Chief Desmond znojenje Nitro Protivlomna

V petek, Oktober 21, 1904, ena največjih tragedij v St. Louis Policija Zgodovina occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis policijskih detektivov je umrl v strelskem obračunu. Strelni dvoboj prišlo v majhni hotelski sobi na Pine Street.

Dva dni kasneje, v nedeljo,, Oktober 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at 612 Chestnut Street by dropping a bottle of nitroglycerin on the sidewalk. If not for the first incident, the identity of the perpetrator of the second deed may never have been discovered.

The explosion at Samuel Bowman and Co. was so destructive that it was heard 10 blocks away. The nitroglycerin injured the burglar as well. “John Doe” suffered a broken foot, a disintegrated pants leg and several scratches on his face and body.

Doe attempted to escape but his damaged leg made it impossible. Policeman Tom Quinn ran from his beat on Seventh and Chestnut Streets caught Doe trying to run into the alley. Doe had a .45 caliber revolver in his waistband.

Doe looked to be about 30 years old but claimed to be “John Doe, 23, shoemaker, single, no home.” His proclamation before any police questioning betrayed his knowledge of police interrogation methods. Doe refused to make any other statements.

St. Louis Police Chief of Detectives William Desmond faced many tough interviews in his day. Desmond “sweated” many suspects in a friendly but disorienting interrogation style. Even the normally reticent Ben Kilpatrick eventually talked to Desmond. Doe was proving an exception.

Unfortunately for Doe, train robber Harry Vaughn had been captured outside the Pine Street Hotel where the gunfight occurred. Vaughn would serve a long sentence for his role in the train robbery, so he was looking for ways to reduce his sentence.

Vaughn poslal za Desmond in mu povedal John Doe je dejansko Jerry Franklin Ferguson. Ferguson je bil član njihove tolpe, specializirane za rop banke in poslovno vloma. Soočena s Desmond poznavanju svojo pravo identiteto, Doe priznal njegovo ime, ampak vedno zavračajo kakršno koli znanje ali sokrivdo pri eksploziji.

V prvem tednu novembra 1904, Ferguson nekdanja punca Agnes Blanc, ki je živel z Ferguson mu izpostavljeni kot član Vaughna tolpe, ga je vpletena v rop vlaka in tudi poročali, da je bil eden izmed 8 zaporniki, ki so pobegnili v Neosho, Missouri Jail v 1903. Poslanci Neosho Šerif je ujela Ferguson, ko je razneslo prodajno sef.

Ferguson did not intend to rob the realty office though. Ferguson was looking for Blanc and her new boyfriend who he intended to kill with the explosives. They were spared when a drunk Ferguson dropped the bottle and seriously injured himself.

Faced with this overwhelming evidence, Ferguson finally confessed to Chief Desmond. Desmond sent Ferguson back to Neosho to face the burglary charges. Sčasoma, I lose track of Ferguson who did not die in Missouri.

Chief Desmond sweated many criminals in his career but few were harder to break than a common burglar named Jerry Franklin Ferguson. If you know what eventually become of Ferguson, please scroll down to the comments section and leave a reply.

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