Ninth Officer Killed in 1920?

Eight St. Louis Police Officers were killed in the line of duty during 1920. I was shocked to find a newspaper article about a Ninth officer being killed. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is good about recording all their line of duty deaths. When I found his Missouri Death Certificate, it cleared up the mystery.

I came across the article in the November 22, 1920 Bu nəşr Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia). The article stated a society woman shot a St. Louis Police Officer who she took for a bandit.

During 1920, St. Louis experienced a large number of burglaries and robberies. Robbers and burglars killed five of the seven St. Louis Police Officers who died in the line of duty prior to this incident.

Mehriban. Ruth Scott, a 25-year-old housewife, was riding with her husband 33-year-old Samuel S. Scott. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported police were drawn to the vehicle because of closed curtains.

“The police” attempted to pull the vehicle over but Mrs. Scott mistook them for bandits. She urged her husband to drive faster. When 47-year-old Charles J. Bacher, who was actually a Watchman with the St. Louis Parks Department, jumped on the running board in an attempt to stop the Scotts, Mehriban. Scott shot him from inside the vehicle.

One bullet struck Officer Bacher in the chest causing a fatal wound. Bacher bled to death on the pavement before medical treatment could be rendered.

Fortunately for Mrs. Scott, Sankt. Louis Coroner ruled the death an accidental homicide. After reading the article, I was trying to verify the death so I could notify the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department about the line of duty death.

İlk problem Officer Bacher adı düzgün yazım cəlb. Qəzet Charles J kimi onun adını verilmişdir. Züytutan. Bütün St axtarış sonra. Həyatını itirdi Louis sakinləri 1920, Mən onun adı həqiqətən Charles J idi tapılmadı. Bacher. Məmur Bacher onun ölüm zamanı evləndi.

Ruth Scott vəfat 1961. O, bir ev yoldaşı kimi onun həyat qalan yaşamış.

Eight St. Louis polis həyatını itirdi 1920 deyil doqquz. Lakin, bir çox günahsız St. Charles Bakerlə kimi Louisans həyatını itirdi. Biz hər hansı bir il daha kimi görmək istəmirik 1920 St. Louis.

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