Wabash安全入室盗窃

在寒冷的夜晚, 一月 9, 1915, 军士. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 比前收市价. 军士. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. 吉本斯跪在平台上，将夜便包裹在平台上，以表示附近的任何殴打军官向他报告. Patrolman Arthur J. 萨克斯听到了夜棍，然后去了该地区.

Besides Patrolman Saxy, Gibbons rapping on the platform attracted the attention of two burglars preparing to blow the safe in the Wabash Delmar Station. 军士. 吉本斯没有意识到车站内部发生了任何事情，因为他的外套被完全扣紧了, 阻止他到达左轮手枪. 军士. 吉本斯是St的最佳神枪手之一. 路易·警视厅. His buttoned coat would soon lead to a tragedy.

One of the men called for Sgt. Gibbons to throw up his hands. 73-year-old Phillip Koerper, 警卫在枪口上持枪, heard Sgt. Gibbons reply, “好, I guess not.”

Before Sgt. Gibbons could free his gun from inside his coat, the burglar shot Gibbons through his right arm into his heart. Gibbons died instantly and fell on the platform with his head hanging over the platform.

Patrolman Saxy was two blocks north at Clemens Avenue and the Wabash tracks. 当他听到射击时，他开始朝车站走去. Saxy ran towards the station. When he arrived, he initially did not see Sgt. 吉本斯躺在平台上，因为这是一个有雾的夜晚.

萨克斯与射手交战, who started a running gun battle with Saxy. As he ran around the station and shot at Saxy, the other burglar blew the safe with bullets flying around him. The burglar emptied the safe, 举行的 $4.00. As Saxy came back around the north side of the station, he found Sgt. Gibbons lying on the platform.

Saxy检查了长臂猿, 但很明显他死了. Saxy was overcome with grief as he worked for Sgt. Gibbons for several years. 萨克斯仰望并钦佩吉本斯.

In the confusion caused by the discovery of Gibbons, the two burglars escaped running north from the station. It was the last time they would be seen as the burglars were never captured. In the years prior to the widespread use of fingerprints, 事件发生后，罪犯会离开城镇，并在其他地方设立.

Chief of Police Young believed the men to be professional safecrackers or “yeggmen”. 年轻人认为，由于射手的熟练方式使萨克斯（Saxy）远离安全破裂，这表明男人是专业人士. The other burglar blowing the safe, while a gunfight raged around him, 还展示了专业罪犯.

60-year-old Michael F. Gibbons was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery on January 11, 1915. 军士. Gibbons left a widow and children.

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Sources: 圣. 圣路易斯邮报, 一月 9, 1915, p.1 and January 10, 1915, p. 21. Missouri Death Certificate Database 1910-1965

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