1904 Shootout rau ntawm ntoo thuv Street

Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 21, 1904, St tsib. Louis tub ceev xwm Officers mus rau ib lub tsev rooming tom 1324 Ntoo thuv Street, qhov chaw uas hnub no tus peeb zeej Memorial, mus txhom peb cov txiv neej xav tias tsam hnub ntawm ib lub xeev Illinois tsheb ciav hlau nyiag thaum lub Xya hli ntuj xyoo tib. Dab tsi tshwm sim tom ntej no yuav yog ib qhov tseem storied shootouts nyob hauv St. Louis Police keeb kwm.

Nyob rau tim Fair ntiaj teb tus, St. Louis Police ntxiv ntxiv cov neeg khiav dej num. Ob tug ntawm cov neeg khiav dej num, Tshwj xeeb Officer Harry James thiab Kansas City detective Edward Boyle, cov ntaub ntawv uas yog peb cov txiv neej xav tias tsam cov robbing Pullman tsheb nyob rau hauv Illinois Central twb nyob hauv ib lub tsev rooming ntawm tus ntoo thuv Street. Detectives John J. Shea, Thomas Dwyer thiab Thomas McCluskey tau xa mus rau tus neeg khiav dej num ob rau arrest cov txiv neej,

Tus detectives no yog ib cov tub sab, Harry Vaughn, tawm lub tsev. Nws yog tshwm sim rau cov me nyuam kuj nruj dua li ntawm. Dwyer, McCluskey, Shea thiab Boyle mus rau cov tub sab, Thaum James tswj muaj cai rau Vaughn.

Cov tub sab, William Morris thiab Alfred Rosenauer aka Rose, tau alerted rau lub detectives nqis rau hauv lawv chav me me. Morris tau sawv nrog nws phom me taw tes qhia hnub ntawm lub qhov rooj. Thaum nkag mus rau lub detectives, Nws pib shooting.

Dwyer yog lub npe rau ntawm lub qhov rooj thiab tua ntawm lub plab mog. Nws poob mus rau hauv av txhawm rau ib lub rooj zaum. Rosenauer tom qab nws muab rau tus neeg khiav dej num uas tsis ua mob, uas proved tau yuam kev tuag. Dwyer fatally tua raug nws los rau hauv pem teb.

McCluskey tau tom hauv ntej thiab yog txhaj rau lub plab mog tuaj kuj. Nws slumped hla mus rau lub txaj thiab phom me nws poob hauv nws noj nws tawm ntawm qhov sib ntaus. Morris tua Shea hauv siab tab sis Shea tseem firing nrog Dwyer. Morris txhaj plaub zaug thaum kawg sab laug piam lawm.

Shea exited lub hoob thiab poob rau hauv tej caj npab ntawv Boyle. Boyle coj nws mus rau ib qhov chaw zoo, qhov twg Shea tuag tam sim ntawd yuav luag. Boyle pab tau James nrog Vaughn, uas yog muab los kuj xav paub ntxiv. James thiab Boyle subdued Vaughn, pob txha taub hau uas nws raug kev nyuaj rau nws kuj.

Alerted los ntawm cov gunfire, lwm cov neeg khiav dej num pib los txog. Sawv thiab Shea nkawm tuag. Dwyer, McCluskey thiab Morris nkawm 2)(l) grave. Morris yog tus tib neeg yuav hais lus. Nws bragged txog shooting tus neeg khiav dej num thiab hais tias nws tua ntxiv yog hais tias nws muaj muas txwv ntau.

Dwyer thaum phais ntawm lub kaum hli ntuj 21st tuag. McCluskey tuag rau hnub tom ntej. Morris, leej twg tus St. Koom pheej Louis piav raws li lub cev mus impressive rau 6’01” thiab 190 phaus, nyob rau ob lim tiam. Thaum nws cov neeg hauv lub tsheb ciav hlau nyiag muab nws, nws swore rau nkawd thiab hais tias lawv zoo vam tias nws yuav tuag.

Harry Vaughn yog txhaum ntawm lub tsheb ciav hlau nyiag thiab ob peb robberies rau me nyuam. Louis lawm ob peb lub hlis dhau los. Cov txiv neej muaj robbed muaj tsheb thiab neeg hauv 1898 thiab tua ib brakeman. Lawv tau tawm los nyob rau qhov kev ua txhaum nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 1904 thiab pib qhov kev ua txhaum spree tam sim ntawd yuav luag. According rau ntawm txoj kab hauv cov plaub ntug: St. Louis tub ceev xwm cov neeg khiav dej num ua qhov kawg fij ntawm Barb Miksicek, li. al, Vaughn yuav tau tseg rau nws ua tus loj faj riot.

In only one other incident did so many officers lose their lives. Electricity was responsible for this loss of life.

1904 coj lub ntiaj teb 's Fair thiab puas ntau ntau rau cov me nyuam. Louisans. Nws kuj yog ib qhov phem shootouts tuaj mus dua ib yam dab tsi uas peb tsis tau xav saib.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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