George "Bugs" Moran's warehouse
St. Valentine's Day massacre
when:
where:
who:
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became the leader of the Northsiders after O'Banion's and Weiss's deaths
the Capone gang vs. the Northside gang
- Moran discovered hijacking Capone's whiskey shipments
- Capone angered, determined to get Moran back
George"Bugs"Moran
Chicago's 'Jolly Murderer'
- rival gangs
- Capone gang practices against Moran's Catholic religion
- thought to be behind several Capone assassination attempts
Pre-Gangster Life
rivalry with Al Capone
childhood
- Dean O'Banion - original leader
- Earl "Hymie" Weiss
- Vincent "Schemer" Drucci
- Louis Alterie
- Julian Kaufman
Early life
- born Oct. 21, 1896
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Irish and Polish immigrant
The NorthSide Gang
- moved to Chicago's north side
- ran around with several gangs
- committed 20 known burglaries
- was imprisoned three times
By Age 21:
question:
the
Julian Kaufman
Vincent "Schemer" Drucci
Earl "Hymie" Weiss
Louis Alterie
Dean O'Banion
Life As a Gangster
was Moran killed in the massacre?
- arrested, sentenced to 10 years at Leavenworth Prison, Ohio
- died of cancer, 1957
- buried outside Leavenworth
DEATH
Moran's crime record
burglary (as George Miller)
burglary and larceny
two counts of robbery
robbery, assault
vagrancy, two counts of running
a con game
forgery, conspiracy to defraud
forgery
robbery, forgery
armed robbery, robbery
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1946
NO
- Moran and two others running late
- seven other Northsiders lined up against a wall, shot to death
George "Bugs" Moran
Jolly Murderer of Chicago