Cracksmen uas txhom tau hauv lub tsev Eugene Field

Rau hnub Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran coj ib pab detectives rau ib chav tsev nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kab tom 634 Sab qab zog Broadway rau me nyuam. Louis’ Nyob rau sab qab zog ces. Frank Ward, ib tsam zoo cracker, khiab tsev nyob ib chav hauv lub tsev kab. Dhau li ntawm Ward, lub detectives ntes Edward Seely thiab John Shumway. Moran thiab cov detectives paub tias qhov peb cov txiv neej yog “yeggmen” los yog zoo crackers.

Cov txiv neej arrested paub Detective Moran li “Kas” Moran, ib qhov chaw tramp thiab tubsab. Nyob rau hauv nws cov disguise, Moran ntse infiltrated cov neeg nyob ob lub lim piam. Thaum Moran ntes cov txiv neej, cov me nyuam Louis tub ceev xwm khiav nyob txaus nitroglycerin los tshuab cov plaub xam tsev nyob hauv plawv nroog St. Louis. Moran thiab nws detectives koj txog haujlwm txawm muab cov txiv neej los ib yam plaub tsev hais plaub hauv, qhov uas me nyuam. Louis Chief ntawm Detectives William Desmond thiab me nyuam. Yuav Louis Chief ntawm tub ceev xwm Matthew Keely “hws” qhov zoo burglars.

Chief Desmond liam tias tus txiv neej uas tshuab qhib lub yas uas niaj hnub siv Ruecking rau hnub, Lub peb hlis ntuj 8, 1904. Tus burglars puas tau tsis pom tej valuables hauv cov yas rau txoj hauj lwm no. Ob nights Thursday ib tsam, Lub peb hlis ntuj 10, 1904, Ward thiab Seely tag qhib lub yas rau W. H. Tuam txhab Coke Warren. Reportedly ua hauj lwm nrog cov txiv neej $20 hauv no burglary.

Chief Keely yeej tsis ntseeg tias Shumway muab ib feem nyob hauv lub burglaries tsis ntev los no vim nws coj ib ceg tawg thaum lub burglaries tau tshaj tawm tias. Keely peb Frank Ward tus poj niam hauv peb lub hlis thiab nws tus phooj ywg, leej twg yog tu nws thaum ib tug mob tshiab. Ward tus poj niam tsis paub txog nws cov txhaum lawm, thaum nws yuav nws kawg ntawm 1903.

Tom qab hais lus rau cov poj niam, Keely peb Ward. Thaum twg nws liam tias Ward yog ib tug zoo blower, Ward betrayed nws tus kheej lawm yog hais tias, “Tsis yog; Ua li cas, Kuv tsis tau tshuab 'cracker lub thawv'.” Criminals ntawm no refered sij hawm los rhuav tau yooj yim rau safes li “Cracker thawv”. Sawv daws tsis txhob siv tej lub sij hawm.

Frank Ward thiab nws tus poj niam khiab tsev nyob ib chav tsev nyob 634 Sab qab zog Broadway, uas yuav nws thiaj li ua lub Eugene teb tsev thiab cov tsev khaws puav pheej qho khoom ua si. Roswell daim teb uas nyob rau hauv tsev 1850, thaum nws tus tub Eugene Field yug. Roswell daim teb uas muaj tuaj Dredd Scott nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv los tiv thaiv kev ua nqev nto moo.

Txawm hais tias ib quav hniav nyob rau hauv lub tsev Eugene Field yug muaj, nws ntseeg tau tias nws yug hauv kev kho mob uas nyob ze ntawm. Eugene Field puas tau nyob rau hauv tsev 1850 mus 1856, thaum nws niam tuag. Roswell teb yuav xa hluas Eugene los tau tsa ceg yog ib tug phauj nyob Massachusettes. Peb yuav xa rov qab mus rau lub tsev rau me ntsis.

Frank Ward chiv tsis kam muab nws cov ntaubntawv. Thaum twg Chief Keely hais no nws nrog nws cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm lub cev xws li nws lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub Nroog Madison Fort Bertillion, Iowa penetentiary kev ruaj ntseg tshuab, Ward confessed cov ntaub ntawv ntawd puas muaj tseeb. Nws tseem tsis tau nws txoj hauj lwm tus zoo tshuab.

Edward Seely kuj tsis kam muab nws koom tes nrog lub zoo tshuab. Seely tau thov nws nyob Cleveland, Ohio thiab nws tus poj niam yog nyob tom lub tsev kho mob nyob hauv Cincinnati. Mrs. Ward hais Mrs. Seely yog nyob hauv lub tsev kho mob Mullanphy nyob hauv St. Louis.

Ward thiab Seely tau tawv tus neeg mob cov thawj plaws. Thaum twg Detective Moran raided lub teb Eugene lub tsev 634 Sab qab zog Broadway, superior hlab 6 detectives tau txiav txim kom tus txiv neej pov saum lawv txhais tes. Ward thiab Seely sim rau retrieve cov riam phom los ntawm ib tug tub rau khaub ncaws tub rau khaub ncaws tab sis tus cocked pistols ntawm tus detectives dissuaded lawv ntawm lawv lub hom phiaj suicidal. St. Louis Police ua tau expereinced lwm cov tub ceev xwm shooting zoo ib yam li cov Shootout rau ntawm ntoo thuv Street.

Tau muab sij hawm nyob rau hauv Illinois penetentiary rau burglary Shumway. Tom qab tej kev tshawb nrhiav, St. Louis Police muab Shumway kom Edward Alexander ntawm Taylorville, Illinois.

Cov txiv neej lub sij hawm me ntsis sij hawm uas ntseeg lawv lub txim. Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1904, Ward, Seely thiab Alexander pled muaj txim txhaum mus tshuab safes. Txiav txim plaub ntug Taylor sentenced tag nrho peb txiv neej mus ob xyoos tus Missouri Penententiary.

Eugene teb tsev nws yog ib tug ntawm ob peb leej cov tsev nyob hauv lub 600 thaiv ntawm sab qab teb Broadway hauv 1904. Ua 1845, lub qub tsev ntawm Roswell thiab nws tus tub poet Eugene Field qub thaum lub sij hawm ntawm rooj plaub no thiab 1936. Walsh tus kab ntawd nws twb yog ib qhov chaw affluence nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua mid-Nineteenth, tiam sis nws faded xyoo raws li qhov muaj myiaj txuas mus westward.

Ntsib tej demolition hauv 1936, lub Eugene teb tsev Foundation ua los tiv thaiv tus kheej. Hnub no, Nws yog tib leej tsev tshuav rau lub nplov. Nws yog ib tug historic monument thiab qho khoom ua si tsev cia puav pheej.

Detective James Moran yuav nce rau cov nyob qib tus tauj ncov loj ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis Police ua ntej retiring. Moran yuav ua ntau yam tseem ceeb dlaim tab sis few tej zaum muaj cov kev twb kev txuas historic uas nws ntes ntawm qhov cracksmen twg.

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