On a stormy Tuesday night in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 8, 1911, veteran Police Officer Cornelius O'Keefe's watch was nearing its end. At 42 years old, the patrolman with 12 years of dedicated service to the St. Louis Police Department was just five minutes from the end of his shift. His final call to duty that evening was the pursuit of a man wanted for assault.
The search led Officer O'Keefe to a candy store on Olive Street. Inside the dimly lit shop, he encountered a man who would
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