Roaring Twenties: Crime and Chaos | St. Louis News

In a wild Tuesday in 1926, headlines screamed with chaos: a toll bridge suddenly became free, a teen girl arrested after being shot at by an admirer, a club shooting with police on the hunt, and a bottle dropped from a plane that hit a woman’s car. Add to that a constable gunned down through his window, a murder blamed on bootlegger-hired assassins, and two arrests with a prosecutor promising more. Amidst the Roaring Twenties’ glamour, crime and bizarre events dominated the front pages — proving history’s most thrilling chapters were written in ink, not just fiction. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/34d6a3a54efa3cc0