Deadliest Night for St. Louis policijos

Kruvinų incidentas St. Louis policijos istorija nebuvo Shootout, stichinė nelaimė ar teroro aktą. 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 almost all the policemen’s call boxes in the Downtown area.

70 policeman 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 policeman lay dead and thirteen others were seriously burned or suffered injuries from being thrown from the call boxes or the headquarters call center.

Prieš dvipusio radijo įgyvendinimo, policeman 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 policemen 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 many 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.

Most of the thirteen officers, who were injured, suffered burns to their hands or were knocked unconscious by the current. A couple suffered joint injuries from being thrown from the call boxes. The most common burn injuries were to the hands from inserting keys into the call box or cranking the call box handle.

Patrolman John F. Killoren įdėta jo raktas į skambučius laukelyje Penkioliktosios gatvės ir Franklin Avenue ir buvo susprogdintas atgal į gatvę. Killoren išskirstytos prie jo kojų ir bandė vėl atidaryti skambučių langelį prieš stebėtojai galėjo sustabdyti jį. He was knocked back into the street again with serious burns to his hands.

Be to, žaizdos pareigūnų, many transported to local hospitals by citizens, 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. Looney šokiravo bando atidaryti skambučių langelį bent dvylikos Street "ir" Morgan prospekte. He was taken to the dispensary but also never regained consciousness. Jis mirė 15 minučių po pirminio šoko.

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 lines were supposed to be below ground 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.

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 mėnesių gruodžio 13, 1901. It was one of the rare occasions that three St. Louis officers would lose their lives in the same incident. Skyriaus shootouts gauti daug daugiau aprėptį, bet kruvinų naktį St. Louis policijos istorija buvo rugsėjis 3, 1900, when electricity attacked an unsuspecting force doing their duty.

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