Tus so tsev kaw neeg thiab tua neeg

Thaum twg William Rudolph ua tawm ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Jail rau hnub ywj pheej 1903, cov nqi ntawv xov xwm hu ua nws ntawm unprecedented daring. Txawm li cas los, 24 xyoos dhau, Frank Fone thiab John D. Shea ua tawm ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Jail tib.

Fone and Shea were local criminals, leej frequented lub cheeb tsam hauv plawv nroog. Shea yog tsausmuag, Thaum Fone raug tub sab sneak. Fone kuj muaj ib lub koob npe nrov rau yuav tau txoj kev raug kaw thiab khaus. Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 7, 1881, St. Louis Police arrested Shea and Fone for earlier thefts.

Kab tias noj cov Shea thiab Fone maj mam vim lawv cov hluas, cov neeg khiav dej num corrections hauv yeej tsis chain lawv ua ke. Shea thiab Fone coj kom zoo dua lawv nqua dawb rau cov skylight nce rau hauv pem teb peb, nws ncaws thiab tawm los ntawm cov lus qhib. Ib zaug ntawm lub-ru tsev, Shea and Fone jumped down twenty feet to the pavement and ran out on Clark Avenue.

Shea and Fone were so overconfident, lawv xa mus rau lawv haunts nyob hauv plawv nroog qub tsis dag tsis. Ncig 9 AM, Shea thiab Fone nkawm nrog ib pawg neeg uas tus me nyuam thib yim thiab txiv roj uas nyob ze tsev nchuav. Shea got in a fight with a group of local youth, khiav los ntawm cov pawg, txawb pob zeb rau ib tus neeg koom thiab raug rho tawm haujlwm ib rab yaj phom rau saum tej cua.

Officer Finn saw the altercation, walked to the crowd, and placed a hand on Shea’s shoulder to show he was under arrest. Finn did not know he was dealing with an escapee.
Shea laim Finn lub tshuab nyuab. Finn yog ib nyuag staggered tab sis clubbed Shea du. Los ntshav los ntawm ib lub taub hau qhov txhab, Shea fled with Fone as he fired shots at Finn. Finn rov qab tua hluav taws.

St. Louis tub ceev xwm Patrick Doran nyob hauv lub Zahn Saloon nyob rau txoj kev teev ntawm cov me nyuam. Charles thiab Washington Avenue. Doran, tus xwm nrog rau daim ntawv zoo heev, hnov tus ciav phom sib ntaus sib tua thiab exited tus saloon. Raws li Doran stepped mus rau lub pavement, nws ntog thiab yuav luag poob.

As Doran bent over to regain his feet, Shea pointed his gun at Doran as he ran by. Shea shot the officer in the head while Doran bent over at the waist. Doran poob rov mus rau ib lub qhov rooj cellar. The fatal shot killed Doran died in seconds.

Shea thiab Fone tseem khiav. Shea tried to shoot a private security guard named Hill, but his revolver was either empty or misfired. Shea mej khiav mus rau ib dead-end kiag. Officer Finn and Hill were at the end of the alley but hesitant to run in, not knowing how many bullets Shea had left.

Officer Walker los txog, ran into the alley, and fired at the silhouette of Shea. Shea surrendered. Yamntxwv, Finn, and Hill dragged the bloody Shea to the Third District Station. Officers carried Doran’s body to his home at 1516 Clark Avenue, where the coroner held a post-mortem.

Shea tau thov insanity tab sis tsis muaj leej twg ntseeg nws. Shea yog tus xav ua kom tau txhaum sim kev khiav txim. Tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv.

Fone tseem muab ib txoj kev khiav artist. Fone dim hauv cov me nyuam. Louis Jail at least three more times. He did finally serve time in the Missouri Penitentiary from November 1884 rau lub Xya hli ntuj 1886 after a St. Louis Court convicted Fone for theft. Canadian-born Fone decided to leave St. Louis after his short prison term.

Officer Doran tshuav ib tug poj niam thiab tsev neeg, leej twg poob ib tug txiv thiab txiv rau lwm yam khoom tseem tsis heev. Tu siab kawg rau tus txiv neej siab tawv, St. Louis tub ceev xwm Patrick Doran.

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Qhov chaw: Cov neeg dawb huv Louis tom qab Dispatch, Kaum ib hlis 8, 1881, p. 8.

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