jotel parking lot where he stole a car which he subsequently aban
doned when he caught a taxi to the home of a friend in Park Lawn,
KARRKXMWAKXXRKRK .Nine hours. later, he was captured there while try-=
ing to hide behind a phonograph, His attorneys offered a plea of sel
defense in the killing and Lowry testified that he had been ordered
out of St. Louis six monts previously by the police who had told him
that they would kill him if he ever returned, His conviction was
appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court on several grounds and after
it had been confirmed, the Governor refused to grant executive clen-
, ency and he was hanged at the St. Louis City Jail on Feb. 1, 1929,
A radio had been placed in his cell on the night preceding his execu-
tion and he and his visiting girl friend danced until time for her to
leave, On the scaffold, he .and another convicted murderer, Leonard
« Yeager, hanged on the same day, shook hands, His last words, whis~
pered to the attending Priest, were: "I go to my death forgiving
everyone, with no malice towards anyone," His neck was not broken
by the fall and he died of strangulation, ‘
12 SOUTHWESTERN (2nd) 69
REAL DETECTIVE, January, 1953, Page 6. "Pleasure Path to the Galbows"
ST, LOUIS POST=DISPATCH, Feb. k, 1929, (Photo on page 2)
« Yeager, hanged on the same day, shook hands, His last words, whis~
Hotel parking lot where he stole a car which he subsequently aban-
doned when he caught a taxi to the home of a friend in Park Lawn,
KAMKRXMMAKXARKKK . Nine hours. later, he was captured there while try-
ing to hide behind a phonograph, His attorneys offered a plea of self
defense in the killing and Lowry testified that he had been ordered
out of St. Louis six monts previously by the police who had told him
that they would kill him if he ever returned. His conviction was
appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court on several grounds and after
it had been confirmed, the Governor refused to grant executive clen-
ency and he was hanged at the St. Louis City Jail on Feb. 1, 1929,
A radio had been placed in his cell on the night preceding his execu-
tion and he and his visiting girl friend danced until time for her to
leave. On the scaffold, he .and another convicted murderer, Leonard
pered to the attending Priest, weres "I go to my death forgiving
everyone, with no malice towards anyone," His neck was not broken
by the fall and he died of strangulation, ‘
12 SOUTHWESTERN (2nd) 1,69
REAL DETECTIVE, January, 1953, Page 6. "Pleasure Path to the Galbows"
ST, LOUIS POST=DISPATCH, Feb. 1, 1929, (Photo on page 2)
Hotel parking lot where he stole a car which he subsequently aban-
doned when he caught a taxi to the home of a friend in Park Lawn,
TGOGHEXICKKXATIONE . Nine hours. later, he was captured there while try-
ing to hide behind a phonograph, His attorneys offered a plea of sel
defense in the killing and Lowy testified that he had been ordered
out of St. Louis six monts previously by the police who had told him
that they would kill him if he ever returned, His conviction was
appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court on several grounds and after
it had been confirmed, the Governor refused to grant executive clen-
ency and he was hanged at the St, Louis City Jail on Feb. 1, 1929,
4 radio had been placed in his cell on the night preceding his execu-
tion and he and his visiting girl friend danced until time for her to
leave, On the scaffold, he .and another convicted murderer, Leonard
Yeager,: hanged on the same day, shook hands. His last words, whis~
pered to the attending Priest, were: "I go to my death forgiving
everyone, with no malice towards anyone," His neck was not broken
by the fall and he ee e strangulation,
12 SOUTHWESTERN (2nd) 65
REAL DETECTIVE, January, 1983, Page 6, "Pleasure Path to the Galfows'
ST, LOUIS POST=DISPATCH, Feb, 1, 1929, (Photo on page 2)
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LOWRY ; Thomas BE.
Lowry, a 22-year-old white native of St, Louis, Mo,, whose father
had died when he was 7-years-old, had gone to Chicago as a teen-ager
and worked for a time as a postal clerk, He had served one sentence
in the workhouse and two years in an Illinois penitentiary for lar-
ceny, After his release from prison, he and others conspired to and
robbed a mail train, using inside knowledge of payroll shipments that
Lowry had obtained while working for the postal service. The bandits
were subsequently identified and the police were searching for Lowrye
On Sept. 25, 1926, he returned to St. Louis, accompanied by a friend
and his h<year-old daughter, Lowry planned to marry a St, Louis giri
that afternoon and leave for California, He was driving his car at
an excessive speed when it was noticed by Patrolmen Eugene N, Lovely,
a former school-mate of Lowry, and his partner, Patrolman Thomas J,
Jones and they gave pursuit. After Lowry struck another vehicle and
failed to stop, they overtook him and forced him to the curb at the
intersection of Kings Highway and Lindell Boulevarde, Both officers
were approaching the car with their guns holstered when Lowry emerged
with a pistol drawn and began firing. Lovely was struck three times
and died within a few minutes. Jones, struck by a bullet which sha-
ttered his ankle, returned the fire and Lowry was shot in the bhoul-
der, Nonetheless he managed to escape by fleeing into the Chase
LOWRY, Thomas E,
Lowry, a 22-year-old white native of St, Louis, Mo., whose father
had died when he was 7-years-old, had gone to Chicago as a teen-ager
and worked for a time as a postal clerk, He had served one sentence
in the workhouse and two years in an Illinois penitentiary for lar-
ceny. After his release from prison, he and others conspired to and
robbed a mail train, using inside knowledge of payroll shipments that
Lowry had obtained while working for the postal service. The bandits
were subsequently identified and the police were searching for Lowrye
On Sept. 25, 1926, he returned to St, Louis, accompanied by a friend
and his -year-old daughter. Lowry planned to marry a St, Louis girl
that afternoon and leave for California, He was driving his car at
an excessive speed when it was noticed by Patrolmen Eugene N, Lovelys
a former school-mate of Lowry, and his partner, Patrolman Thomas J,
Jones and they gave pursuit. After Lowry struck another vehicle and
failed to stop, they overtook him and forced him to the curb at the
intersection of Kings Highway and Lindell Boulevarde. Both officers
were approaching the car with their guns holstered when Lowry emerged
with a pistol drawn and began firing. Lovely was struck three times
and died within a few minutes, Jones, struck by a bullet which sha-
ttered his ankle, returned the fire and Lowry was shot in the bhoul-
dere Nonetheless he managed to escape by fleeing into the Chase
LOWRY, Thomas E,
Lowry, a 22-year-old white native of St, Louis, Mo,, whose father
had died when he was 7-years-old, had gone to Chicago as a teen-ager
and worked for a time as a postal clerk, He had served one sentence
in the workhouse and two years in an Illinois penitentiary for lar-
ceny. After his release from prison, he and others conspired to and
robbed a mail train, using inside knowledge of payroll shipments that
Lowry had obtained while working for the postal service, The bandits
were subsequently identified and the police were searching for Lowrye
On Sept. 25, 1926, he returned to St, Louis, accompanied by a friend
and his leyear-old daughter, Lowry planned to marry a St, Louis girl
that afternoon and leave for California, He was driving his car at
an excessive speed when it was noticed by Patrolmen Eugene N, Lovelyy
a former school-mate of Lowry, and his partner, Patrolman Thomas J,
Jones and they gave pursuit, After Lowry struck another vehicle and
failed to stop, they overtook him and forced him to the curb at the
intersection of Kings Highway and Lindell Boulevarde, Both officers
were approaching the car with their ee peices when Lowry emerged
with a pistol drawn and bogan firings pe eeauce Hee times
and died ninetes. Jones, eee bullet which sha-
reeccalnish aay ote the fire and Lowry Be shot in the bhoul-
der. Nonetheless he managed to escape by fleeing into the Chase
