Musket Mystery
When a musket was fired, the shooter had to put
a wad of paper above the gun powder and bullet.
In one crime from 1794, a victim was shot and when
the doctor was inspecting the victim, he found a bullet
and paper inside the man. The suspect who was arrested
was John Toms. Inside John's pocket was a ripped piece
of paper.The paper in the victim's body matched John's.
St. Valentine's Day massacre.
On February 14, 1929 five members of Al Capone's gang
arrived at the S.M.C. cartage company warehouse. Three of
Capone's men wore police suits, the other two were in
plain clothes. Inside the warehouse were six members
of George Moran's gang. Al Capone's men pretended
to arrest Moran's men and told them to line up against
the wall. Capone's men opened fire on Moran's men and
killed them. When they left, the two plainclothes men
had their hands up, pretending to be arrested as they
were followed by the other three in police uniforms.
They took off in a patrol car to make it look like an arrest.
Many people in Chicago thought the police were responsible
for the killings. Ballistics investigator Calvin Goddard was brought
in to check the evidence. Goddard began test firing the police guns.
None of the bullets and casings from the crime matched the
police weapons. A few months later, police raided the home of
Fred Burke and found a stash of weapons. Two of Burke's
machine guns were matched to bullets and shells.
The crime was solved!
When a musket was fired, the shooter had to put
a wad of paper above the gun powder and bullet.
In one crime from 1794, a victim was shot and when
the doctor was inspecting the victim, he found a bullet
and paper inside the man. The suspect who was arrested
was John Toms. Inside John's pocket was a ripped piece
of paper.The paper in the victim's body matched John's.
St. Valentine's Day massacre.
On February 14, 1929 five members of Al Capone's gang
arrived at the S.M.C. cartage company warehouse. Three of
Capone's men wore police suits, the other two were in
plain clothes. Inside the warehouse were six members
of George Moran's gang. Al Capone's men pretended
to arrest Moran's men and told them to line up against
the wall. Capone's men opened fire on Moran's men and
killed them. When they left, the two plainclothes men
had their hands up, pretending to be arrested as they
were followed by the other three in police uniforms.
They took off in a patrol car to make it look like an arrest.
Many people in Chicago thought the police were responsible
for the killings. Ballistics investigator Calvin Goddard was brought
in to check the evidence. Goddard began test firing the police guns.
None of the bullets and casings from the crime matched the
police weapons. A few months later, police raided the home of
Fred Burke and found a stash of weapons. Two of Burke's
machine guns were matched to bullets and shells.
The crime was solved!