Chicago gangster George "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin in St. Paul, MN, on August 22, 1891 (although many think of him as Irish, he was actually Polish). He left St. Paul at age 19 and moved to Chicago, where he soon hooked up with several of the city's street gangs and got a taste of the criminal underworld. He took to it readily, and before ...
On February 14, 1929, he had a "business" appointment at 10:30 a.m. at the S.M.C. Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago. When he arrived, he spotted a police vehicle parked in front of the garage and therefore left the area. His lateness in arriving saved him from becoming one of the victims of what became known as "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre." He was the intended target. One of the spotters had mistaken another man entering the garage as being Moran.
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He was an organized crime boss. In Chicago, his gang was one of the leading competitors to the gang run by Al Capone.
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