The Massacre
During the prohibition era, gangs controlled the large cities and becoming rich from illegal breweries and gambling joints. In the late 1920's, Chicago was in a huge battle between the famous Al Capone's gang and George Moran's gang. The battle between the two gangs caused one of the bloodiest days in the prohibition era. On the morning of February 14, 1929, a plan that had most likely been devised by one of Capone's men, "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn. After Moran had a plan have Jack assassinated that failed, Jack turned to Al to help get the North side gang out of Chicago. The murder of the North side members happened at 10:30 am when 2 men dressed as police walked into the illegal brewery and declared a raid. When the seven men in the building were up against the wall the "cops" called in the other 2 men of Capone's gang to help murder the men. There was approximately 100 shots fired and all but one of the north side gang members died. Frank Gusenberg was the one survivor, despite being shot 22 times. After the murder the North side gang knew who had been in charge and started to plan their revenge. The police could never link Capone directly to the murder and for that no one was ever arrested. The massacre was classified as one of the most spectacular in mob history.