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Issue of The New York Times newspaper from February 15, 1929, published the day after the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois, 48 pages, 17 x 22.5, featuring extensive front-page coverage of the gangland shooting under the banner headline, "7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms," with related headlines including "Victims Lined Up in Row," "Hands Up, Faces to Wall, They Are Mowed Down," and "Moran's Staff Wiped Out." The coverage continues inside with detailed reports on the identification of the victims, eyewitness accounts, the suspected involvement of George ‘Bugs’ Moran and Al Capone's organization, and the sweeping police investigation launched in the massacre's immediate aftermath. In fine condition, with some edgewear.
Issued the morning after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, this February 15, 1929, edition of The New York Times captures the immediate national response to the gangland execution that claimed the lives of seven associates of George ‘Bugs’ Moran inside Chicago's S.M.C. Cartage Company garage. Reporting while the investigation was still unfolding, the newspaper recounts the killers' use of police disguises, examines the leading theories behind the massacre, highlights the emerging suspicion surrounding Al Capone's organization, and chronicles the massive law enforcement response that followed. Today, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre remains the defining event of the Prohibition-era gang wars and one of the most notorious crimes in American history.
