ટોમ એલન શૂટ આશ્રયદાતા
ટોમ એલનનો જન્મ બર્મિંગહામમાં થયો હતો, England on April 23, 1840 પરંતુ તે અમેરિકામાં હેવીવેઇટ બેર નકલ પ્રાઇઝ ફાઇટર તરીકે પ્રખ્યાત બન્યો. સેન્ટ માં સ્થાયી. Louis around 1867, એલને અમેરિકન હેવીવેઇટ ચેમ્પિયનશિપમાં જીત મેળવી હતી 1873 અને ત્યાં સુધી ટાઇટલ જાળવી રાખ્યું 1876. સેન્ટ. લુઈસ ફોર ગુડ ઇન 1878.
Back in St. લૂઈસ, Allen opened a saloon at 6th and Market Streets. “The Sportsman’s Rest” would be the scene of numerous brawls. Allen usually kept order with a crochet mallet but he did keep a revolver behind the bar. It was a fortunate circumstance, when he confronted a stage hand named Tim Confoy on Sunday, ઈસાઈ વર્ષનો બીજો મહિનો 26, 1899 આસપાસ 2 a.m.
Confoy had arrived with a friend named John Spencer. Spencer had found Confoy drinking and was trying to get him to go home. Confoy agreed, if Spencer would stop at “The Sportsman’s Rest” for one more drink. Spencer agreed.
When they arrived at the saloon, Spencer saw Allen, whom he knew. Spencer invited Allen to join them. Allen agreed. Spencer ordered a beer, while Confoy asked for a sherry.
As the three men were drinking, Confoy threw out his sherry after one sip. Allen asked him what was wrong. Confoy replied, “It’s like you, no good.” Allen replied, “You aren’t a tough mug are you? Have something else.”
Instead Confoy replied, “I’m tough enough for you.” He then put his hand in his pocket and wouldn’t remove it despite Allen asking him twice what he had in his coat. Allen stood up, walked to the bar and grabbed his revolver.
Allen told Confoy, “I believe you have a gun. If you try to pull it from your coat, I will kill you. You need to leave.” Confoy rose but instead of leaving, he pulled a gun from his coat. Allen was in superior position and fired first. લગભગ પછી 4 shots, Confoy dropped to the floor. He was still alive but died within the next 24 hours.
Confoy told the St. Louis Police that Allen executed him for insulting him. તેમ છતાં, “The Sportsmen’s Rest” was nearly full at the time of the shooting. All of the witnesses contradicted Confoy.
Several witnesses saw Confoy’s gun in his hand. The few, who had not seen the initial part of the confrontation, saw Confoy’s gun, when the police removed him from the bar. When Confoy fell, he dropped his revolver, which was lying under him. Confoy’s friend John Spencer backed up Allen’s contention that he only fired in self-defense.
Despite the coroner’s jury ruling the shooting a justifiable homicide, સેન્ટ. Louis Prosecutor initially charged Allen with murder. તેમ છતાં, the charges were dropped within a few months, when no witnesses could be found to support Confoy’s version.
“The Sportsmen’s Rest” would remain a rough establishment, where brawls resulting in serious injury or death continued to occur. It would be the first and only time that Tom Allen himself, would shoot someone. Allen died a few years later in 1903.
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Sources: સ્ટ્રીટ. લૂઇસ પોસ્ટ ડિસ્પેચ, ઈસાઈ વર્ષનો બીજો મહિનો 26, 1899 આવૃત્તિ, પૃષ્ઠ. 20, ઈસાઈ વર્ષનો બીજો મહિનો 27, 1899 આવૃત્તિ, પૃષ્ઠ. 8 and February 28, 1899, પૃષ્ઠ. 1. Missouri Coroner’s Database.
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