Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

Perşembe günü, Ocak 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, St biri. Louis’ en zengin erkekler, sahip olunan konut gayrimenkulleri ve diğer varlıklar 2 milyon dolar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. 49 yaşında zamansız ölümü olmasaydı, bu başarıyı başarmış olabilir..

Çarşamba günü, Ocak 22, 1902, Cooper arrived at the Vista Bathhouse, which he owned. bir felç krizi geçirdikten sonra 1901, hamamı düzenli Türk hamamı yapmak için satın aldı. Cooper was attended by William Strother aka William Straugher. Cooper had a close relationship with Strother, which was unusual in turn of the century St. Louis. Strother hem fakir hem de zenciydi.. Cooper zengin ve beyazdı.

Cooper geldikten sonra, Strother heated up the sauna for Cooper. Saunada buhar banyosundan sonra, Cooper soğutma odasına döndü, karyolası olduğu yerde. Cooper told Strother he was expecting a man and two women to visit him at the Turkish bath. Cooper, kadınlardan birinin kendisiyle ilişkisi olduğunu ancak ön yargısı nedeniyle çevresinde siyahileri istemediğini belirtti..

Strother gözden uzak durmayı kabul etti, ancak Cooper ona üzerinde anlaşılan sinyali gördükten sonra hamama bakabileceğini söyledi.. Gazeteler bu ayrıntılar etrafında çok temkinli ilerledi, ancak görünüşe göre Cooper, Strother'ın çıplak kadınlara bakabilmesini ayarladı., Cooper'a hamamda sık sık katılan.

Strother did peek in on them after receiving the signal from Cooper. Strother, herkesin gitmiş olduğunu bulmak için gece yarısı civarında geri döndü.. He observed Cooper lying on a cot. When he checked on his employer, he found Cooper insensible from a strike to the head. Strother summoned Cooper’s son, Theodore Cooper, ve Aziz. Louis Polis.

In a case of this significance, the Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis, Chief of Detectives William Desmond, personally handled the investigation. The police quickly found the murder weapon, a sledge hammer with blood stains, bodrumdaki Türk hamamının altında bir kömür yığınında.

Chief Desmond quickly focused on the three visitors and William Strother. Strother’s alibi crumbled quickly. Under a series of “sweatings”, the term Desmond used for his interrogations, he progressively got confessions from Strother.

Strother admitted taking Cooper’s missing jewels, that he brought the murder weapons up out of the basement, that he hid the sledge hammer in the basement and finally that he struck Cooper with the fatal blow.

Desmond never discovered a clear motive. Strother attempted to hide the jewelry, so robbery could have been a motive. Cooper had also recently purchased the house that Strother lived in. Despite Cooper’s promises he was going to redeem the house for Strother, Strother feared Cooper was going to put him out of his house. Cooper acquired Strother’s house during the week of January 22, 1902.

Besides his mistress, A. Deane Cooper had a dark side. Cooper was supposed to be bankrolling the operation of St. Louis gambler Johnny Winn. Cooper, Winn'den Cooper'ın iş arkadaşlarından birine sahip olmasını istedi. “slugged”. Cooper hoped his employers would think the co-worker was keeping bad company and fire the man.

Cooper’s dual life may have led to the hung jury at Strother’s first trial. Strother, ikinci duruşması için jüri seçimi sırasında hızla 2. Derece Cinayetten suçunu kabul etti. Strother was sentenced to a 15 year sentence from which he was released early due to good behavior as a prisoner. Strother Eylül'de serbest bırakıldı 9, 1913. Bir yıldan az yaşayacaktı.

On July 25, 1914, 52-year-old William Strother died in the City Hospital. Strother akciğer hastalığı sonucu öldü. O sırada bir kurşun madeninde çalışıyordu., hastalığına katkıda bulunmuş olabilecek. Strother, doğduğunda evsiz, Potter's Field'a gömüldü.

Şef William Desmond, biri Ben Kilpatrick'in hapse atılmasına yol açan da dahil olmak üzere diğer birçok suçu çözecekti., who rode with Butch Cassidy. Chief Desmond almost always got his man or woman.

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