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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
يوم الخميس, يناير 23, 1902, الحادي و. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, one of St. لويس’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 مليون دولار. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. لويس. He
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. لكن, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, أبريل 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. لويس”, الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. التاريخ ويس الشرطة, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
يوم الثلاثاء, نوفمبر 5, 1901, الحادي و. القبض على لويس شرطة بن كيلباتريك والسبائك لورا لدورهم في القطار السطو الشمالية العظمى في ولاية مونتانا في يوليو-تموز 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, ان كيلباتريك خدمة 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
On the morning of Saturday, أبريل 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. برودواي. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. The time
ال 1900 الحادي و. Louis Streetcar Strike was a shooting war between the working class and the upper class. It started as a job action by streetcar workers of the newly consolidated streetcar lines. لكن, it quickly divided the city with the working class supporting the strike while the upper and professional classes defied the strike. The result was a deadly
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
<تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1877, الحادي و. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi. الحادي و. Louis Police dealt with the typical problems of a major city. الحادي و. Louis Police Officers responded to reports of murder, rape and robbery. On the morning of December 12, 1877, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Daily responded to the report of a bear on the Downtown St. لويس
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. إدارة شرطة العاصمة لويس. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. كانون الثاني