 8, 2023. The 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago is one of the most well-known crimes of the 20th century. It has it all: Al Capone, Bugs Moran, illegal alcohol, a gang war, and, of course, Tommy guns. Guns of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
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Nov 9, 2009 · 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...
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...
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