Jack Shea Finally Does Time

八月 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. 路易, Missouri around 7:30 比前收市价. Three figures exited the train. 两名健康的警察正在护送约翰·D. “插口” 乳木果, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881.

The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after his second escape from the St. Louis Jail. Shea was only 38 years old but 15 在奔跑中的几年，监狱里有几个任期显然给他留下了印记.

当军官护送苍白的木木去看圣. Louis Police Chief Harrigan, Shea told Harrigan, “好, 行政, I’ve been playing a losing game. Now I’m soaked for 50 年。” Shea escaped the St. Louis Jail four times. It was during his second escape that he killed Officer Doran.

In October 1881, Shea and his close confederate Frank Fone broke out of the St. Louis Jail for the first time. Committing a series of thefts and burglaries, 圣. 路易警察在11月初抓获了他们 1881.

上月 7, 1881, they escaped again and shot Officer Patrick Doran during a pursuit through Downtown St. 路易. 圣. 路易警察俘虏了乳木并将他送回监狱.
Within a month, Shea and Fone again escaped the St. Louis Jail. While Shea was dangerous, Fone很狡猾，计划逃脱. Shea avoided arrest until 1887, 当警察抓获Shea并将他带回St. 路易.

Authorities closely guarded him for the four years he was in St. Louis Jail. Tried twice for killing Officer Patrick Doran, 法院判处Shea悬挂在第一次审判中. 然而, Shea successfully appealed. His second trial ended in a sentence of 50 岁月.

十月 2, 1891, 一个不知名的人在监狱公开和十名顽固的罪犯留下了铁门, including Shea, made their escape. 当局认为，罪犯贿赂警卫让门敞开. For the next five years, Shea bounced in and out of prisons in Pennsylvania and Ohio under his alias John Sullivan.

乳木果可能继续躲避捕获, 但是，一个名为Conroy的前同盟国到达了Shea因入室盗窃案的判决即将到来的俄亥俄州监狱. Conroy told prison authorities who they really had. 监狱当局将电报发送给St. 路易.

Detectives Jim Tracey and Denny Viehle arrived and took Shea back to St. 路易. Before they arrived and despite his weakened condition, Shea found an opportunity to stab Conroy in the side. Guards stopped him before he could kill Conroy, which Shea admitted was his intent.

Tracey and Viehle took no chances with Shea. They kept him in handcuffs even when he was eating. When they had to stop over in a town between Ohio and Missouri, they locked Shea in the local jail until it was time for the train to leave.

Tracey and Viehle were wise to take their precautions. 而他在奔跑中的生活减弱了乳木果, 牛乳不断考虑逃脱. 当st. 路易斯·迪斯帕奇（Louis Post Dispatch）记者问他是否愿意愿意执行他，也不愿服务 50 year-term, Shea responded, “为什么, of course not. Haven’t I got a chance to escape from there?”

监狱官员将SHEA运送到密苏里州的监狱. 在四月之间 1905 and May 1907, 官员将SHEA转移到富尔顿庇护所. 州长少校在七月的其余判决中通勤 3, 1914. 乳木会 56 岁.

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Sources: 圣. 圣路易斯邮报, 八月 11, 1896, 版, p. 3 和密苏里州立监狱记录

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