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Декабря 3, 1896, трое мужчин вошли в дом пивоварения офис в Санкт-. Louis около 2:30 p.m. Кассир Роберт Hofferkamp подошел мужчин. Мужчины получают револьверы и сказал Hofferkamp и его помощника, чтобы бросить свои руки.

Мужчины взяли $10,000 из офиса в том, что бы грабеж многомиллионный сегодня. The robbers tied up and gagged Hofferkamp and his assistant. Instead of fleeing the city though, the men stayed around St. Луис. It would be a big mistake on the men’s part.

Улица. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known as the “thief-taker” throughout the United States. Desmond would again work his magic. Desmond captured the three robbers, Joseph Stanley, Joseph McLaughlin and Billy Wolf, on January 6, 1897.

Chief Desmond received a tip on the men’s whereabouts from Stanley’s mistress. Desmond then personally arrested Stanley and McLaughlin in East St. Луис, Illinois as they were attempting to board a train for Indianapolis. Desmond sent detectives to pick up Billy Wolf, a local barber.

In contrast to their bold heist, all three men quickly confessed to Desmond. They all admitted to their part in the robbery. While all three men probably served some time in prison, I have not found any reference to the eventual outcome of the trial.

Billy Wolf did continue to ply his trade in St. Louis as a barber. He died in 1930 на 80 years of age after being run down by an automobile. Санкт-. Louis Coroner could not determine if Wolf was killed or if it was an accident, which indicates a hit and run accident.

Desmond would be the bane of men like Stanley, McLaughlin and Wolf. “The Sherlock Holmes of St. Луис” was more than a match for the criminal element.

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