Deadliest Night for St. Louis rendőrség

A leghalálosabb eset St. Louis rendőrség történelem nem egy lövöldözésben, natural disaster, or act of terrorism. A leghalálosabb eset St. Louis Rendőrség-történeti történt az éjszaka a hétfő, Szeptember 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 voltos áramot hullott a telefonvonalak, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. The telephone lines connected all the policemen’s call boxes in the Downtown area.

Seventy police officers patrolling the Downtown District were potential victims as they made their way to the call boxes for their 7:00 p.m. check-in. Végére az éjszaka, two police officers lay dead, and electricity seriously burned thirteen other officers. The current also injured officers by throwing the officers from the call boxes or the headquarters call center.

Végrehajtása előtt a kétirányú rádió, police officer called in on the call box every hour, so the station knew they were okay. The call box was also the primary way to call for a transport after arresting someone. As the police officers began to make their way to the call boxes, the electric current knocked an operator against the wall in the headquarters call center.

St. Louis Police command personnel sent out messengers to warn the officers about the potential threat, but too many officers did not get the warning in time. A pályaőr, akik reagáltak a rendőr-főkapitányság, is rosszul megdöbbent, when he tried to address the problem.

The thirteen injured officers suffered burns to their hands, or the current knocked them unconscious. The current threw a handful of officers from the call box leading to joint injuries. A leggyakoribb égési sérülés volt, hogy a kezek behelyezése kulcsot a telefonfülke vagy kézi indítása a telefonfülke fogantyú.

Patrol Officer John F. Killoren inserted his key into the call box at Fifteenth Street and Franklin Avenue and the electric current through Killoren into the street. Killoren feltápászkodott, és megpróbálta kinyitni a telefonfülke előtt ismét járókelők megállíthatta volna. The current knocked Killoren back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Amellett, hogy a sérült tisztek, who citizens transported to the hospital, two officers lost their lives that night. A jelenlegi megölt fiatal tiszt, Nicholas F. Beckmann, és veterán tiszt, John P. Looney.

Beckmann was a twenty-six-year-old police officer and veteran of the Spanish-American War. Beckman fought at the battle of San Juan Hill, which made Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders famous.

Beckman használt a hívás dobozt Tizennyolcadik utca között Washington és Carr Avenue. Ahogy Beckmann kinyitotta a telefonfülke, ő felsikoltott, és hanyatt esett. Járókelők elvitte a közeli protestáns kórház, ahol soha nem nyerte vissza eszméletét. Az osztály volt a hírt, hogy özvegy édesanyja, aki élt Beckmann.

James Looney volt egy 41 éves férj és apa, aki ott volt az erő, hiszen 1893. The electrical current shocked Looney as he tried to open the call box at Twelfth Street and Morgan Avenue. Citizens carried Looney to the dispensary, but he never regained consciousness. Looney died 15 minutes after the first shock.

City Lighting officials determined the source of the shock to be the power line from the Seckner Contracting Company. Szerint a város vezetői, the Seckner Company’s was supposed to bury their wires, but the company received a waiver from the Board of Public Improvements. The officials cut down the responsible lines and told Seckner to bury the lines after repairing them.

-Ben 2006, A St. Louis rendőrség elismerte, hogy Michael P. Burke, who was one of the thirteen men shocked that night, died from the shock 15 months later, December 13, 1901. It was one of the rare occasions that three St. Louis officers would lose their lives in the same incident. The department shootouts get more coverage but the deadliest night in St. Louis Rendőrség-történeti volt szeptember 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Szeptember 4, 1900, p. 1

You can leave a comment or ask a question about this or any post on my Facebook oldal.

 

Pin It