Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919
Lub hnub hmo, Lub ob hlis ntuj 18, 1919, ib tsab ntawm tus St. Louis Dispatch tom qab detailed tus ntes ob tug txiv neej thiab poj niam ob rau hauv tub sab heev heev khoom khoom kim heev. Paub hais tias ib ntiv nplhaib tawm shoplifting ntawd ua hauj lwm ib nkawg ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub lub khw muag khoom noj, cov me nyuam. Louis ceev xwm muab ntau undercover tub ceev xwm cov poj niam mus ua raws li cov suspects. Lawv ua hauj lwm ua rau tus raug ntawm lub conspirators plaub.
Louise Pfeiffer ntawm lub ob hlis ntuj tus duab 18, 1919 St. Louis Post Dispatch
St. Louis Police ntes cov ntsiab nyaj rau lub ib hlis ntuj 15, 1919. Nws muab ib txoj saw ntawm Sourenfeld tus hniav nyiaj hniav kub tom khw ntawm 1003 Txiv roj Street (tsis muaj coob heev hnub no). Tus poj niam, Mrs. Louise Pfeiffer, qhia rau nws tus kheej li “Mrs. Martin”. Nws muab nws qhov chaw nyob li 4926 Enright Avenue. Tom qab ntes tau lawm, detectives pom tias tsis muaj leej twg uas muaj cov npe ntawd nyob ntawm qhov chaw. Rau cov poj niam uas tsis yog tub ceev xwm muab tau cov ntaub ntawv.
Lawv ceev nrooj nqa tom on Mrs. Martin ntawd txoj kev. Tus poj niam detectives raws li nws thiab lwm cov poj niam, Mrs. Alice Hayner. Tom qab kev tsom kwm nws nyiag mus li ob peb lub lis piam thiab tom qab lawv tsev, Cov poj niam lam tub ceev xwm tau muab warrants rau Mrs tau. Nyob Pfieffer lub, 4265Ib Manchester Avenue, thiab Mrs. Lub Hayner nyob rau lub 1100 thaiv ntawm txoj kev loj pab neeg.
Cov chav tsev Pfeiffer saum lub khw, 4261-67 Manchester Avenue – Cov me nyuam Geo losntawm. Louis
Tub ceev xwm nyob ib sable sia tsis muaj nqis $1,050 las ($25,000 hnub no) Thaum Mrs. Nyob Pfeiffer lub. Tub ceev xwm kuj nyob loaded tsuav thiab cov khoom haus luam yeeb. Mrs. Hayner muaj ntau daim nyiaj-kub raug nyiag lawm tom nws lub tsev. Mrs. Hayner thiab nws tus txiv twb tseem nyiag hluav taws xob rau lawv lub tsev. Tub ceev xwm coj leej txiv thiab poj niam rau tus me nyuam.
Cov poj niam ob leeg sim siv lawv tej txiv yuav lawv cov khoom. Txawm li cas los, Mr. Pfeiffer yog ib tug kawm tiav txoj cai tsev kawm ntawv, uas yeej tsis muaj ib tug siv. Xwb, nws nyiam “yuav frequent billiard parlors nyob hauv plawv nroog” St. Louis. Mr. Hayner yog ib lub salesman kasfes.
Kuv tsis paub tias lawv muab txhua lub sij hawm tab sis tus raug thiab tshaj tawm tom raug nqi ob Mrs. Hayner thiab Mrs Pfeiffer lawv marriages. Thaum Mrs. Hayner poob hauj lwm thib ob khav pem teb hauv nws chav tsev nyob rau txoj kev Eichelberger rau 1945 after the bannister gave way, she was a 64 xyoo divorcee.
Thaum Mr. Pfeiffer mus xyuas hauv 1953, yog nws ua lwm poj niam thiab nyob rau hauv lub cheeb tsam Baden. Dab tsi tshwm sim rau Louise Pfeiffer no tsis paub.
Thaum tub ceev xwm cov poj niam yeej tsis tshua muaj ua ntej lub nplaj era, lawv tau zoo. William F. Hayes twb raug tua nyob rau kab hauv cov dej num rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1919. Tus poj ntsuam, Nona Hayes, yuav tau ua ib tug poj niam zoo tub ceev xwm nyob hauv nws txoj cai tom qab nws tuag.
Cas ras koj tshaj txog qhov tsab xov xwm no? Koj puas paub cov poj niam uas tub ceev xwm ua si li ib tug tseem ceeb yob hauv 1900s thaum ntxov? Koj yuav tawm ib tug saib los nug cov lus nug txog cov ncej no rau kuv Facebook phab los sis Twitter profile.
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