The elections were held on a backdrop of violence throughout the city . In particular the race for the so-called " Bloody Twentieth " ward had been marked by the murder in April 1928 of African-American reform candidate for committeeman Octavius Granady during the Pineapple Primary . The '' Daily Chronicle '' in DeKalb reported that " Another surprise of the election - for the police at least - was that no one was murdered , kidnapped , or slugged , " although it attributed such lack of violence to the heavy patrol of polling places by police officers that compelled Police Commissioner William Russell to set aside his investigation of the recent Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre . It was also subject to some disputes in electoral law , with such sitting aldermen as Sheldon Govier of the 9th ward and Joseph McDonough of the 13th raising accusations of fraudulent petitions against many of their opponents given the 40 % increase in the number of candidates from the 1927 elections and some aldermen disputing a filing deadline that sitting aldermen Coyle , Haffa , and Hoellen had missed
Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
1929 Chicago aldermanic election