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George Clarence "Bugs" Moran (/ m ə ˈ r ɑː n /; Adelard Leo Cunin; August 21, 1893 – February 25, 1957) was an American Chicago Prohibition-era gangster. He was incarcerated three times before his 21st birthday.
Adelard Cunin, better known by the pseudonym George "Bugs" Moran, was a convicted gangster who was active in the Prohibition-era Chicago. A native of Minnesota, Moran hailed from a French immigrant family. He studied at Cretin High School, a private Catholic school in Saint Paul.
Feb 12, 2024 · Bugs Moran, like most other gangsters of his time, had his hands in a lot of things. Any one of them could have proven to be his downfall — murder, bootlegging, theft. But it would ultimately be a robbery that finally landed Moran behind bars.
Nov 9, 2009 · This rash of gang violence reached its bloody climax in a garage on the city’s North Side on February 14, 1929, when seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, one of...
George Moran was a Chicago gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era. He was a childhood friend and, later, right-hand man of Dion O’Bannion. Moran and Earl (“Hymie”) Weiss inherited O’Bannion’s gang in Chicago when the chief was killed in 1924. Moran became sole leader after Weiss was killed.
Jun 21, 2024 · St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States.
Dec 20, 2012 · Age: 65. Cause of Death: Lung Cancer. Crime Family Association: North Side Gang. About Bugs Moran. George Clarence Moran, or Bugs as he is better known was a mobster from the early 20th century, and part of the famous North Side Gang, along with Dean O’Banion.
Nov 13, 2009 · FBI agents arrest George “Bugs” Moran, along with fellow crooks Virgil Summers and Albert Fouts, in Kentucky. Once one of the biggest organized crime figures in America, Moran had been reduced...
A smiling, teasing, rakish, but oft-hot tempered punch thrower, Moran was a central member of the North Side "Irish Gang" that would not play ball with crime czar Al Capone. The latter wanted all of Chicago under his cuff, but Moran's answer to that was an unrelenting "Nuts to you!"
On February 14, 1929, seven members and associates of George “Bugs” Moran’s bootlegging gang were lined up against a wall and shot dead inside the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit was widely suspected of ordering the hit, but no one was ever prosecuted.
