Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

Monday sawv ntxov, Lub yim hli ntuj 12, 1900, St. Louis Police ntes plaub tus kab pib streetcar neeg ua hauj lwm rau koj tshuab tuaj ntawm txoj kev txiv roj kab rau Maryland Avenue ntawm N. TAYLOR thiab N. Euclid hom rau hmo dhau los ntawm 11:00 p.m. Tub ceev xwm ntes Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz thiab James Finnesey.

Tub ceev xwm nrhiav tau 30 phaus cov nplaum dynamite thiab 30 taw ntawm fuse Maurice Brennan lub tsev thaum cov ntaub ntawv teev tias Northway muaj yav tas los tsis muaj 50 phaus nyob hauv nws lub tsev nyob rau lub 1500 thaiv cov N. Dhia Avenue qhov rooj ob peb tus Brennan hauv lub tsev nyob rau txoj kev Lucky. Brennan thiab Northway confessed thiab implicated Schwartz thiab Finnesey.

James Schwartz tsis pom zoo caij mus hauv lub dynamiting tab sis tuaj nyob rau Brennan thiab Northway ua ntej cov tawg thiab tom qab cov tawg. Finnesey ib reportedly hauv lwm qhov ntawm lub nroog uas muaj ntau sticks cov nplaum dynamite.

Tus dynamiters hais tias yog sab ntawm A.V.L. Brokaw, tus kws phais neeg rau lub Transit kab. Dr. Brokaw xav hais tias nws yuav nrhiav tau cov dynamitards hais tias thaum nws ua hauj lwm rau lub tuam txhab streetcar. Brokaw pom ntau yam xws li ib tug handful President Edward Whitaker tau rehired thaum kev lom zem ntau uas raug nqi ntau nws cov lus xaus tsam picket.

Ib tug qub picket confided Dr. Brokaw hais tias cov txiv neej lub luag hauj lwm rau lub bombings tsis ntev los no thiab tseem hais kom nws ib zajlus los hmo ntawd, Hnub vas xaum, Lub yim hli ntuj 11, 1900.

Brokaw sai sai qhia lwm streetcar nom, Faib Superintendent James F. Ntawm lub tuam txhab Transit Davidson. Brokaw thiab Davidson ceev nrooj hais hmo Chief ntawm tub ceev xwm John N. Pickel daim zajlus. Yog tos rau pem hauv ntej txav tsis tau tshawb Pickel.

Dr. Brokaw insisted tias nws cov lus qhia yog zoo. Dr. Brokaw teev hais tias nws yuav raug them rau tej ntug ntawm cov suspects tau. Pickel twb tas siab thiab npaj tau ua rau cov txiv neej rau txiv roj Street thiab N. Boyle Avenue, qhov twg cov tawg tau tshaj tawm tias yog yuav muaj.

Los cov Dr. Brokaw thiab Mr. Davidson, Chief Pickel thiab cov neeg khiav dej num rau ob peb proceeded txoj kev txiv roj thiab N. Boyle, thaum lawv hnov ib tawg loj loj rau sab hnub poob hauv Central West kawg car farther.

Chief Pickel, Dr. Brokaw thiab Mr. Davidson, los txog rau Maryland Avenue ntawm N. Euclid thiab N. TAYLOR hom twg ib ntu ntawm cov kab kev txiv roj muaj lawm pob tawg lawm ntawm tus dynamitards. Bystanders qhia mus ntsib ob tug txiv neej tawm khiav.

LT. McNamara ces yuav tsum lwm watchman Patrick J. Higgins tau nres thiab nrog rau ob tug txiv neej, ib tug ntawm cov neeg uas nws paub tias Fred Northway. McNamara tshawb xyuas nws cov ntaub ntawv thiab nrhiav tau Northway lub npe raws li yog ib tus txiv neej los Dr. Brokaw ua ib dynamitard.

Higgins teev cov txiv neej twb nqa ib rab yaj phom khoob thiab muaj ib lub thoob tus moj txwv nuv. Northway teev lawv twb tau nuv ntses rau Creve Couer. Lawv hu cov tawg li roj qhov cub xob tawg nyob rau txoj kev txiv roj. Higgins teev, "Yog lub ntuj raug txim ntawm ib tawg nrov ib roj qhov cub xob." Higgins tso cov txiv neej vim nws tsis muaj dab tsi ntau tshaj li lub sijhawm twg los.

LT. McNamara cia Chief Pickel paub dab tsi uas nws kawm los ntawm Higgins. Cov me nyuam. Louis Police, Dr. Brokaw thiab cov thawj coj Davidson proceeded los Northway tus thib ob pem teb tiaj tus nyob 1517 N. Caij nplooj ntoos hlav Street, tab sis muab lawv lub sij hawm muab sijhawm Brennan thiab Northway los mus tsev.

St. Louis Police ntes Northway ua ntej. Mus nrhiav ib tug ntawm nws lub tsev yeej tsis qhia tej explosives los yog lwm yam foob pob ua ntaub. Lawv ntaus kub ob peb tug cov qhov rooj mus hauv Brennan lub tsev nyob 3728 Txoj kev muaj hmoo.

Brennan lub tsev ua ntej tsev apartment muaj nyob 30 phaus ntawm heev, 30 taw fuse thiab lwm tej khoom siv kev txiav. Tus stash yeej proved muaj hmoo rau me nyuam. Louis Police. Confronted nrog cov pov thawj Brennan thiab Northway confessed.

Muaj tej dlaim, St. Louis Chief ntawm tub ceev xwm Campbell ntseeg tias tus ntiv nplhaib dynamitard twb tau smashed. Txawm yog Chief Campbell. Tom qab lawv ntes, tsis muaj streetcars ntau tshaj yog cua tshuab.

James Finney tawm vim tsis muaj lwm yam pov thawj uas tsis yog confessions Maurice Brennan thiab Fred Northway yuav muaj nyob rau implicate nws. Txawm li cas los, John W. Whalen, cov saloon muaj leej twg Brennan, Northway thiab James Schwartz los lub October 11th bombing, yog ntes. Maurice Brennan tau muab cov nplaum dynamite, uas los ntawm kab streetcar rau Maryland Avenue tag.

Qhov pib cov neeg npe condemned Brennan tus, Lub Northway thiab Schwartz txoj kev. Pab neeg tsis kam muab kws lijchoj lossis lwm yam kev pab rau cov txiv neej. Streetcar conductors los implicated Brennan thiab cov Northway hauv tshuab tau ib lub tsheb los ntawm Pestalozzi thiab S. Txoj kev teev, thiab cov tsheb rau July 27th thaum 1014 Arsenal Street.

Brennan thiab Northway tau raug cov dynamiting thiab sentenced yim xyoo. Northway muab nws kab lus tab sis Brennan dhia ntawd nws nyiaj thiab zoo. Northway yuav nyob 68 xyoo. Nws tuag nyob hauv St. Louis hauv 1937. Nws yog ib lub tshuab luam ntawv apprentice tom qab muab rau neeg noj nws kab lus tsev rau txim.

James Schwartz dhia ntawd nws cov nyiaj ua ntej nws mus sib hais tom qab kev kawm ntawm lub txim ua txhaum ntawm Schwartz thiab Northway. Schwartz raug tua nyob rau hnub tim 1902, Thaum cov kev khiav hauj lwm tus streetcar hauv San Francisco. Ib cov chav tshem ciav hlau laim Schwartz tus streetcar yuav ua tau rau nws tag sim neej. Tom qab Schwartz tuag, nws qhia tias yog leejtwg tiag sab thiab nws seem raug xa rov qab rau nws tsev neeg nyob rau hauv St. Louis.

Maurice Brennan khiav los mus rau lub nras Nodaway, Missouri. Brennan nrhiav tau hauj lwm ua ib tanner. Brennan thaj txuas nws txoj kev txhaum, which would lead to his death at 59 xyoo. Brennan tau ua npaws thiab raug tua los ntawm ib lub tsheb lem rau hlis ntuj nqeg 10, 1922. Brennan coj ib tsausmuag hav zoov thaum lub caij lawv streetcar. Nws ntsib nws kawg zog thiab.

Nrog cov ntes cov dynamitards, cov me nyuam. Louis Streetcar Strike ntawm 1900's nyhuv hauv lub nroog ntawd yuav luag. Picket yuav yeej tseem zoo muab txoj phuam rau lub Cuaj hlis 1900.

Tsev xa no yog ib qho excerpt ntawm Cov me nyuam. Louis Civil tsov rog: Cov me nyuam. Louis Streetcar Strike ntawm 1900. Koj yuav hais tau phau ntawv yog txhaj ntawm no. Yog koj muab cov phau ntawv, Kuv yuav yeej zoo siab qhov xyuas. Yog hais tias koj twb ncaim xyuas, ua tsaug ntau.

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