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1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre aftermath....
1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre aftermath....
Item # 722286
February 24, 1929
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 24, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre aftermath
* George 'Bugs' Moran vs. Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Gangsters - gangland - underworld
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "KIDNAP A WITNESS IN MORAN KILLINGS" with subheads. Coverage on the recent unrest in Chicago's gangland crisis.
Complete 1st section only with 32 pages, rag edition, a few small binding slits along the spine, great condition.
AI notes: On February 23, 1929, roughly a week after the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, investigators were actively following the first significant physical leads in the case. The prior day, police had discovered a partially disassembled and burned black 1927 Cadillac in a garage on Wood Street, which matched descriptions of the vehicle used by the killers. Inside the garage, they found tools for dismantling the car, a police siren, a Thompson submachine gun drum magazine, and a Luger pistol, confirming that the attackers had impersonated police officers and used organized criminal methods. Forensic expert Calvin Goddard examined bullets and shell casings, linking the weapons to the massacre, while investigators tried to trace ownership of the car and connect it to suspects. Despite these breakthroughs, no arrests were made, and the case eventually went cold, as the killers remained unidentified, key evidence was limited, and the code of silence among gangsters prevented witnesses from coming forward, leaving the massacre officially unsolved.
Category: The 20th Century
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