It was ten fifteen a.m. on Thursday morning and I was just about to go to my parents house for a quick visit until the Sheriff of Illinois, Chicago called and ordered me to drive all the way down to the North Side of Chicago at 2122 North Clark Street. There had been a report of shooting there. When I got down there, I asked a witness to tell me what they saw and they said, "I was at home (which was right across from the house with the shooting) the whole time and I saw a car that looked like it was driving toward the house, but then reversed and drove away with high speed because they saw a cop car park in the drive way of the house. I didn't know what was going on. Two men dressed in police uniforms entered the house. After the two men in police uniforms went into the house, I heard seven gun shots. A few minutes later the two police men came out the house with their arms raised to show that everything was alright. They got back into the car and drove away. About an hour later, you guys showed up." I then observed the crime seen and saw seven men laying in the garage, just as the witness had said, on the floor facing the wall with bullets in them. A police man then gave me the identities that they were in the gang of the North Side called the Bugs. I searched the kitchen and found a stash of boxes of kool-aid. In the bathroom, I found a stash of Q-tips, band-aids, and a hair dryer.
The gang members were, James Clark who was the brother-in-law of George Moran who was the gang leader, John May who was an auto mechanic who thought to be a safe blower before joining the gang, Reinhardt H. Schwimmer who joined because he wanted the thrill of hanging with this gang. He was also a resident of Hotel Parkway, and an optometrist with offices in the Capital Building, John Snyder who was an convicted robber, and Albert Weinshank who was a henchman of the leader and a strong-arm agent of Chicago cleaning and dyeing industry. The police man then told me that one of the seven men that were shot, was still alive. His name was Frank Gusenberg. We rushed the medics to get him to the hospital so he could live and tell us what happened. We got him to the hospital in time but when we asked if he could tell us what happened, he said "I am not going to talk" and simply laid back and died.
We put the clues together and made a conclusion that Al Capone was the one behind this all. When this shooting occurred, Al Capon was in California so there was no way that he was one of the two men that were dressed in police uniforms, it was probably two of his companions. We called Al Capon. When he answered, we could hear cheering. He stated that he was in the middle of watching the New York Yankees game. We told him what happened and he replied asking " Do you have any proof that it was me? "No, we replied. "Well then, I want to watch this game so excuse me" he said and ended the conversation. We didn't have any clues or proof of to who was behind this. We went to Capone and tried to scare him by saying that we did have proof that he was the one behind this but he had allies to back him up so our plan had failed.
I layed off the case of the massacre for a bit to look into Al Capone's files. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was a member of two kid gangs which were the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. He dropped out of school in 6th grade when he was only 14 years old. I thought to myself, if I had a son/daughter that was going to dropped out of school, they would receive their consequences. I continued to research Al Capone files. He married in 1918 to Mary Coughlin. I decided that I would speak to his wife. I researched her name to see where I could locate her but it turns out she died because one of Capone's gang members got mad at him and blamed his wife and killed her. Al Capone then deserted him in a pit filled with poison spiders that first paralyze the victim before killing them. While he was getting paralyzed, he ordered a member to shoot constantly at him. He eventually died. No one was arrested or sentenced to prison at all for this massacre. No one was even considered a victim, technically. Seven years later, Al Capone was sent to jail because of tax invasion. On January 21st, 1947, Al Capone had an apoplectic stroke which eventually killed him. I still will not settle this case until someone is put in jail for this monstrous massacre.
The Roaring 20's
St. Valentines Day Massacre (1929)
It was ten fifteen a.m. on Thursday morning and I was just about to go to my parents house for a quick visit until the Sheriff of Illinois, Chicago called and ordered me to drive all the way down to the North Side of Chicago at 2122 North Clark Street. There had been a report of shooting there. When I got down there, I asked a witness to tell me what they saw and they said, "I was at home (which was right across from the house with the shooting) the whole time and I saw a car that looked like it was driving toward the house, but then reversed and drove away with high speed because they saw a cop car park in the drive way of the house. I didn't know what was going on. Two men dressed in police uniforms entered the house. After the two men in police uniforms went into the house, I heard seven gun shots. A few minutes later the two police men came out the house with their arms raised to show that everything was alright. They got back into the car and drove away. About an hour later, you guys showed up." I then observed the crime seen and saw seven men laying in the garage, just as the witness had said, on the floor facing the wall with bullets in them. A police man then gave me the identities that they were in the gang of the North Side called the Bugs. I searched the kitchen and found a stash of boxes of kool-aid. In the bathroom, I found a stash of Q-tips, band-aids, and a hair dryer.The gang members were, James Clark who was the brother-in-law of George Moran who was the gang leader, John May who was an auto mechanic who thought to be a safe blower before joining the gang, Reinhardt H. Schwimmer who joined because he wanted the thrill of hanging with this gang. He was also a resident of Hotel Parkway, and an optometrist with offices in the Capital Building, John Snyder who was an convicted robber, and Albert Weinshank who was a henchman of the leader and a strong-arm agent of Chicago cleaning and dyeing industry. The police man then told me that one of the seven men that were shot, was still alive. His name was Frank Gusenberg. We rushed the medics to get him to the hospital so he could live and tell us what happened. We got him to the hospital in time but when we asked if he could tell us what happened, he said "I am not going to talk" and simply laid back and died.
We put the clues together and made a conclusion that Al Capone was the one behind this all. When this shooting occurred, Al Capon was in California so there was no way that he was one of the two men that were dressed in police uniforms, it was probably two of his companions. We called Al Capon. When he answered, we could hear cheering. He stated that he was in the middle of watching the New York Yankees game. We told him what happened and he replied asking " Do you have any proof that it was me? "No, we replied. "Well then, I want to watch this game so excuse me" he said and ended the conversation. We didn't have any clues or proof of to who was behind this. We went to Capone and tried to scare him by saying that we did have proof that he was the one behind this but he had allies to back him up so our plan had failed.
I layed off the case of the massacre for a bit to look into Al Capone's files. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was a member of two kid gangs which were the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. He dropped out of school in 6th grade when he was only 14 years old. I thought to myself, if I had a son/daughter that was going to dropped out of school, they would receive their consequences. I continued to research Al Capone files. He married in 1918 to Mary Coughlin. I decided that I would speak to his wife. I researched her name to see where I could locate her but it turns out she died because one of Capone's gang members got mad at him and blamed his wife and killed her. Al Capone then deserted him in a pit filled with poison spiders that first paralyze the victim before killing them. While he was getting paralyzed, he ordered a member to shoot constantly at him. He eventually died. No one was arrested or sentenced to prison at all for this massacre. No one was even considered a victim, technically. Seven years later, Al Capone was sent to jail because of tax invasion. On January 21st, 1947, Al Capone had an apoplectic stroke which eventually killed him. I still will not settle this case until someone is put in jail for this monstrous massacre.