Name/Title
Police Shoot Out in St. Joseph, 1921Entry/Object ID
P354.18022.178Description
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 CDMade/Created
Date made
Oct 26, 1921Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
PoliceSearch Terms
Crime in St. JosephRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max HabeckerProvenance
Notes
Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.Research Notes
Research Type
ResearcherPerson
Leyton FurlongDate
Feb 7, 2026Notes
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.