Chief Desmond tim khawv tua neeg

Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 10, 1897, 60-xyoo William H. Stewart, ib tug engineer civil, tuag rau me nyuam. Louis nroog tsev kho mob. Stewart tso kom deb ntawm lub morphine overdose. St. Louis Police muas thaum chiv thawj xav tias yog ib rooj plaub ntawm yus tua yus los yog lo lus overdose.

Stewart nyob nrog nws vauv F.C. Bennett ntawm 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically tsis Mr. Stewart siv tshuaj txhua yam. Nws tseem hais Mr. Stewart twb tsis txhaum tua rau nws tus kheej. Mr. Bennett xav tias tsam tua neeg raws Mr. Tus Stewart pawv hniav nyiaj hniav kub hom ib ntiv nplhaib tawm pob zeb diamond, saib thiab cia. Mr. Stewart yog tseem nqa nyiaj ntsuab.

St. Louis tub ceev xwm tus tauj ncov loj Joyce doubted foul si tau koom tes nrog tab sis cov me nyuam. Louis Chief ntawm Detectives William Desmond yog txhawj txog cov cuab yeej uas ploj lawm. Desmond xa hnub Detectives thiab Freese los saib seb puas muaj tus pawn hauv khw. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 16, 1897, cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub nyob hauv ib lub khw pawn lub detectives.

Ib lub tsev rooming tswv, Charles Griffo, yog lub ntes rau pawning tus saib. Detective O'Connell ntes ib tug txiv neej thib ob, Hiram Brooks, leej twg txais nws tuaj rau pawning lub nplhaib uas ploj lawm rau Griffo. Tub ceev xwm ntes Miranda Griffo, Charles’ tus poj niam, raws li ib qho accomplice.

Chief Desmond sweated suspects tag nrho peb hla Stewart tus tuag. Griffo thiab nws tus poj niam hais rau Desmond tias Stewart ntawd coj mus rau lawv lub tsev rooming los ntawm ob tug hluas nkauj, Bertha Nixon thiab Lizzie Henry. Nixon thiab Henry khiab tsev nyob ib chav ntawm lub Griffos ntawm 1203 Washington Avenue.

Nixon thiab Henry lured Mr. Stewart los tsev rau spike nws haus nrog “knockout rau”. Tom qab nws tau ntog pw tsaug zog, lawv coj mus nyiag nws tus valuables. Txawm yog Henry entertaining Stewart, Nixon ntog ntawm rau mus rau hauv nws npaj rau Stewart haus. Lub concoction ntawd muaj zog heev rau Stewart, leej twg kuj ua pa.

Tseeb tsis yog Stewart (twb) yuav rov qab los yog tuag, Cov poj niam summoned Charles Griffo. Nws thiab Hiram Brooks mus yuav ris tag Stewart rau lub tsheb ntawm 1205 Washington Avenue, qhov uas nws tshuav nws. A St. Louis tub ceev xwm Officer nyob Stewart, tiam sis nws tuag ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis nroog tsev kho mob.

Griffo thiab Brooks pawned cov cuab yeej rau ib split ntawm lub proceeds. Lizzie Henry travelled mus Toledo, Ohio nyob nrog tsev neeg. Bertha Nixon hloov mus rau lwm rooming tsev ua los ntawm cov Griffos, leej twg tsiv lawv qhov chaw twg. Tom qab Griffo thiab Brooks confessed, St. Louis Police ntes Bertha Nixon.

Chief Desmond xa ib cov dispatch los Toledo tub ceev xwm, leej twg ntes Henry. Tom qab nws tau xa rov qab rau cov me nyuam. Louis, Desmond peb cov poj niam ob leeg. Nixon thiab Henry ob confessed los tua neeg, tiam sis yog lo lus hais. Cov knockout rau los tsuas thiab thiaj tsis nco qab hlias Stewart.

Thaum lub caij ntuj 1897, Nixon thiab Henry tau sim rau cov tua neeg uas nyob rau hauv cov hoob tsev hais plaub tus kws txiav txim Zachritz. Zachritz hais cov jurors lawv yuav muab manslaughter yog lawv xav tias Stewart ntawd tua tau ntawd. Tus neeg mloog puas tau nrhiav tau txhaum ntawm manslaughter. Zachritz sentenced ob yam tib si rau 2 xyoo nyob rau hauv tsev rau txim rau tus Stewart tua neeg.

Yog tus Chief Desmond tsis tau xa cov tus detectives mus rau lub khw pawn, tua neeg yuav tsis txhob muaj nrhiav tau. Tsaug Chief Desmond instincts, ib tug tua neeg ntawd pheej nrhiav tau lwm thiab solved. Lub rooj uas tuaj kaw rau Mr. Tsev neeg tus Stewart.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no, los yog tej qho hauv tshooj nram qab no, ntawm kuv Facebook phab, Twitter profile thiab Google+ nplooj ntawv.

Qhov chaw: St. Louis Dispatch tom qab, Lub peb hlis ntuj 6, 1897, p. 6, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7, 1897, p. 6 kuj yuav 8, 1897, p. 2

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