Police Shoot Out in St. Joseph, 1921

Police shoot out: Copyright: 354.18022.178 Police Shoot Out in St. Joe, c. 1920
Police shoot out

Copyright: 354.18022.178 Police Shoot Out in St. Joe, c. 1920

Name/Title

Police Shoot Out in St. Joseph, 1921

Entry/Object ID

P354.18022.178

Description

Police Shoot Out in St. Joseph, October 26th, 1921. b/w. Photo of line of men, including policemen in great coats, one is pointing a rifle at a building. 2 copies in book. Related to "Killing a desparado" photo #105. Scene of shootout. For Original digital scan see History 20 CD

Made/Created

Artist

MAX HABECKER

Date made

Oct 26, 1921

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Police

Search Terms

Crime in St. Joseph

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 6, 2019

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Max Habecker

Provenance

Notes

Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Leyton Furlong

Date

Feb 7, 2026

Notes

This is a photo of a gunfight on Sycamore Street in which the outlaw, "Slippery" Carlos Scott Henderson, was killed in a fatal shootout that killed two police officers and wounded three.