Brick removed from the wall of the garage that stood at 2122 N. Clark Street where the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre took place, during which seven Chicago gangsters were lined up against the wall of a garage and shot to death. The incident resulted from the struggle for control between the Irish North Side Gang and their Italian South Side rivals, led by Al Capone; though the perpetrators have never been conclusively identified, they are believed to have been members of the Egan's Rats Gang, working for Capone.
The brick measures 8 x 3.75 x 2.5, and was recovered by famous Chicago DJ Jan Gabriel during the garage's demolition in 1967; it was subsequently given to cameraman Ned Miller after a shoot for the History Channel series Haunted History. Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by Miller, in part: "I was the cameraman for a History Channel series called Haunted History. When we did the Chicago episode a famous disc jockey named Jan Gabriel was going to throw away his bricks from the wall where the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place, into a lake, and he allowed us to film him. Jan and his friend were watching the demolition of the garage in 1967 and during darkness picked as many bricks that would fit in his Corvette convertible. However, over the years he claimed they had brought him bad luck and that is why he was throwing them away. When the filming was over my soundman and I saw he had several left over and we asked him if we could each have one and he agreed."
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