February 14, 1929, remains one of the bloodiest days in American crime history. Seven men lined up against a wall. Four men dressed as...

February 14, 1929, remains one of the bloodiest days in American crime history. Seven men lined up against a wall. Four men dressed as police officers. Two Thompson submachine guns, unleashing hell in a North Clark Street garage in Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked the nation and came to symbolize the savage violence of Prohibition-era gang warfare. What most people don’t know is that the guns used in America’s most notorious gangland slaying weren’t found in Chicago. They were discovered ten months later in a quiet Michigan town, following a traffic accident that would ultimately crack open the “Crime of the Century.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NH3byMHXsE The Massacre Al Capone’s war with George “Bugs” Moran had been escalating for years....