{"id":1139,"date":"2021-03-08T03:43:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T03:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winnipegpolicemuseum.ca\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T16:46:50","slug":"true-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winnipegpolicemuseum.ca\/true-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"True Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Throughout 2004 they had received information that somewhere within the City there was a huge grow, either in a warehouse or some other location that was still unknown to police.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
No one will ever know how many men, women and children in Canada have been executed for capital offences since it was first settled. However, one of the earliest known executions occurred in the fall of 1542.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
In 1944 there were three murders in Winnipeg. The most noteworthy was the murder of Samuel W. CAUGHEY, an accountant at the bank of Commerce located at Dufferin and Main St.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Prostitution was the downfall of the City’s first Chief of Police and on August 4, 1875. While there were laws against prostitution, it was next to impossible for the small 20 man police force to keep up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t By the time Jack Krafchenko was 33 years old he was a living legend. Before he turned 34 he was dead. Forty nine people were reportedly present for his execution.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t It started in October 1921 with a break-in to the Bank of Hochelaga in Elie, Manitoba that got the gang some $1,200.00. The same gang was believed responsible for a break-in to the liquor warehouse in Carnduff, Saskatchewan in November\u00a0 where cases of liquor were stolen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The Winnipeg Police Morality Squad was assigned the dubious task of bringing the City\u2019s more notorious caricatures down, including that wily veteran of the criminal underworld Dick Tracy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t His co-workers found his interest in fire peculiar perhaps, but never anything more. Little did they know that what James Dodds possessed was not merely an interest in fire, but rather an obsession.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Julia JOHNSON was just five years old and lived with her immigrant parents on Austin Street.<\/p> Five minutes and a little girl disappeared from the face of the earth for nine years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t In January, Henri Jendrich Kraus, the man from nowhere, died. The only thing that makes his death noteworthy is the spree of violence that lead up to his death and the fact he died in a gun battle with the police.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t On several occasions, Silver was caught in suites and in one instance he produced a revolver and threatened the victim. All victims of these celluloid break-ins described the culprit as a thin male, approx. 5’6″ to 5’9″ tall, with dark hair and dark eyes and approx. 35 years old – the precise description for Silver.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t In the end, the total body count was seven; four policemen and the three young farmers from small-town Saskatchewan. The reason behind the actions of the three farmers will never be known.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t He kept to himself. <\/span>He never home late, always kept his room tidy, and was a big reader.\u00a0<\/p> Very rarely would he go out this the army boys. As for girls he never bothered with them. He was very shy and would sooner run a mile than face a girl.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tof Badges, Bullets & Brothels<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
bloody jack<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Booze, banks & Bullets<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Dick tracy gets smacked down: comic crimes in winnipeg<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
james dodds: an arsonists flame<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
the julia johnson mystery<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
the Man from nowhere<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
The Martin Silver Story<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
murder on the prairies<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
the pervert murders<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t