Bugs Moran

Capone was intent on taking control of Chicago and was on his way to becoming the most famous criminal of his time. Leader of the North Side gang, George 'Bugs' Moran, an Irish gangster known more for muscle than brain power, who had no intention of submitting to 'them Sicilians'. On February 13th, 1929, a tempting phone call to Moran told him that a truckload of whisky had just arrived from Detroit and he could have it at a bargain price. He ordered the whisky to be delivered at 10:30 the…

The origins of alcohol production can be traced back to 6000 B.C., where it was produced in the forms of wine and beer to substitute clean water (“History…”). Due to the difficulty of hauling grain to markets, farmers were able to profit more from turning their crops into alcohol, rather than selling the grain at markets. The colonists’ main concern when coming to the new world was water sources (Lieurance). Therefore, alcoholic beverages were brought in mass quantities in order to substitute…

Valentine’s Day Massacre was attack from gang lead by a man name Alphonse Gabriel Capone, also known as Al Capone, who wanted to get rid of his rival gang lead by George "Bugs" Moran. Al Capone’s gang raided SMC Cartage Co. garage which was used for illegal business for Moran’s gang and they lined up seven of the gangsters and open fired them. All the seven men died in this accident but nobody was sent to jail from the incident…

The American gangster has always been viewed as an integral icon in American entertainment, from its beginning in classic Hollywood films such as Scarface: Shame of a Nation and on into present day films such as Good fellas. However, there is one important point one must take into account when discussing the great American mobster film, and that is the historical accuracy of the film when it is in reference to a real life gangster. Many mob movies feature characters who strike a quite startling…

The American society in the 1920’s went through a great number of changes. The rising prosperity led to a lot of the younger generations in America living different lifestyles, loosing their traditionalist backgrounds. The boom and post war situation had also caused a significant rise in the immigrant population. All of these changes were received differently by most Americans, which lead to conflict, or in some cases extreme intolerance. One of the most influential promoters of racism was the…

Al Capone was an American gangster than became infamous during the prohibition era. Al Capone had been accused of many crimes, one of the crimes being Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, where seven mob associates of a gang led by Moran Bugs were murdered. He was also accused of kidnapping and tax evasion. Al Capone spent four and a half years in Alcatraz prison after being moved from a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta he had acquired many privileges by bribing the officers there…

The old saying goes, it is only illegal if you get caught. Throughout the 1920’s, organized crime leaders took this to the extreme thus, violence and corruption increased rampantly. While many straightforward Americans viewed the American dream as a stable economic state some viewed it as a method to get rich quick. The corruption of this era rose to unparalleled heights with some people losing faith in police officers, judges, and anyone in government. Prohibition only added to the chaos of the…

behind the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Al Capone sought to consolidate control by eliminating his rivals in the illegal trades of bootlegging, gambling and prostitution (history.com). On the day of Valentines, 7 men of Al Capone's enemy, George “bugs” Moran, were gunned down by some of Al Capone's men dressed as police officers. Al Capone saw prohibition as the perfect way to start using companies to bootleg. People started making fake business and using it as a way to gamble, and sell…

the way to 1938, Roosevelt passed new laws to the legislation by putting more criminal penalties along with regulations and taxes on machine guns and shot guns. This was all brought to attention because of the bloody gun violence by Al Capone and Bugs Moran. In 1968 President Johnson signed the next big gun reform law. After the 2 deaths of John. F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. Lee Oswald was the killer of John F Kennedy and received his weapon through the mail. The bill introduced stricter…

Prohibition in the 1920s By definition, prohibition is the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors except for medicinal and sacramental purposes (Prohibition 2). This is very ironic because in the 1920s, during the prohibition, thousands of big city law officers were paid off to look the other way when alcohol was being illegally transported and distributed(Gingold). People would think that if they took the trouble to make alcohol illegal, the police…