St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, los sis 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri keeb kwm. Nrhiav cov me nyuam. Louis nyob lub nroog west of tus hav dej Mississippi River coob, lub ntiaj teb 's Fair muab tso rau hauv daim ntawv qhia thoob ntiaj teb. Thaum lub fair yuav nqa notoriety, tourists thiab muaj nyiaj rau hauv nroog, Nws kuj coj tus raug txim kawm. Criminals thoob teb chaws mus rau txoj “Rooj vag rau sab hnub poob” to profit from the Fair.

Standing in the breech to meet this criminal band was the experienced St. Louis Chief ntawm Detectives, William Desmond. Chief Desmond muaj sweated ib confession tawm ntawm “Rev qus” tug Ben Kilpatrick, txhaum txim txhaum English “Tswv Barrington” kev tua neeg ntawm nws lub benefactor thiab xa ntau criminals los tsev rau txim ntev ua ke hauv lub Missouri penitentiary.

Chief Desmond yuav tau tag nrho nws kev txawj ntse txog cov pickpockets, tub sab thiab tub sab uas me nyuam. Louis ib siv ceev xwmphem taw tes thaum lub 1904 World's Fair. Lub ntiaj teb 's Fair qhib rau hnub tim 30, 1904. Ua ntej rau tim Fair kaw, Chief Desmond thiab nws txiv neej ntes 500 criminals. Chief Desmond “sweated” los yog interrogated 318 ntawm cov criminals. Cov raug xa mus rau lwm lub xeev uas lawv muaj txojkev tau tsub. St. Louis Police muab ob peb tug dhau qhov chaw nres tsheb ciav hlau thiab ua rau lawv khiav tawm ntawm thawj muaj tsheb ciav hlau.

Chief Desmond txoj kev contingent txog detectives twb pab tau los ntawm detectives los ntawm lwm tus saib xyuas. Cov me nyuam. Louis tub ceevxwm tso cov neeg khiav dej num tshwj tau nyiaj khiav zog pab nyob rau tim Fair ntiaj teb tus. Ob tug ntawm cov neeg khiav dej num tshwj xeeb pab nyob rau hauv lub ntes cov tub sab Alton tsheb ciav hlau. No ntes coj mus tuag ntawm peb cov me nyuam. Louis tub ceevxwm detectives thiab ob ntawm cov tub sab tsheb ciav hlau.

Tej zaum tau ua lawv nraim doings tab sis Chief Desmond criminals tau thiab nws txiv neej cia ntau tus raug txim kawm rau hauv koj daim tshev. Raws li cov ntawv xov xwm hais lub sijhawm, many criminals left town to tell their criminal associates “txav deb ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis thiab DESMOND!”

The Chief of Detectives continued catching criminals until his retirement in 1907. Even then he opened a detective agency and continued to catch criminals until his death on Independence Day, Lub Xya hli ntuj 4, 1916. Lub unsung heroes ntawm lub ntiaj teb 's Fair lawm Chief Desmond thiab nws tus txiv neej.

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