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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.
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!"
George "Bugs" Moran died of lung cancer on February 25, 1957, while serving his final prison sentence. His death was relatively quiet, a stark contrast to the loud and violent...
