Chi-TImes Presents The 1930 Fox Lake massacre of Lake County illinois

DIGITIMESILLINOIS

12-04-2023 • 4 mins

The Fox Lake Massacre was an event when Prohibition Era violence spilled over into Lake County, northeastern Illinois on June 1st 1930. Gangsters from Terry “Machine Gun” Druggan & Frankie Lake’s gang were gunned down at Manning’s Hotel in Fox Lake. That area of Illinois became a hangout for Prohibition Era mobsters