Meramec Trust nyiag hauv 1919

Txog hnub plaub, Lub rau hli ntuj 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, lub parolee thiab ex-convict, nyob rau pem lub Meramec Trust lag tsocai tom qab qhib rau 07:00 a.m. Cov nyiag yog tsis zoo los thiab haj tsis tseg. Kaum Virginia Avenue thiab txoj kev Meramec yog ib tug busiest txoj kev tsheb blocks hauv lub zos. Cov tub sab muaj NW nyuam qhuav pom lawv cov nyiaj nyiag los thiab taws ntawm txoj kev, Thaum twg lawv spotted ib tug tub ceev xwm sergeant.

Tus tub ceev xwm sergeant, William O'Brien, yog tus Chief O'Brien yawm dab. 1919 mus 1921 twb ntxhib tshwj xeeb rau cov tub ceev xwm khiav los Chief O'Brien uas raug tua los ntawm burglars lub kaum hli ntuj 1919.

Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann raug rho tawm haujlwm ntawm Sgt. O'Brien. O'Brien rov qab hluav taws kub alerting lwm koog tsev kawm ntawv ua ntej policemen. Cov neeg tsav tsheb getaway, Alvin West, rho tawm lawm saib xyuas thiab Bergmann. Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann tom qab teev lawv xav tias tag nrho cov me nyuam sab qab teb. Louis yog chasing lawv.

Lawv tau sim nyiag ib huas wagon, tiam sis nws hla tsawg tshaj li ib ntu deb tipped. Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann ces tuaj roo 4526 Minnesota Avenue. Cov kab mob mus rau hauv pem teb ob tiam sis txhua tus policeman nqis saum lub tsev panicked tus tub sab. Tom qab slamming qhov rooj rau tus neeg khiav dej num hauv tub ceev xwm’ ntsej muag, lawv mus tsheb ntawm lub tsev retreated.

Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann cai Sgt. William Smith yog neeg khiav dej num. Noj kom superior txoj hauj lwm zoo dua, lawv tua nws rau hauv lub taub hau thiab lub hauv siab los rau hauv pem teb ua ntej. Khiav mus rau hauv qab daus, lawv cai Patrolman Thomas Ward nqes los rau sab nrauv cov kauj ruam rau hauv qab daus.

Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann tau lub hau kom zoo dua. Lawv tua Ward nyob hauv koj lub plab mog tuaj thiab nyiag tus Ward rab yaj phom ua ntej yuav khiav lub hauv qab daus. Ward tuag sawv ntxov cov shooting. Smith yuav tuag lub hlis tom ntej tom qab tau nce mus Lieutenant.

Saib xyuas thiab Bergmann sab lim lawv 72 rounds cov mos txwv. Policemen tackled saib xyuas nyob hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev nyob Neosho. Bergmann tau mus rau lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev ntawm cov kev tshuam Dakota Street thiab Michigan Avenue qab Minnesota Avenue tab sis nws yuav tau los Sgt. O'Brien. Dhau $1100 nyob zoo tu qab tso los ntawm Bergmann lub khaub ncaws, uas nws thaj npaj mus nraim ntawm cov saib xyuas?. Rab yaj phom Ward tus nyob rau hauv qhov tshauv ntawm lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev.

Hunter and Bergmann confessed to the robbery and a series of crimes over the past several months. Saib xyuas thiab Bergman tau sentenced rau lub neej, escaping txim tuag, while West was sentenced to 30 xyoo.

Hunter was 23 xyoo. He would serve his sentence until June 27, 1946, when he was paroled. He completed his parole in 1951. Hunter died on October 4, 1970.

Bergman died in the prison hospital on April 12, 1942. Nws yog 45 xyoo.

West was paroled in 1935 but got in trouble with federal authorities. He spent time before being paroled for medical reasons in 1954. Alvin West may have died in Kansas City on August 4, 1968.

Thomas Ward yog 52 xyoo thiab kho ib tug muam invalid 3627A Missouri Avenue hauv ib tsev neeg plaub pav ca. William J. Smith yog tseem 52 xyoo rov saum yuav tau. Nws thiab nws tus poj niam muaj ib lub tsev nyob 3540 Vista Avenue, injures uas nws tso tseg vim nws. Smith yug txog hnub Christmas 1866.

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