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Some Historical Trivia 'Spoilers'

posted 12 years ago by powersroc
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Bugs Moran & his man,Ted Newberry,were not the only gang members to escape the massacre.Moran & Newberry were approaching the rear of the SMC Cartage Company warehouse from a side street when they spotted the "police car" pull up to it.As they quickly left in order to retreat to a nearby coffee shop they ran into fellow gang member Henry Gusenberg who was on his way to the warehouse & warned him away.Another Moran gang member,Willie Marks,also on his way to the warehouse saw the police car & ducked into a doorway while writing down the car's license plate number.George Segal who portrays Peter Gusenberg & David Canary who plays Frank Gusenberg are brothers who are both murdered in the massacre.Yet Henry Gusenberg(not called Frank as in the movie)was warned off from the massacre. Al Capone murdered three men with a baseball bat at the dinner & not two as depicted in the movie.Joseph Guinta was also a conspirator against Capone with the other two victims.

[–] callmetom04 11 years ago

Gusenberg brothers in the outfit: Frank, Henry, & Peter.

Frank & Peter were both shot up in the garage, & Frank was the only one of the victims to still be alive when the bodies were found: as shown in the movie, Frank's answer (before dying) when police pleaded with him to tell who shot him was, "Nobody shot me."

[–] LesterFester 9 years ago

by powersroc ... Post Edited: Fri Aug 3 2012 15:37:37 .. Al Capone murdered three men with a baseball bat at the dinner & not two as depicted in the movie.Joseph Guinta was also a conspirator against Capone with the other two victims.

Is this s0mething that was known at the time? or something someone revealed years later? Were the bodies disposed of or dumped to be found?

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