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MASSACRE VICTIM'S STATISTICS

Coroner's official reports on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre victims.

Cook County Coroner car emblem.

Possibly from, or exactly the same as on one of the cars that appeared at the St . Valentine's day massacre scene.

(Courtesy of Dr. Pete N. Nickolas)

Coroner's reports on autopsies performed on each victim of massacre.

Three Medical Examiners performed the autopsies of the seven men.

Dr. E.L. Benjamin, Examiners F.D. Gunn and Paul Schmitt.

(Photo Mario Gomes, Special thanks to Mr. Neal Trickel)

Some of the actual bullets removed from the bodies and what they look like today.

(Photo Neal Trickel collection; special thanks to Mr. Neal Trickel)

John May

John May of 1249 W.Madison St.

Age: 35 years 4 months 17 days he is born on Sept.28,1893 in Chicago, Illinois. Wieght: 150 pounds, Height: 5' 8 1/2 ", brown hair with gray streaks, brown eyes. Ordinary mechanic for Moran gang after failed career as safecracker.Charged by police, but not indicted,with robbery in 1913. Larceny charges against him were stricken off the records in 1917. He is married to Hattie May. His father was Michael May from Toronto,Canada. His mother was Mary Riley from Ireland. John has seven brothers and sisters. He is paid $50 a week to keep the trucks in tip top shape. He carries a case with a saints medal in his back pocket. It is struck by a bullet in the massacre. Often mentioned elsewhere as having seven children or step children. I have found no evidence that John, nor his wife Hattie had any children.

Autopsy is performed by F.D.Gunn. Half of his face was obliterated by .45 Thompson slug

His wound was at first believed to be caused by a close up shot gun blast, but the autopsy proved otherwise when a.45 bullet was removed from his skull. The bullet entered the right side of his skull and exited left leaving a big hole. The only massacre victim hit with shotgun pellets was Reinhardt Schwimmer. John May has a total of about 10 entrance / exit wounds. His body is identified by his brother James May.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for John May.

OFFICE OF THE CORONER--COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION- REPORT NO.71

name John May

RACE White NATIONALITY AUTOPSY MADE AT

DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED___

Inquest Feb . 15, 1929

INQUEST POSTPONED____REASON_______

DATE Feb. 14, 1929. EXAMINER F.D. Gunn

AGE about 25

SEX Male BODY IDENTIFIED BY: JAMES MAY

County Morgue LENGTH 68 l/2" WEIGHT 150

dark brown hair streaked with grey

light brown eye.

Signed James May

HISTORY OF CAUSE OF DEATH:

Shot by machine guns? at garage, 2122 N. Clark

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Gunshot wound of the left side of the head with extensive laceration of the scalp and fracture of the skull (a large part of the left side of the calvarium is missing and most of the left hemisphere of the brain is missing). Left eye partly destroyed and sunken into brain case.

2.- Multiple gunshot wounds of the head, chest, abdomen and extremities.

3. Bilateral hemothorax.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION INTERNAL

Head: 1. Complete destruction of left side of brain, laceration of scalp and shattering injury of left side of calvarium, partial destruction of left eye which is sunken into brain case. Shattering injury of base of skull.

2, Rounded opening 2 cm. in diameter just to left of root of nose.

3. Small jagged wound (1 cm. diam) just above right eye-brow. 2 cm. from midline. Steel jacket bullet found

lying loose in right side of skull.

4. Lacerated wound of lower lip 1.5 cm. from midline,

to the left (1 cm. diameter) and lacerating injury of the gums under lower central incisors.

Body and Extremities:

1. Entrance near midline of back to the right through 8th rib, vertically through right lung out through 3rd interspace at costo-chondral junction in lacerated wound of exit above right nipple.

2. Entrance just to the right of the spine, between

9th and 10th ribs, ventrally through the diaphragm, dome of the liver, base of the right . lung and out of front of the chest 3 om. below the right nipple, fracturing the 5th rib lateral to costo-chondral junction.

3. Entrance at posterior axillary line at base of left arm penetrating chest through ,6th rib, to the right and downward through left lung, through body of 9th thoracic vertebra, lov^er part of right lung out througl' the attachment of the diaphragm, exit 8 cm. below rib n margin in anterior axillary line .

4. Entrance right side of chest 10 cm. below nipple.

passes between 6th & 7th ribs, through lung, upward and posteriorly through vertebral end of 10th rib. Bullet with flattened nose found under skin of back at at site of fracture of 10th rib.

5. Entrance at lower part of back at the left margin of the sacrum near its upper margin, parsing to the right and downward, fracturing the sacrum and is found embedded in muscle at right sacro-iliac joint.

6. Entering about 7.5 cm. to the right of #5 downward and to the right entering the sacrum, (bullet not found}

7. Entrance on upper surface of left shoulder, 5 cm. from root of neck, passing downward and outward fracturing outer end of left clavicle, posterior to head of humerus, through triceps muscle and exit

at middle of outer surface of left arm through the edge of an old vaccination scar.

8. Entrance on anterior and lateral surface of left arm 2 cm. above bend of elbow, posteriorly through the muscles of the arm lateral to humerus and out in ragged wound of exit on posterior aspect of arm at the same level.

9. Entrance on lateral (radial) surface of left forearm at about its middle, passing through the radius with comminuted fracture of radius, toward the ventral surface and out in a ragged wound of exit (3x2 cm.) about the middle of the ventral surface 12 cm. above the wrist.

10. Entrance at left gluteal fold 14 cm. from midline medially and downward. Exit on posterior surface of thigh, 7 cm. below the gluteal fold.

500 cc blood in each thoracic cavity.

Old fibrous pleurisy at base of left lung.

Teeth: Left upper End incisor is gold.

Long since absent: 1st molar left upper;

2nd upper, right incisor;

1st upper right molar and premolar

second lower right premolar and

molar.

Sold inlay 1st molar, gold crown, 2nd molar left lower.

Death Notice Chicago Daily News Feb.16,1929

John May lies under his wife's headstone.

Adam Heyer

Adam Heyer ,alias Adam Hayes,John Snyder, Frank Snyder. He resided at 2024 Farragut St. He is married to Mame Heyer. He is 40 years old. Height : 5'10" Weight : 180 pounds Brown hair, Brown eyes. Not much is known on Mr. Heyer , even his wife of seven months knew little of his birthdate,his mother or father. His son from a previous marriage knew nothing about his dad even though they met up every few months for dinner. He is born in Chicago,Illinois. He works as an accountant for the Moran mob. He is the leaseholder of 2122 North Clark street warehouse. He did his first jail time in 1908 for robbery and was sent to Bridewell for one year. He was sentenced in 1915 and sent to Joliet for a confidence game conviction. He was paroled;returned to prison and reparoled and finally returned to prison for parole violation in January 1923. He was discharged from prison in February 1923. He was the Moran's business manager and a snappy dresser.

His body is identified by his wife Mayme. Adam Heyer has a total of about 15 entrance / exit wounds. His autopsy is performed by Paul Schmitt.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for Adam Heyer.

THE CORONER OF COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM....Yes......................

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION-

REPORT NO.

name Adam Heyer race White

NATIONALITY AUTOPSY MADE AT

Cook County Morgue,

BODY IDENTIFIED BY:

Wife, Mayme Heyer

DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED.

INQUEST......Yes............................

INQUEST POSTPONED .........................

Reason ........................

DATE 2-14-29 EXAMINER Paul Schmitt

age 40 yr?: sex Male

Signature of Identifier..................................

HISTORY OF DEATH:

Gunshot.

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

Multiple gunshot perforations of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremeties with perforations as listed below.

Bilateral hemothorax, hemopericardium and hemoperitoneum.

Marked generalized anemia.

Multiple abrasions of the head, trunk and extremeties.

The following order of description will be followed on this and succeeding pages:

External findings (in detail) Blood-Vessels Spleen Skull

Thoracic Cavity Upper digestive tract Lymph Glands Meninges

Abdominal Cavity Stomach Adrenals Brain Upper Respiratory Tract Intestines Kidneys Miscellaneous

Lungs Liver-Gall Bladder Pelvic organs Chemical-Microscopic

Heart Aorta Pancreas Testicle-Ovary Bacteriologic

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (Inspection)

Development of skeleton { Powerful.

Musculature........good.................Panniculus adiposus (subcutaneous) Good

Skin-Color ......White...............................Elasticity ..............good......................

Pigmentation ...none........................................................Bed Sores...none....

Edema....................none....................................Exanthemata ........ none............

Hemorrhages ...yes.......................................................Wounds .........multiple......

SIGNS OF DEATH

Body Heat ....moderate......................Lividity......moderate..............Rigor ...marked............

Cornea , cloudy, Putrefaction......none.......................

Color of hair brown...........: Size of pupils....equal......Color of Iris...brown...:Color of Sclera...White

Size and shape of neck (long, slender, )

Size and shape of thorax (symmetric)

Abdomen ( flat)......left.indirect, inguinal hernia with incarcerated omentum..................

Evidences of External Injury, with description:

Incomplete, cutaneous perforation, with protruding metallic fragment, in the center of the forehead.

gunshot perforation, high in the occipital region, with a portion of a steel jacket, lodged in the scalp tissue, leading to a tract which passes through the calvarium. brain and floor of the right middle fossa, beneath which is found a shattered bullet.

Gunshot fracture of the skull, arising at the above perforation of the occipital region and extending back into the posterior left fossa and anteriorly into the temporal bone.

Gunshot perforation, below and posterior to the left ear, opening into a tract leading through the neck and emerging in center of the neck, anteriorly, just above the larynx.

Gunshot perferation just above the left patella, opening into a tract passing through and fracturing patella and external condyle of the femur and emerging on the lateral aspect of the knee.

Gunshot perforation on the anterior aspect of the left leg in tHa middle third, opening into a tract passing through and shattering the tibia, among the fragments of which a bullet is found.

Five gunshot perforations of the left shoulder region, four posterior and one anterior; one was a through and through gunshot of the shoulder, one had a subcutaneous course downward and at the end a bullet was found lodged and the remaining three entered the chest, perforating the various-organs.

Four gunshot perforations of the lower back, all entering the abdominal and thoracic cavities.

The following wounds of exit were found, six in the anterior abdominal wall, one in the left axilla and one in the right axilla.

The following structures were found perforated, small bowel, four times; mesentery of the small bowel two times; the stomach two times; the large bowel, spleen, splenic vein and artery pancreas, both domes of the diaphragm, the right lung, the heart three times, the aorta two times, the left lung, several ribs, two spinal vertebrae, sacrum, ischium, ilium and the lamina of the sixth D vertebrae.

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A bullet was found lying free in the pelvic cavity.

The exact course of the various bullets not described above because of the crossing of the various tracts.

Death Notice in Chicago Daily News Feb. 16,1929

(Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters)

Albert Kachellek

James Clark , Albert Kachellek of 6036 Gunnison. Married to Dottie Kachellek. Born in Krojoencke,Germany on Feb.25th,1887. Discrepency on death certificate and headstone, so I went with headstone. 42 years old. Height : 5' 11" Weight: 170 pounds brown hair brown eyes. Tattoo of a nude woman on his left forearm. His father was John Kachellek and his mother was Anna Kachellek. Both also from Germany. His first offence was in 1905 for confidence games and robbery. He is given four months for these offenses.Again in 1905 he is sentenced to four years at Pontiac reformatory for burglary.Tried for robbery in 1910, but found not guilty.Sentenced to Joliet for one year to life for robbery later in 1910.Paroled from Joliet in May 1914 and later returned prison for parole violations in December,1914.Two charges of robbery and one of murder are sticken off the records by the states attorney's in 1914. He is constantly in trouble and he decides to spare his mother grief by changing his name to James Clark.Wrongly noted as being George Moran's brother in law.This is fabrication by the newpapers of the day.This allegation was refutedly denied by Kachellek's sister. Already known as a murderer,he was known as the Moran muscle alongside the Gusenbergs. Body identified by coroner. Autopsy performed by F.D. Gunn. Clark has about 9 wounds to his body.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for James Clark.

OFFICE OF THE CORONER-COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM YES__________ DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION_________INQUEST Yes_______

INQUEST POSTPONED.

REPORT NO. 72

(63 Dr. Gunn) REASON___________

NAME ALBERT KACHELLEC DATE Feb. 14, 1929.

alias James Clark

RACE White EXAMINER F.D. Gunn

NATIONALITY AGE about 40 SEX male

AUTOPSY MADE AT CC Morgue LENGTH 71" WEIGHT 170 #

BODY IDENTIFIED BY:

Coroner at time of inquest Signature_____________

______

HISTORY OF CAUSE OF DEATH:

Shot at garage 2122 N. Clark St.

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Multiple gunshot wounds of the chest, abdomen and extremities with laceration of the liver, mesentery, small intestine, large intestine, both lungs,

penetrating wounds with fracture of the vertebrae and ribs.

2. Bilateral hemothorax.

3. Hemoperitoneum

4. Tattoo marks on left forearm (nude woman)

5. Chronic leptomeningitis.

6. Petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhages in endocardium of,

left ventricle.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION:

1. Bullet wound, of entrance (1 cm. diameter) Just below rib margin 11.5 cm to the right of midline ( front of abdomen) downward and to the left and posteriorly passing through liver, transverse/mesocolon mesentery, penetrating small intestine in 2 places, through iliopsoas muscle, through iliac bone 1 cm. below crest of ilium and 4 cm. posteriorly to the anterior superior spine. Steel jacket bullet found Just beneath skin on side of left thigh about 7 cm. below iliac crest and

4 cm. posteriorly to anterior superior spine.

2. Bullet wound of entrance on posterior surface of left shoulder (1x2 cm) 8 cm. posterior to and below neck of scapula. Course of bullet medially through muscles of shoulder and chest wall, entering chest inn mid-axillary line fracturing the 6th rib, through lower margin of upper, and upper margin of lower lobes of right lung, through body of llth thoracic vertebra, through base of left lung and out through llth rib in posterior axillary line and bullet is found embedded in skin of back over site of fracture of the llth rib.

3. through and through bullet wound in left forearm. Entrance on ventral and lateral surface 2 cm. below head of radius. Course: dorsal and distal posterior to radius and out on dorsal surface 8 cm. below olecranon at edge of ulna - ragged wound of exit.

4. Entrance on ventral and lateral surface of left thigh -4.5 cm. above upper margin of patella downward and posteriorly flattened steel jacket in tract. Exit of bullet about 7 cm. above bend of knee.

5. On front of left thigh 2 ragged bullet wounds close together 2 cm. and 1.5 cm. in diameter 17 em. above patella. In the smaller of these two 1 om. from the skin surface

a flattened steel jacket is found. The tract of the larger passes downward and posteriorly for 9 cm. at end of which is found a flattened lead bullet (no jacket). The former tract ends on front of left thigh 20 om. below anterior superior spine. Bullet und-er skin.

6» Wound of entrance in right buttock 5.5 om. from midline at level of upper margin of- gluteal fold. Tract could not be traced.

7. Superficial abraded wound under lateral part of left eye. Small lead fragment sticking in skin 4.5 cm. posterior to outer angle of left eye. Ecohymosis into conjunctiva of left eye.

Mouth filled with blood clot.

Superficial abraded and contused wound in front about middle of right thigh.

Left thoracic cavity contains 500 cc fluid blood and clots. Right thoracic cavity contains 1000 ec fluid blood and clots.

IDENTIFICATION MARKS:

Tattoo on ventral surface of left forearm (nude woman)

Dark brown hair.

Eyes: Brown.

Old 1 cm. scar just above middle of front of right thigh. 1st and 2nd upper left molars contain silver fillings. 1st premolar upper right and 1st molar upper

right gold fillings.

1st and 2nd right lower molars - gold crowns.

Gold bridge front 2nd premolar lower left - backward.

6 vaccination scars on outer surface of middle of left arm.

(Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters)

Albert Weinshenker

Albert R.Weinshank(Weinshenker,Gorrilla) 6320 Kenmore avenue. Born Dec.23,1893 in Chicago,Illinois. Height: 5' 10"Weight: 200 pounds. Black hair Brown eyes. Father was Edward Weinshank from Russia. Al was married to Irene Weinshank. He was in the Cleaners and Dyers asscociation(clothes cleaning). He owned a club called the "Alcazar". He was seen at many funerals putting in an appearance at the O'Banion and Weiss funeral. He was said to resemble Moran in dress and appearance,thus mistaken for him by the Capone lookout on the day of the massacre. Total of about 9 wounds on his body. His body is identified by his uncle (Maurice) W.T. Weinshank. Autopsy is performed by Paul Schmitt.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for Al Weinshank.

THE CORONER OF COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM.....Yes...................

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION..

REPORT NO.

Name Alexander Weinshenk

Race White

AUTOPSY MADE AT

Cook County Morgue,

BODY IDENTIFIED BY: Uncle, W.T. Weinshank

HISTORY OF DEATH:

Gunshot.

DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED...

INQUEST......Yes.........................INQUEST POSTPONED.............

Reason......................................................

DATE 2-14-29

examiner Paul Schmitt age 40? sex Male

LENGTH 5' 10" WEIGHT 200 pds.

Signature of Identifier

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Multiple gunshot perforations of the head, chest, abdomen, and extremities with perforations as listed below.

Bilateral nemo thorax, hemopericardium and hemoperitoneum.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (Inspection) ?

Development of skeleton Powerful.

Musculature good..............Panniculus adiposus (subcutaneous) ......excessive..........

Skin-Color ..white.............................................Elasticity ........good.............

Pigmentation ..none...........................................Bed sores..........none.......

Edema..................none.......................Exanthemata........ none....................

Hemorrhages ..yes.........................................Wounds ....multiple..............

SIGNS OF DEATH

Body Heat........slight...................Lividity.........moderate...................Rigor.....marked.......

Cornea cloudy, Putrefaction... .none.........................................

Color of hair..black.........Size of pupils....equal..........Color of Iris...brown...Color of Sclera...white....

Size and shape of neck (short, thick) .................................

Size and shape of thorax (symmetric).........

Abdomen (flat).....................................

Evidences of External Injury, with description:

Seven gunshot perforations of the back, opening into tracts passing through the tissues of the back, passing through the abdominal cavity perforating the various structures of the abdomen and emerging through the anterior abdominal wall; the following were perforated small intestines seven times, mesentery once, large intestinass four times, mesentery of the sigmoid two times and the sacrum. Gunshot perforation of the right anterior chest and abdominal wall with two wounds of entrance and two wounds of exit, in a straight line and connected by a superficial, subcutaneous tract. Four gunshot perforations of the posterior, upper, right thigh, opening into tracts, two of which pass through the soft tissues and emerge on the medial aspect of the^upper thigh, the other two tracts perforate and fracture Ike femur, to the subcutaneous tissue on the medial aspect of the thigh were two bullets are found. Gunshot perforation of the left leg, posteriorly, opening into a tract which passes through the soft tissues and emerges on the lateral aspect of the leg, Gunshot perforation of the right forearm, on the outer side, in the proximal third, opening into a tract leading through the soft tissues and emerging on the inner side of the forearm.

Gunshot perforation of the right forearm, on the outer aide, in the distal third, opening into a tract leading through the soft tissues fracturing the distal radius and emerging on the inner aspect of tbe forearm. Gunshot perforation of the top of the left, shoulder, opening into a tract which passes through, the subcutaneous tissues and emerging on the left, lower, lateral chest wall.

Gunshot perforation the left parietal region, one inch from the midline, opening into a tract leading through the calvarium brain, the floor of the middle fossa and mandible, emerging just anterior to the: angle of the mandible on the right side.

Gunshot perforation of the right parietal region, one inch from the midline opening into a tract passing-through the calvarium, brain, the posterior wing of the sphenoid, tissues of the neck and upper mediastinum, the right cardiac ventricle and the left lower pulmonary lobe. A bullet was found lying free in the left pleural cavity.

The exact course of the various bullets not described above because of the crossing of the various tracts.

(Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters)

Peter Gusenburg

Peter Gusenberg (Gusenberger)"Goosey"

434 Roscoe st.Born Sept. 28,1888 in Chicago ,Illinois. Height 5' 9" Weight : 180 pounds. Married to Myrtle Coppleman Gorman. He tells her he is salesman and uses the last name Gorman. His father was named Peter Gusenberg also. He was from Germany. He appears on police blotters in 1902 in a larceny case. He is sentenced to three years at Joliet for burglary in 1906. He is paroled in 1909.He is returned for parole violations in 1910.He is paroled again in 1911. In 1923 he is sentenced along with Big Tim Murphy and others to three years in Leavenworth with the Dearborn Staion mail robbery. He is also older brother of Frank Gusenberg. Both are hitmen for the Moran gang.They participated with James Clark on hits against Jack McGurn,Tony Lombardo,Pasqualino LoLordo. Peter's body has a total of about 11 bullet entrance / exit wounds. His body is identified by Henry Gusenburg. Autopsy is performed by Dr. E.L. Benjamin.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for Pete Gusenburg.

THE CORONER OF COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM ............... Yes .............. DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED.....No

INQUEST ....Yes............................

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION ..........Yes.... INQUEST POSTPONED ............

Reason .................................

REPORT NO, 69 C.C.M DATE Feb. 14, 1929.

Name Pete Gusenburg Examiner Dr. E.L. Benjamin.

RACE White AGE about 42 SEX Male.

NATIONALITY German LENGTH 5'9" WEIGHT 180 pds.

autopsy made at Cook County Morgue.

BODY IDENTIFIED BY Signature of Identifier

Brother: Henry Gusenberg

HISTORY OF DEATH:

Multiple gunshot wounds received at 2221 N. Clark St. , Chicago, Ill

Died soon after Feb. 14, 1929.

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Bullet wounds of the arms, legs and body.

2. Bullet perforations of the left innominate vein; right sub-subclavian vein; right pleural cavity; right lung and intestines.

3. Gunshot fracture of the left clavicle; right metatarsal bones; inferior ramus of the right pubic bone;; and sacrum.

4. Bilateral hemothorax.

5. Hemoperitoneum.

6. one bullet.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (Inspection)

Development of skeleton (Powerful)

Musculature .......heavy......... Panniculus adiposus (subcutaneous) .......heavy.........

Skin- Color ......... healthy...white ................Elasticity ....... normal ............

Pigmentation ...... normal. ............................. Bed Sores ...........absent .....................

Edema ........................ absent ......................... Exanthemata ........... absent............

Hemorrhages ..............see below...................... Wounds ..........see below.........

SIGNS OF DEATH

Body Heat ............ present................................... Lividity ........present........................ Rigor ...mortis slight.......

Cornea (turbid, cloudy, shrunk, dry) Putrefaction ......absent...................................

Color of hair............. Size of pupils...S<3Ual. .......... Color of Iris....brown....... Color of Sclera......white..............

Size and shape of neck (long, slender, short, thick) .......thick......................................................

Size and shape of thorax (symmetric, asymmetric, deformities, mammae, vertebral column) ..... normal .........

Abdomen (distended, retracted, flat, hernia) ........ normal........

Evidences of External Injury, with description:

There are wounds caused by twelve (12) bullets as follows:

Bullet #1 has made a wound of entrance 10mm.in diameter located in the right anterior axillary line 3 cm, below the anterior axillary fold and surrounded by a pink to blue areola with inverted edges. The bullet traversed a course to the left and posteriorly thru the upper chest cavity, the structures at the base of the neck fractured the left clavicle, right innominate vein perforated with also a perforation of the left subclavian vein and made its exit at the acromian of the left scapula ( left shoulder). This bullet passed through and out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 2 made a wound of entrance in the mid-axillary line 23.5 cm. to the right of the midline of the bade, producing a jagged, slightly irregular 14 by 10 mm. hole with inverted edges and a superficial excoriation with a pink discoloration about the periphery for a distance of from 2 to 3 mm. It made its exit in the seventh intercostal space 17.5 cm. to the right of the midline in front through a hole 13 by 13 mm. in diameter with everted edges and a 3 mm, pink areola. It passed through the chest cavity fracturing the eighth rib and perforating the pleurae and lung tissue.

Bullet # 3 made a wound of entrance, 12 by 6 mm. in diameter, 8 cm. to the right of the midline of the back just on a level with the top of the sacrum. The bullet traversed a course forward and upward, through the body, intestines, liver, dome of the diaphragm, fractured the 8th rib anteriorly and made its exit on a level with the 8th rib 15 cm. to the right of the midline, through a hole 8 mm. in diameter. This bullet passed out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 4 made a wound of entrance ,10 by 7 mm. in diameter, 15 cm, to the right of the midline of the back on a level with the superior iliac crest. The bullet passed through the body, perforating the contents and made its exit one cm, above the navel and 1.5 cm. to the right of the midline. This bullet passed through the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 5 made a wound of entrance 1 cm. long and 3 cm. wide with inverted edges in the right posterior axillary line just below the right costal margin.' This bullet was recovered from the soft tissue about 4 em. below the wound of entrance, in the wall of the body.

Bullet # 6 made a wound of entrance 10 by 10 mm. in diameter, located 5 cm. to the right of the midline and 61 cm. distal (below) the root of the neck. The bullet passed through the body in a direction forward and downward, passing out through a hole located at the base of the penis one cm. to the right of the midline. This bullet passed out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 7 made a wound of entrance 1 cm. in diameter in the right upper and lateral aspect of the right thigh in the anterior axillary line, 19 cm. below the crest of the iliac bone. The bullet passed through the hip and thigh regions in a direction to the left and forward, passing out the left buttock. This bullet passed through and out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 8 made an entrance wound 11 by 11 mm. in diameter in the right shoulder posteriorly, 6 cm. to the right of the midline and 2 em. posterior to the root of the neck. The bulled passed forward and to the right, making its exit at the upper and outer aspect of the right arm, 5 em. anterior to the posterior axillary fold. This bullet passed through the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 9 made a wound of entrance, funnel in shape, 28 em. below the posterior crest of the iliac bone on the right side, passed through~thet thigh and made its exit on the inner aspect of the right thigh.at a slightly lower level.

Bullet #10 made a wound of entrance on the outer side of the right leg 21.5 cm above the superior border of the external malleolus. This bullet passed to the left and slightly downward, through the leg and made its exit 1.5 cm. below the wound of entrance. This bullet was not recovered.

Bullet #11 made a wound of entrance by a hole 10 by 7 ram. in diameter on the dorsum of the right foot 3 cm. below the level of the inferior border of the external malleolus. It passed through the bones of the foot fracturing them, and made its exit on the inner aspect of the right foot 12 cm. proximal to the tip of the big toe. This bullet passed through the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 12 made a wound of entrance in the back, 6.5 cm. to the right of the midline and 3 cm. above the right iliac crest. This bullet passed through the body, coursing forward and slightly upward, perforating the organs of the abdomen and making its exit in the anterior abdominal wall on a slightly higher plane. This bullet passed through the body and was not recovered.

INTERNAL EXAMINATION:

Thoracic Cavity:-

The left pleural cavity contained 200 c.c. of blood.

The right pleural cavity contained about 1500 c.c. of blood.

Abdominal Cavity:- Contained about 300 c.c. of unclotted blood and about 30 grammes of clotted blood. The root of the mesentery of the intestine was torn and the soft tissue were infiltrated with blood. The tissues "between the ventral surface of the urinary bladder and the dorsal surface of the symphysis pubis was infiltrated with blood.

There were no noteworthy diseased tissues or alterations of any sort made during life in the heart, coronary arteries, suprarenal glands, superior vena eava, inferior vena cava, portal vein, spleen, ureters, aorta, liver, gall bladder, biliary passage^ prostate gland, urinary bladder, seminal vesicles, lungs, or tracheobronchial glands.

Signed.

Coroner's Physician

Assistant Mr. Thomas Mahan.

Notes: Mrs. C. Andrews.

Frank Gusenburg

Frank Gusenberg (Gusenberger)"Hock"alias Carl Bloom, Howard Morgan, Fred Gusenberg and Frank Gould.

Born Oct.11,1892 in Chicago, Illinois. Height: 5' 6 1/2" Weight :160 pounds. Black hair and brown eyes. Married to Lucille Gusenberg and Ruth Gusenberg at the same time. (Unbeknownst to them of course). His father is Peter Gusenberg Sr. from Germany. First fined in 1909 under the name of Bloom on a disorderly conduct charge. From 1909 to 1914 he was held as a suspect in numerous robberies and burglaries. Sentenced in 1911 to 90 days in the Bridewell for disorderly conduct. In 1924 he is tried and found not guilty of burglary. A charge of robberyagainst him was nolle prossed by the state's attorney's office in 1926. He often used the saleman angle as a front. Brother Peter and he also have a kid brother named Henry Gusenberg who lived at 5507 Berenice Ave.who has limited involvement in crime. Frank is the only one to survive the massacre for almost three hours. He refuses or just doesn't know who shot him. His body has about 9 wounds to his body, although only seven bullets are recovered. His body is identified by his brother in law Leo Phillips and his brother Henry Gusenburg. His autopsy is performed by Dr. E.L. Benjamin.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for Frank Gusenburg.

THE CORONER OF COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM.............Yes...............................

DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED............No........

INQUEST...............................Yes............................................

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION...........Yes..... INQUEST POSTPONED.....

Reason ............................................................

REPORT NO. 68 C.C.M. date Feb. 14, 1929;

8:00 pm.

NAME Frank Gusenburg examiner Dr. E.L.Benjamin

race white age About 40 yrs. sex Male

nationality German length 5 '6-1 /2"

weight About 160 pds.

autopsy MADE at Cook County Morgue.

BODY IDENTIFIED BY:

Signature of Identifier............................................................

Lee Phillips, brother-in-law.

Patty King " " " and Henry Gusenburg, "brother.

HISTORY OF DEATH:

Multiple gunshot wounds; 2221 N. Clark St., Chicago. Died Feb. 14, 1929.

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Bullet wounds of the arms, legs and trunk with fracture of the right femur, right os caleis, right wrist, right ankle, right ulna; penetration of the left

pleural cavity and lung fractured ribs and left hemothorax;Perforations of the ileum with hemoperitoneum.

2. Seven (7) bullets recovered.

3. Ancient cholecystectomy Wound.

4. Absent gall bladder and vermiform appendix.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (Inspection)

Development of skeleton Powerful

Musculature ........Marked..............Panniculus adiposus (subcutaneous) ...Marked........

Skin- Color .....healthy...white.................................Elasticity .......normal..................

Pigmentation .........normal.................................................Bed sores....................absent....

Edema..................absent...............Exanthemata absent.................................................

Hemorrhages .............see below................................Wounds ...see below........

SIGNS OF DEATH

Body Heat.......present..................Lividity.........absent............................Rigor.......partial.

Cornea (turbid, cloudy, shrunk, dry) Putrefacticn........none................

Color of hair:.black...Size of pupils....normal...Color of Iris.....brown......Color of Sclera.....normal...

Size and shape of neck (long, slender, short, thick) ........thick.................................................

Size and shape of thorax (symmetric, asymmetric, deformities, mammae, vertebral column).......normal...

Abdomen (distended, retracted, flat, hernia)...................normal.......21 cm. rt.pararectus scar.....

Evidences of External Injury, with description:

There are wounds caused by fourteen bullets as follows:

Bullet #1 has made an entrance wound, 12 by 5 mm. in diameter with a dark brown margin 2 mm. wide located just above the olecranon proeess of the right ulna bone. The bullet has caused a fracture of the oleeranon. The bullet was removed from the site of fracture.

Bullet #2 has made a wound of entrance, 10 mm. in diameter located on the dorsal aspect of the right forearm just proximal to the wrist producing a compound fracture of the distal extremity of the right ulna. The bullet was removed from the site of the fracture.

Bullet #3 has made a round 2.5 cm. wound of entrance on the lateral and posterior aspect of the right leg, 6 cm. below the inferior border of the right patella. This wound has a gray-red to black margin. The bullet traversed a course downward (caudad) and slightly anteriorward The bullet was recovered at a point 15 cm. below the wound of entrance.

Bullet #4 has made a ragged one cm. wound of entrance one cm. in diameter with discolored margins, located just above and slightly to the right of,the midline of the right heel. A bullet was recovered 2 cm, from its point of entrance at a point downward and to the left.

Bullet #5 made a wound of entrance 2 cm. above the wound of entrance made by bullet #4. A bullet was recovered from this wound.

Bullet #6 made a wound of entrance, measuring- 1.5 cm. across its transverse diameter and .one cm. along its longitudinal diameter, located at a point slightly posterior to the midline of the lateral aspect of the right thigh and on a level with the hip tone. It has traversed a course slightly and below the point of entrance, making its exit 8 cm. "below the point of entrance. This bullet was not found.

Bullet#7 caused a wound of entrance 2cm. below the midpoint of the right inguinal ligament, traversed , a course downward into the shaft of the right femur bone, producing a splintered, oblique fracture of the tone and was recovered as a flattened, misshapen, missile at a point corresponding to the junction of the lower and middle third of the right femur or thigh.

Bullet#8 made a wound of entrance on the posterio-lateral aspect of the right hip, 1.5 cm. below the crest of the iliac bone. The bullet tranversed a course downward and anterioward and was recovered from the muscles of the latero-anterior aspect of the . thigh at its midpoint.

Bullet #9 made a wound of entrance on the medial aspect of the left leg about 10 cm. below the inferior border of the pa,tella, traversed a course downward and lateral ward, making its wound of exit 10 cm. above the upper or superior border of the left external malleolus.

Bullet #10 made a wound of entrance in the sixth intercostal space posteriorly 4 cm.to the left of the midline of the back and traversed a course anteriorly through the soft tissues of the posterior chest wall, the pleura, the upper portion of the lower pulmonary lobe, the mid-portion of the upper pulmonary lobe, the plura in front and the fourth rib and made its exit just above the left nipple. The bullet fractured the sixth rib posteriorly and the fourth rib anteriorly. This bullet passed out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet #11 made an entrance wound 5 em. to the right of the midline of the back in the saero-iliac angle, passing forward and slightly- downward, perforating the colon and loops of the small intestine (ileum), perforating the blood vessels of the mesentery, and making its exit in the right inguinal region just above the inguinal ligament 12 cm, to the right of the midline. The wound of exit is 22 mm. in its transverse diameter and 8 mm. in its longitudinal diameter. This bullet passed through and out of the body and was not recovered.

Bullet # 12 made a glancing wound of the anterior body wall at the. level of the lower end of the sternum. The wound was superficial and no bullet was found corresponding to this wound.

Bullet #13 made a glancing, superficial wound of the small of the back just to the right of the midline and just above the iliac crest. This bullet was not recovered.

Bullet # 14 made a glancing superficial wound similar to and just below the wound made by bullet # 13. This bullet was not recovered.

THORACIC CAVITY.

The left pleural cavity contained about 800 c.c. of warm and unclotted blood. The injxuries to the ribs and pleurae and lung tissue has been described above.

The heart was contracted and practically empty of blood. There multiple subendocardial hemorrhages of the interventricular wall of the the left ventricle.

ABDOMEN.

There was about 900 C.C of unclotted blood in the abdominal cavity and particles of undigested food stuff. The damage to the intestine has been described above. The gall bladder and vermiform appendix has been long since removed.

There was no noteworthy disease or alteration of any sort made during life in the heart, coronary arteries, suprarenal glands,superior,vena cava, spleen, ureters, aorta, liver, portal vein, splenic vein, superior vena cava, superior me'senteric vein, kidneys, prostate gland, seminal vesicles, urinary bladder, testicles, or tracheobronchial lymph glands.

Note by E.L.Benjamin: This examination I made at the-request of Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Coroner of the County of Cook, "between the hours of 7:00 and 10:30 P.M. The "body was identified'to me personally by the brother-in-laws, lee Phillips and Patty King and the Brother of the deceased, at the Cook County Morgue.

Signed

Coroner's Physician

Assistant Dr. J Kearns, Coroner's Physician

Notes, Mrs. C. Andrews, Coroner's Secretary.

(Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters)

Peter and Frank Gusenberg bodies are laid out at Drake and Braithwaite.

Reinhart Schwimmer

Born Jacob R. Schwimmer, he later changes his name to Reinhart Harry Schwimmer.

Reinhart Schwimmer resided at the Parkway Hotel. Correct birthdate is Dec.1 , 1898, in Chicago, Illinois. (Again discrepency with date , certificate lists 1899 and headstone mentions 1900). Height:5' 8 1/2 " Weight :160 pounds. Dark brown curly hair and brown eyes. Father was Michael Schwimmer and mother was Josephine Herenauser. He was divorced in 1923 from his wife Fae Johnson Schwimmer and then went to live at the Parkway. He was requested to leave there after accumulating debt.He then married a rich widow by the name of Mrs. Risch and tried to return to the Parkway again saying he was through hanging around gangsters.Mrs. Risch divorced him in 1927-28 and he returned to his association with the Moran mob and his spinning of stories of importing alcohol from Detroit. His profession was as optometrist(today he would be considered an Optician since he had no medical training).He like to be close and associated with gangsters. He was friends with the Northsiders, starting with Dion O'Banion (Attended his funeral) then Weiss, Drucci and Moran. He like to pretend he was in the booze business and that he could have anyone wacked if he chose to. His association with gangsters took up most of his time and his optometry business was failing. He owed money for gambling debts. His mother would pay his rent. Schwimmer has a total of 25 entrance/ exit wounds. Sixteen are lead pellets in the back from shotgun blasts. This would explain the only two Climax shotgun shells found at the scene. They were ("double-aught") 00 buckshot variety, each shell containing 8 large pellets. Which meant the the two shells were fired at Schwimmer only.

His body is identified by his mother Josephine Schwimmer.

His autopsy is performed by F.D. Gunn.

Coroner's body diagram (bullet wounds) for Reinhart Schwimmer.

OFFICE OF THE CORONER COOK COUNTY

POST MORTEM_____Yes________

DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED_

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION________

_______INQUEST___ Feb. 15, 1929,

INQUEST POSTPONED____ REASON

REPORT NO. (62) 74 Morgue

NAME REINHARDT SCHWIMMER DATE Feb. 14, 1929.

RACE White EXAMINER F.D. G-unn

NATIONALITY AGE about 35 SEX male

AUTOPSY MADE AT County Morgue LENGTH 68 1/2 WEIGHT 160 #

dark brown, curly hair, brown eyes

BODY IDENTIFIED BY: Josephine Schwimmer, mother, at time of

Signature_____________

inquest. HISTORY OF CAUSE OF DEATH:

Shot by (machine ?) gun at 2122 W. Clark garage.

ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:

1. Gunshot wounds of the head, chest abdomen and extremities.

2. Laceration of the brain.

3. Partly healed dime sized ulcer of the scalp.

4. Gunshot perforations of the lungs, liver, intestine,

diaphragm and aorta.

5. Hemothorax (bilateral)

6. Hemoperitoneum.

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL

1. Bullet wound of entrance 10 cm. above supra-orbital ridge on left side and 14 cm. above exterior acoustic meatus. Tract courses backward and toward the right through the brain sub-stance and exist Just above external occipital protruberance 5 cm. to right of mid line at lacerated wound of exit about 2 cm. long. Extensive comminuted and stellate fracture of skull at exit. Many stellate arid radiating fractures of the skul.i at the base involving both anterior fossae, both middle fossae and right posterior fossa and radiating fractures of the calvarium.

2. A lacerated "wound of scalp on top of head 3 cm. in diameter just to right of mialine, 22 cm. posterior to root of the nose (Glancing bullet wound)

3-18. (3-18) Sixteen bullet wounds of the back; twelve of these are in a group, inverted edges, each about .05 cm. in diameter, located just to the right of the spine about the level of the 10th, llth and 12th ribs; perforating the chest wall the lungs and liver and five pea-sized "bullets ("buckshot or "slugs") are found loose in right chest cavity; and two of similar size embedded in muscle of front of right chest. Two larger (1 cm) wounds of entrance a little above the group of 12, through 9th and 10th ribs respectively, coursing anteriorly through right lung, exit through front of chest on right side, through 5th interspace at costo-chondral junction and through lower margin of 7th rib in anterior axillary line, respectively.

Two similar, larger (1 cm) wounds of entrance 5 cm. and 8 cm. to the left of the spinous processes, passing ventrally through the small intestine and out through ventral wall of abdomen above and to the loft of the umbilicus 4 cm. from the midline.

19. A bullet wound of entrance on posterior surface of left shoulder just lateral to neck of scapula, coursing anteriorly fracturing head of humerus and aoromion process, exit just below the acromion process.

21. Entrance at metacarpo-phalangeal joint of left 5th finger, fracturing proximal ends of proximal phalanges, of 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers and metacarpals with which they articulate; exit at metacarpophalangeal joint of 3rd finger.

20. Entrance .5 era. above left wrist on dorsal surface, entering in space between radium and ulna, passing toward radial side superficial to radius and out about 3 cm. above lower end of radius.

22, Entrance on lateral sxirface of left thigh at junction of middle and distal thirds, medially just beneath skin and exit on anterior surface of thigh 9 cm. above upper margin of patella.

23. Entrance on. posterior aspect of calf of right leg, 6 cm. below bend of knee, laterally just beneath skin for 5 cm. on lateral surface of leg.

24. Lacerating injury of soft tissues of right 5th finger at base, small fragment of steel jacket embedded in wound.

25. Wound of entrance on left side of back at level of inferior angle of scapula, 8 cm. posterior to post-axillary line, through 6th rib, through lung, aut through front of chest at 4th rib at left costorchondral junction and out through skin over 3rd interspace 8 cm. to left of midline.

Organs perforated:

a. Laceration of jejunum 20 cm. from duodeno-jejunal

junction.

b. Left upper lobe of lung - 3 perforations

c. Left lower lobe of lung - 2 perforations

d. Hight middle lobe of lung-2 lacerating wounds.

e. Right lower lobe of lung, 5 lacerating wounds.

Thoracic aorta lacerated just above level of diaphragm. Extensive laceration of dome of liver and 3 perforations at about its middle.

Liter of fluid and clotted blood in each pleural cavity.

Schwimmer's business advertisement and telephone listing circa 1923.

Both views of massacre. First show from left to right; Peter Gusenberg on chair, Albert Weinshank, Adam Heyer, John May, James Clark alongside wall (Schwimmer is in next view).

Second photo Shows from left to right Albert Weinshank, Adam Heyer, John May, Reinhart Schwimmer and James Clark alongside wall.Peter Gusenberg is cutoff in second shot. Frank Gusenberg was at Alexian Brothers hospital.