In the fall of 1904, the city of Saint-Louis was bustling with visitors to the World's Fair, an event that attracted not only tourists but also a criminal element. It was in this charged atmosphere that Detective John J. Shea, a 34-year-old officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, would meet his untimely end. Born in 1871, Shea had joined the department in 1898 and had risen to the rank of detective sergeant by September of the previous year. His career was marked by a commitme
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