Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis polica historio.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Anglio sur aprilo 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Reen
Sabate, Aprilo 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis Urba Prizono. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 Jaroj de #a?o, pulled off
En Kristnasko Nokto 1902, du urbeto, malgranda-tempo, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Lunde vespero, Julio 16, 1917, St. Louis Polica Oficiro Julius H. Petring asignita al la Norda Merkata Divido eniris rooming domo ĉe 2301 N. Merkata Strato. Petring demandis la proprietulon William Dietrich lui ĉambron por li kaj lia edzino. Lia “Edzino” Estis lia ĵus eksedziĝita koramikino Freda Hagenmeyer. Oficiro Petring estis vidanta Freda Hagenmeyer, Kiu
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Tamen, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 Vortoj, La St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 Jaroj. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
Sur decembro 15, 1903, Proksimume 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, la oficisto de la Erie Hotelo, estis okupitaj laborante en sia oficejo. Uzita por labori sole, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, malfacile rigardanta viroj eniras la hotelon ĉe Kvara kaj Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
Antaŭ ol li estis promociita al Speciala Oficiro, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn respondis al vokoj de servo kiel iu alia patrolisto. En la mateno de februaro 28, 1916, Anslyn patrolis la areon de Franklin kaj Jefferson Avenues. Civitano sciigis Anslyn, ke 30-jara Albert Kivet festas post sia naskiĝtago la 27-an de februaro.. Dum lia festeno, Kivet assaulted
Sur oktobra 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, which killed
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis