VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE FEBRUARY 15 1929 AL CAPONE BUGS MORAN ALKY GANG CHICAGO

Description: DAILY RECORD BOSTON ADVERTISERPLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REPRINTED NEWSPAPER FROM AN ORIGINALVALENTINE'S DAY MASSACREFEBRUARY 15, 1929 32 PAGES 15" X 12" BACK PAGE HEADLINE: BACK PAGE FULL PHOTO OF MASSACRETORTURE GANG SURVIVORS AMAZING SLAUGHTER OF CHICAGO GANGSTERS SHOWN IN TELEPHOTOFRONT PAGE HEADLINE;52 HURT IN BIG BLASTINSIDE HEADLINES:KILLING OF 7 LAID TO CAPONE GANG. GEORGE MORAN BELIEVED KIDNAPPED52 INJURED IN BLAST STAMPEDE AS MANHOLE COVERS BLOW UPNEW RECRUITS TO THE NEWLY FORMED FASCIST MILITIA TAKE OATH AT THE COLISEUM ROME QUANTITY DISCOUNT MAYBE AVAILABLE ALONG WITH INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY.PLEASE CONTACT US THROUGH eBay MESSAGING. MASSACRE ON ST. VALENTINE’S DAY 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 on the North Side of Chicago. On February 14, seven members of Moran’s operation were gunned down while standing lined up, facing the wall of the garage. Some 70 rounds of ammunition were fired. When police officers from Chicago’s 36th District arrived, they found one gang member, Frank Gusenberg, barely alive. In the few minutes before he died, they pressed him to reveal what had happened, but Gusenberg wouldn’t talk. Police could find only a few eyewitnesses, but eventually concluded that gunmen dressed as police officers had entered the garage and pretended to be arresting the men. Though Moran and others immediately blamed the massacre on Capone’s gang, the famous gangster himself claimed to have been at his home inFlorida at the time. No one was ever brought to trial for the murders. THE DOWNFALL OF PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 Though the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked 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 gangster, and the newspapers dubbed him “Public Enemy No. 1.” Federal authorities began investigating Capone after he failed to appear before a federal grand jury after being subpoenaed in March 1929. When he finally appeared and testified, federal agents arrested him for contempt of court. Capone posted bond and was released, only to be arrested in Philadelphia that May on charges of carrying concealed weapons. Capone served nine months in prison and was released for good behavior. In February 1931, a federal court found Capone guilty on the contempt charge and sentenced him to six months in Cook County Jail. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department had launched an investigation of Capone for income tax evasion. Through diligent forensic accounting, Special Agent Frank Wilson and other members of the Intelligence Unit of the Internal Revenue Service were able to put together a case, and in June 1931 Capone was indicted for evasion of federal income tax. Convicted that October after an internationally publicized trial, Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison, first in Atlanta and later atAlcatraz. He was released in 1939 and died an invalid recluse at his Florida home in 1947.We have a collection of stunning original newspapers, book reviews and magazines from the 1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's for January, February, March, April, May, June, July August, September, October, November and December. Covering most dates in any given month.We also have an extensive archive of American and Canadian newspapers, magazines and book reviews covering most of the United States.Some of the titles include: New York Times, Post, Sun, Herald, Tribune, Journal of Commerce, Kansas City Star, Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, Washington Times, Star, Baltimore, WSJ and many more titles.Canada titles include - Montreal Daily Star, Gazette, Standard, La Patrie, Toronto Mail & Empire, Daily Star Please don't hesitate to contact us through eBay messaging with any specific dates or inquiries, we would be delighted to search for you.PROFESSIONAL, HIGH QUALITY PACKING, AS WE STRIVE TO DELIVER YOUR ITEM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION.

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