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St. Valentine Day Massacre

Valentine's Day Massacre is considered to be one of the most widely publicized incident of gang war in the history. The infamous incident was a result of the rivalry between two notorious criminal gangs of Chicago. One gang was the South Side Italian gang, whose leader was Al ‘Scarface' Capone and the other gang was the North Side Irish gang led by George 'Bugs' Moran. It is said that on February 14, 1929, a well planned massacre was executed inside a warehouse located at 2122 N. Clark Street, where seven of Moran's men lost their lives. It is very strange though the massacre was much talked about in public but nobody was ever booked for the incident.

The Plan
Al Capone devised the ghastly plan for the Valentine's Day massacre. The motive was to eliminate arch rival Moran. The idea was to influence Moran and his gang to visit a warehouse on North Clark Street on the pretext of buying some whiskey at cheap price. At that time a team of six men in the disguise of police officers would conduct a routine raid and enter the warehouse. During this time Capone were to be away from the scene.

The Massacre on 14th February morning
As per plan, Capone's men entered the warehouse. Two of them dressed as police officers while the remaining four in plain clothes. The two policemen asked Moran's gang members to line up facing the wall. Moran's gang consisting of seven members followed the instructions thinking that they were just harmless policemen who have come to raid the place. Immediately Capone's men shot and killed the men with Thompson submachine guns and the seven men died on the spot.

In order to leave the place without raising suspicion, the men in plain clothes marched out of the warehouse with their hands raised. Those in police uniform walked behind them. This gave the appearance that the police caught the bootleggers.

However the massacre missed the prime target Moran. When Moran was about to reach, he saw the policemen pulling up near the garage and so he retraced back.

Aftermath of the St. Valentine Massacre
When the real police arrived at the crime spot, it was extremely hard tracing the clues to establish the criminal's plan. Prime suspect of the massacre, Al Capone proved that he was out of town and the shooters were never identified. Thus, nobody was ever punished for this dreadful massacre as there was no proof. Consequences The massacre was widely publicized by the media and popularly referred as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" as it occurred on Feb 14th. Ironically the media publicized the event so much that it helped Al Capone to attain a celebrity status, establishing him as a supreme and dreadful gangster. On the other hand, the massacre led to the end of Moran's leadership in the North Side and his gang vanished.

However, the incident brought Al Capone's activities in the eyes of Federal Government. He was at last convicted and imprisoned for seven years on income tax evasion charges in 1931. Capone died in 1947. The massacre also became the subject of various movies like “Some Like it Hot” and “The St. Valentine's Day Massacre”.

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