Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-14
CHICAGO
HAS NEW
OUTRAGE:
Gangsters Murder Seven
Men At One Time Over
Liquor Quarrel.
RAID STRONGHOLD
Victims Are Lined Up
Against Wall And Shot
In Cold Blood.
ny United Press Leased Wire


CHICAGO, Feb. It, Tile first
gang massacre in the history Of the
10 wear old Chicago beer war oe-
CURED today when five rival beer
runners raidcd a North Clark street
stronghold Of the Bugs > Moran
gang. lined ~ seven men against a
wall and murdered them with sawed
off shotguns.
Frank Guscnbcrg, the only man to
be taken from the scene Of the
shooting alive, died Il frw hours
later in a hospital.
Pete Gusenburg, Moraus first
lieutenant, WAS killed.
Tn other victims were believed
10 be employees Of the s. NJ. {. car-
tage company, in who', garage the
massacre took place. john May who
was believed to be a mechanic, had
the top of his head blown off by
;hc shotgun slugs.
Police attributed the shooting 10
the war over control Of the north
side beer industry between Moran,
Gapoue man, and the Ajcllo broth
crs. In the garage they found =
trtrs containing q dismarlelcd
still.
CHICAGO. Feb. H. Six employees
of a north side cartagc company
were murdered with sawed of shot
guns today and one man was wound
II when two automobile loads e.
bandits raidcd the garage in which
he company had its headquarters.
Police construed the assassina-
ions rs an outgroWth of the CHI
ago beer war and said it was likely
HAT some of the men working for
the s. VI. e. carriage concern had
been engaged in running beer
On of the dead was said To have
been identified rs Pete Guscnburg,
ii lieutenant Of George - Bugs
Moran, north side b'cr rival of the
famous Aiclo gang Frtc's brother,
Frank, was wounded.
Tho raid was one of the most dar-
ing in the long history Of Chicago
gang fruds Tho two car loads of
raiders drew up in front of the
garage shortly before noon, loap2d
out and entered the garage
Then the roar of sawed off shot
guns was heard. Persons in the
ncighborhood said they thought
there had been an explosion in the
Muilding,
Police On Trail
4 few minutes later the gang
sters raced out of the garaga, and
sped away in automobiles,
The victims were I'D to have
been shot down without chance to
defend themselves.
Every available squad ear at the
detective headquarters was pressed
into action and raced north through
the loop with screaming sirHus.
When the police arrived N the
scene they found everyone who was
in the garage at the time ef the
raid had been shot, presumably
lined up against the wall - though
for execution by an official firing
squad
Others among the identified dead
were: james Clark, u brother iu-law
Of "Bugs' Moran, and oWucr of
the garage; Arthur Hayes, said to
be former state representative;
Frank Foster, a truck driy1; Al
WcinShaks.
Important representatives of
Chicago officialdom flockcd to the
North Clark street address as soon
as news Of the assassinations spread
about the city. The police commits
sioner was there as was the chiet
Of detectives and agents Of the
Chicago crime commission.
Police Commissioner William Rus
sell issued n statement describing
the outrage rs "thc last straw y
"Thc gangstcrs have declared
war openly and bodily and the po
lice department has accepted the
challenger - Russell said. u am is
suing orders for the arrest Of every
gangstcr, hoodlum and racketecr in
the city,