Deadliest Night for St. Louis polizia

L'incidente mortale in St. La storia di Louis polizia non era una sparatoria, natural disaster, or act of terrorism. L'incidente mortale in St. Storia Louis polizia si è verificato nella notte di Lunedi, September 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volt di elettricità caddero sulle linee telefoniche, 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. Alla fine della notte, 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.

Prima della realizzazione della ricetrasmittente, 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. Un lineman, che hanno risposto al quartier generale della polizia, era anche mal scioccato, 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. Le ustioni più comuni erano nelle mani di inserire le chiavi nella casella di chiamata o gira la manovella casella chiamata.

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 barcollando in piedi e cercò di aprire la scatola chiamata ancora prima astanti potessero fermarlo. The current knocked Killoren back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Oltre agli ufficiali feriti, who citizens transported to the hospital, two officers lost their lives that night. L'attuale giovane ufficiale ucciso, Nicholas F. Beckmann, e l'ufficiale veterano, 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 utilizzato la casella chiamata in Eighteenth Street tra Washington e Carr viale. Come Beckmann aprì la scatola chiamata, urlò e cadde all'indietro. Gli astanti lo ha portato al vicino ospedale protestante, dove non ha mai ripreso conoscenza. Il dipartimento ha dovuto dare la notizia alla madre vedova, che viveva con Beckmann.

James Looney era un marito di 41 anni e il padre, che era stato in vigore dal 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. Secondo i funzionari della città, 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.

In 2006, St. Dipartimento di Polizia di Louis riconosciuto che Michael P. Mettere a tacere, who was one of the thirteen men shocked that night, died from the shock 15 months later, Dicembre 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. Storia Louis polizia era settembre 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

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

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