Both John Scalise and Albert Anselmi were arrested and charged in the Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre case . At the pair 's arraignment on March 8 , 1929 , their attorney Thomas Nash asked the arresting officer , Sergeant Fred Valenta , if he had " just and reasonable grounds " for believing Scalise and Anselmi committed the massacre . Sergeant Valenta replied , " No . " The two gangsters were then released due to a lack of evidence . Around this time , Scalise had been elevated to vice-president of the Unione Siciliana by new president Joseph " Hop Toad " Giunta , who had taken over following the murder of its former president , Pasqualino Lolordo
Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
John Scalise