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Issue of the Wisconsin News (Evening Edition) newspaper from February 15, 1929, published the day after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 36 pages, approximately 17.5 x 23, featuring dramatic front-page coverage of the gangland killings beneath the banner headline, “Calls Chicago Police Killers of Gangmen,” with related headlines including “Federal Dry Chief Expects Slayers Named Today.” The front page also features an illustrated diagram reconstructing the massacre inside the S.M.C. Cartage Company garage, captioned “Deceived by Police Uniforms,” depicting the gunmen posing as police officers moments before the execution. Extensive coverage continues inside with striking crime-scene photographs of the slain victims under the headline “Police Killed Gang, Says Dry Chief,” alongside detailed reporting on the investigation, theories surrounding the killers' identities, police raids, and the ongoing hunt for those responsible. In very good to fine condition, with vertical and horizontal folds, light toning, and moderate edgewear.
Issued the day after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, this February 15, 1929, edition of the Wisconsin News captures the immediate public reaction to the Prohibition-era crime that shocked the nation. Published while the investigation was still in its earliest stages, it reports contemporary theories that the killers may have posed as police officers, examines the suspected motives behind the execution, chronicles the intensive search for the perpetrators, and illustrates both the massacre scene and its aftermath with dramatic photographs and diagrams. As one of the earliest newspaper accounts of the event, it documents the uncertainty and sensational reporting that surrounded what would become the defining episode of the Prohibition gang wars and one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
