Kjölfar Union Bank rán

Á föstudaginn, Mars 13, 1903, Franklin County Judge William Davidson arraigned William Rudolph og George Collins fyrir að ránið á Union Bank og morðið á PINKERTON Leynilögreglumaður Charles Schumacher. Rudolph og Collins flytja “ekki sekur”. Dómari Davidson úthlutað þremur Lögmenn til að tákna Rudolph og Collins.

William Rudolph gaf játningu til St. Louis fjölmiðla, sem var síðan birt í mars 15, 1903 útgáfa af The St. Louis Republic. Eins og margir játningar fyrir hans eigin, Rudolph viðurkennir að nokkrum hlutum eins og að ræna banka út af fjárhagslegum örvæntingu en ekki viðurkenna drápi Schumacher. Hann kennir ofsóknir af nágrönnum sínum sem ástæða hans fara tvö ár áður. He claims hunger and want led he and George Collins to rob the bank.

Sheriff Bruch stated that the Union Jail was not adequate to house the prisoners. He felt that the chance of escape was too great. He requested that Judge Davidson allow him to transfer the men to the St. Louis Jail. Judge Davidson agreed but they would find out even the St. Louis Jail would have trouble holding Rudolph and Collins.

Júlí 4, 1903, William Rudolph was able to escape from the St. Louis Jail. He was cut during the escape. A workmen allowed Rudolph to clean himself up. After the workmen learned of the escape, he returned to the boiler area but Rudolph was gone. Rudolph would be captured a little under a year later.

Collins would also attempt to escape. Janúar 2, 1904, nafnlaus Informer sendi bréf til St. Louis Chief of Police Mathew Kiely warning him that an escape would soon be attempted. Chief fangaverði Dawson var kunnugt um lóð. The “X” á myndinni markar blettur, þar sem fangar voru að grafa.

George Collins var einn af hringur ráðamenn lóð. George Collins gat ekki undan áður en hann var aftur til Union, MO fyrir hangandi hans á Mars 11, 1904. George Collins var um það bil 24 ára við andlát hans.

The PINKERTON Detective Agency fann William Rudolph mánuði áður George Collins var keyrð. William Rudolph og vitorðsmaður rændi banka í Kansas. Stjórnvöld teknar Rudolph, sem krafa til vera Albert Gorney. The Kansas Court dæmdur hann til Kansas Penitentiary.

Eins spurning um starfshætti, the bank that Rudolph robbed sent the men’s pictures to the Pinkerton Detective Agency. William Pinkerton identified Rudolph in the photograph. Authorities picked him up from Kansas, where the governor pardoned him so he could stand trial in Missouri. Like Collins before him, the Franklin County Court convicted Rudolph of murder and robbery. He was sentenced to hang on Monday, Maí 8, 1905.

The St. Louis Republic reported that he was indifferent as he was lead to the gallows at the Union Jail. Rudolph was hung and his body returned to St. Louis for a secret burial. His family had him interred at Calvary Cemetery.

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