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Onlookers watch police remove the bodies from the garage on North Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and riddled with bullets to eliminate the last challenge to Al Capone on February 14, 1929. The St. Valentine's Day shootings shocked a populace that had grown numb to gangland killings.
Onlookers watch police remove the bodies from the garage on North Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and riddled with bullets to eliminate the last challenge to Al Capone on February 14, 1929. The St. Valentine’s Day shootings shocked a populace that had grown numb to gangland killings.
Seven were gunned down in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929, a hit believed ordered by Al Capone in an attempt to wipe out rival George “Bugs” Moran.
A crowd outside the North Clark Street garage, owned by George “Bugs” Moran, where the St. Valentine’s Day massacre took place on Feb. 14, 1929. Seven were murdered in conflict between gangs during Prohibition. Al Capone is believed to have orchestrated the event.
Curious spectators and friends and family of the dead at the scene of the St. Valentine's Day massacre to identify the victims, Feb. 14, 1929.
Curious spectators and friends and family of the dead at the scene of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre to identify the victims, Feb. 14, 1929.
The funeral of Frank and Peter Gusenberg on February 19, 1929, killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
The funeral of Frank and Peter Gusenberg on February 19, 1929, killed during the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
Mrs. Josephine Schwimmer leaving chapel at the funeral for her son, Reinhardt Schwimmer, February 28, 1929, who was killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
Mrs. Josephine Schwimmer leaving chapel at the funeral for her son, Reinhardt Schwimmer, February 28, 1929, who was killed during the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
Jurors witness a reenactment of the St. Valentine's Day massacre of 1929 in this undated photo.
Jurors witness a reenactment of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 in this undated photo.
The body of Albert Kachellek “James Clark” is removed from the Cook County morgue on February 15, 1929. He was murdered in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
A coroner and Major Goddard (Colonel Calvin Hooker Goddard) look over Thompson submachine guns on April 20, 1929. The guns were believed to have been used in the Clark Street St. Valentine's Day massacre. Goddard established that Tommy guns were used in the massacre and that they were not police Tommy guns. His work on the massacre led to establishment of the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern. A sidenote, Major Goddard was later promoted to Colonel in the Army and went by Colonel Goddard in the 1930s.
A coroner and Major Goddard (Colonel Calvin Hooker Goddard) look over Thompson submachine guns on April 20, 1929. The guns were believed to have been used in the Clark Street St. Valentine’s Day massacre. Goddard established that Tommy guns were used in the massacre and that they were not police Tommy guns. His work on the massacre led to establishment of the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern. A sidenote, Major Goddard was later promoted to Colonel in the Army and went by Colonel Goddard in the 1930s.
Coroners jury on the St. Valentine's Day massacre inquest, April 15, 1929.
Coroners jury on the St. Valentine’s Day massacre inquest, April 15, 1929.
An early booking mug for Joseph Aiello, whose feud with Al Capone and Antonio Lombardo was the source of many mob hits in the 1920s, including the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929.
An early booking mug for Joseph Aiello, whose feud with Al Capone and Antonio Lombardo was the source of many mob hits in the 1920s, including the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929.
Coroners jury at the inquest for the St. Valentine's Day massacre, February 19, 1929.
Coroners jury at the inquest for the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, February 19, 1929.
Chief Shoemaker shows four submachine guns at the inquest for the St. Valentine's Day massacre April 20, 1929.
Chief Shoemaker shows four submachine guns at the inquest for the St. Valentine’s Day massacre April 20, 1929.
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 in a safety deposit box by the dead man. She is shown with an escort who refused to give his name February 21, 1929.
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 in a safety deposit box by the dead man. She is shown with an escort who refused to give his name February 21, 1929.
Mrs. Myrtle Gorman, center, of 434 Roscoe St., Common-law wife of Peter Gusenberg, who was murdered when rival gangsters mowed him and six companions down in a North Clark Street garage. Mrs Gorman denied all knowledge of Gusenberg's activities. Mrs. Gorman is leaving Gusenberg's inquest, February 19, 1929. The murders were known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (Caption as it appeared in the newspaper)
Mrs. Myrtle Gorman, center, of 434 Roscoe St., Common-law wife of Peter Gusenberg, who was murdered when rival gangsters mowed him and six companions down in a North Clark Street garage. Mrs Gorman denied all knowledge of Gusenberg’s activities. Mrs. Gorman is leaving Gusenberg’s inquest, February 19, 1929. The murders were known as the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. (Caption as it appeared in the newspaper)
Mrs. Myrtle Gorman, of 434 Roscoe St., Common-law wife of Peter Gusenberg, who was murdered when rival gangsters mowed him and six companions down in a North Clark Street garage. Mrs Gorman denied all knowledge of Gusenberg's activities. Mrs. Gorman is leaving Gusenberg's inquest, February 19, 1929. The murders were known as the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (caption from newspaper)
Mrs. Myrtle Gorman, of 434 Roscoe St., Common-law wife of Peter Gusenberg, who was murdered when rival gangsters mowed him and six companions down in a North Clark Street garage. Mrs Gorman denied all knowledge of Gusenberg’s activities. Mrs. Gorman is leaving Gusenberg’s inquest, February 19, 1929. The murders were known as the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. (caption from newspaper)