A newspaper report on Al Capone and the St Valentines day Massacre

Earlier today 7 people were shot dead in a volley of machinegun bullets, this horrible attack is thought to be from Al 'Scarface' Capone. The victims were thought to have been killed by Al Capone's men while they were standing in a warehouse on 2122 Clark street waiting for a lorry shipment. The seven dead bodies have been recognised as Bugs Moran's men. Bugs Moran after he confirmed that the bodies were those of his men, he …

…actual shooters were, but one of them was probably 'Machine Gun' McGurn, Capone's most trusted right hand man. However, while Moran had accused Capone as being responsible for this massacre, Capone had been in Florida at the time of the massacre. Once Capone had found out about the killing he stated, "the only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran". At the same time, Moran was proclaiming that, "only Capone kills guys like that".