Deadliest Night for St. Louis policijos
Kruvinų incidentas St. Louis policijos istorija nebuvo Shootout, natural disaster, or act of terrorism. Kruvinų incidentas St. Louis policijos istorija įvyko pirmadienio naktį, Rugsėjis 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 voltų elektros krito ant telefono linijos, aštuonių gatvės ir Carr prospekte. 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. Atvykimas ins. Iki naktį pabaigoje, 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.
Prieš dvipusio radijo įgyvendinimo, 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.
Post -Dispatch Article about the incident from September 4, 1900
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 lineman, who responded to police headquarters, was also badly shocked, 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. The most common burn injuries were to the hands from inserting keys into the call box or cranking the call box handle.
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 išskirstytos prie jo kojų ir bandė vėl atidaryti skambučių langelį prieš stebėtojai galėjo sustabdyti jį. The current knocked Killoren back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.
Be to, žaizdos pareigūnų, who citizens transported to the hospital, two officers lost their lives that night. Dabartinė žuvo jaunas karininkas, Nikolajus F. Beckmann, ir veteranas pareigūnas, Jonas 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 naudojamas skambučio langelį XVIII gatvėje tarp Vašingtono ir Carr prospekte. Kaip Beckmann atidarė skambučio langelį, Jis šaukė ir parpuolė atgal. Praeivių paėmė jį į netoliese protestantų ligoninės, kur jis niekada atgavo sąmonę. Skyrius turėjo nutraukti naujienas į savo motiną našlę, kuris gyveno su Beckmann.
Jamesas Looney buvo 41-metų vyras ir tėvas, kuris buvo ant galioja nuo 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. Pasak miesto pareigūnai, 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.
Į 2006, St. Louis Policijos departamentas pripažino, kad Michael P. Burke, kuris buvo vienas iš trylikos vyrų sukrėstas, kad naktį, died from the shock 15 months later, Gruodis 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 policijos istorija buvo rugsėjis 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.
Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Rugsėjis 4, 1900, p. 1
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