Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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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. Však, 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

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, 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

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Deadly Night During Streetcar Strike

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The 1900 St. Louis Tramvaj Strike bylo natáčení válka mezi dělnickou třídou a vyšší třídy. Začalo to jako akci zaměstnání tramvají pracovníků nově konsolidovaných tramvajových linek. Však, 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

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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Budovy jsou jen hromady desek a cihel bez příběhů, které jsou s nimi spojeny. V průběhu listopadu 1912, St. Louis policejní důstojník Arthur Huddleston byl zabit paroled vrah Albert Whitefielda. Whitefield překvapil svou družku, který byl zábavný další gentleman volajícího. Whitefield pokusil zabít ji před dvěma St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Police Department Louis Metropolitan. 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. Ledna

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