No one has faced justice for bloody massacre

I KNOW it’s not very romantic, but on St Valentine’s Day this week, my thoughts turned to the massacre!

Can you tell me who the victims were in the infamous mob killing, and was anyone ever convicted of the murders? – S.

Gang warfare blighted the streets of Chicago during the 1920s as Al Capone sought to consolidate control by eliminating his rivals in the illegal trades of bootlegging, gambling and prostitution.

This reached its climax when seven members of George “Bugs” Moran’s gang were gunned down in a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929, in what became known as he St Valentine’s Massacre. The seven victims were Peter and Frank Gusenberg, Albert Kachellek, Adam Heyer, Reinhardt Schwimmer, Albert Weinshank and John May.

Moran himself (left) was probably an intended victim, but was still on his way to the garage when the killings happened. He missed being killed by just a few minutes.

A few days later, Moran told reporters: “Only Capone kills like that.”

Reached at his Florida home for comment on the murders, Capone offered his own opinion: “The only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran.”

No one was ever brought to justice for the massacre.

Capone (above) died in 1947, but Moran, outlived him, dying in Leavenwoth Penitentiary in 1957.