Bugs Moran

George Clarence Moran (August 21, 1893 – February 25, 1957), better known as Bugs Moran, was an American Prohibition-era mobster. He was a leader of the North Side Gang in Chicago during the gang war of the 1920s and fought bitterly with the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone.

The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early-to-late 1920s and principal rival of the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization, later known as the Chicago Outfit.

The gang war began as a result of the alcohol trade. The North Side Gang hijacked the South Side Gang's alcohol shipment, and its leader, Moran, took over the South Side Gang's territory. The South Side Gang then retaliated by attempting to assassinate Moran. The war continued until Moran and seven of his associates were murdered in the infamous Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

Although Al Capone has been widely assumed to have been responsible for ordering the killings, it is unclear who planned and executed the attack. Capone was in Florida at the time, and no one was ever specifically convicted for the massacre. The incident greatly reduced the North Side Gang's power and effectively ended the gang war.

After the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Moran attempted to reestablish his gang but was ultimately unsuccessful. He was arrested multiple times for various offenses but was never successfully convicted for any significant crimes. Moran eventually retired from organized crime and lived a relatively quiet life until his death in 1957.