Chicago. Right after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. (February 14, 1929.) Ness and his men are scouring Chicago, looking for Bugs Moran.ย Ness says there used to be 2 gangs in town, now there's just one.ย Ness figures if they get to Moran first, maybe he'll talk-- he might just be mad enough to give them the information they need.