Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

On the morning of Wednesday, 七月 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. 斯波爾丁公佈監獄囚犯在保持筆等待一個剛剛逃脫,,en,雖然大多數法院成員坐在目瞪口呆,,en,那個老人,,en,與繩梯的平面,,en. While most of the members of court sat stunned, 偵探比利·德斯蒙德跳了起來，衝出法庭的,,en,這位28歲的偵探跑到筆的時候正好看到兩條腿懸在孔,,en,當其他囚犯逃脫,,en,德斯蒙德抓起一條腿,,en,說過,,en,回到這來,,en,有力地拖著該男子回筆,,en,德斯蒙德低下頭去看臭名昭著聖路易斯賊精讀弗利,,en,當弗利實現德斯蒙德是抱著他的腿,,en,他投降,,en,弗利迅速查明逃犯威廉·克拉克,,en.

The 28-year-old detective ran to the pen just in time to see two legs hanging out of the hole, where the other prisoner escaped. Desmond grabbed one of the legs, said “come back here” and forcefully dragged the man back into the pen. Desmond looked down to see notorious St Louis thief Con Foley. When Foley realized Desmond was holding his legs, he surrendered.

Foley quickly identified the escaped prisoner as William Clark. 克拉克由他的別名跳跳院長知,,en,院長逃脫聖,,en,路易斯監獄以前在事件,,en,把帕特里克·多蘭的生活,,en,在此之前他逮捕,,en,迪安候審上舒托大街店的搶劫,,en,院長最後一次露面跑下來十一大道,,en,Dean會做好自己的逃生,,en,Dean會不會逃脫當局永遠,,en,伊利諾伊州當局逮捕院長新型犯罪,,en,迪恩在Joliet服長期徒刑,,en,精讀福利將繼續反彈進出監獄,,en,弗利被判刑,,en,在監獄個月偷了,,en,大衣,,en,偵探比利·德斯蒙德將繼續成為聖,,en,精讀福利會從過去的聖遠,,en,路易刑事發現自己在Desmond的鐵抓,,en. Dean had escaped the St. Louis Jail previously in the incident, 哪 took the life of Patrick Doran 在 1881.

Prior to his arrest, Dean was awaiting trial for robbery of store on Chouteau Avenue. Dean was last seen running down Eleventh Avenue. Dean would make good his escape.

Dean wouldn’t escape the authorities forever. Illinois authorities arrested Dean for new crimes. 通過 1887, Dean was serving a long prison sentence in Joliet, 伊利諾伊州.

Con Foley would continue to bounce in and out of jail. In November 1886, Foley was sentenced to 6 months in jail for stealing a $10 overcoat.

Detective Billy Desmond would go on to become St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond, the Sherlock Holmes of St. 路易. Con Foley would be far from the last St. Louis criminal to find himself in Desmond’s iron grasp.

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Sources: 聖. 聖路易斯郵報, 七月 8, 1885 版, P. 7, 七月 13, 1885 版, P. 1 and November 19, 1886 版, P. 2.

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