In 1928, on February 14, Capone\'s gang perpetrated the single most infamous gangland killing in American history. The St. Valentines day massacre was designed to off Bugs Moran, a constant thorn in Capone\'s side. Capone placed Jack McGurn in charge of designing the killing. McGurn arranged to meet members of Moran\'s gang in an empty warehouse at 10:30 AM in order to negotiate the sale of some top quality whiskey. McGurn hired a team of out of towners for the job: old favorites John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, Detroit brothers Harry and Phil Keywell, and regular old hitmen James Ray and Fred \"Killer\" Burke. The team of six men dressed in stolen police uniforms and drove a stolen police car to the warehouse. Inside, they found seven men, all members of rival gangs. They played the police bit to the hilt, asking the men to stand, face to the wall, arms behind their backs. The six not-cops then opened fire on the seven, emptying hundreds of rounds from a .45, a shotgun, and two......
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