Albert Whitefield’s First Murder

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Në nëntor 17, 1912, Albert Whitefield achieved infamy in St. Louis history by murdering St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston. Huddleston prevented Whitefield murdering his common law wife, Annie Washington, and her gentlemen caller. Whitefield shot Huddleston to death in a Midtown alley before leading St. Louis Police on a two state chase. Arthur Huddleston was not Albert Whitefield’s first

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Ne Janar 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Megjithatë, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Në mars 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ose 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Historia Missouri. Ndërsa St. Louis ishte qyteti më i madh në perëndim të lumit Misisipi, Panairi Botërore e vënë atë në hartë ndërkombëtare. Ndërsa panair do të sjellë famë, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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Të mërkurën, Maj 9, 1900, Dita e dytë e Shën. Louis Streetcar Strike, një plumb i humbur vrarë Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, një veteran i Luftës spanjolle-amerikane, u shikuar një miting grevë në cep të Finney dhe N. Taylor Avenue. Gjatë tubim, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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Chief Desmond’s Recruits

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond’s success in capturing many desperate criminals made him a celebrity of sorts particularly among aspiring detectives. When Edgar Allan Poe wrote three tales based on the exploits of fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin, detective fiction captured the attention of readers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized the genre permanently with his fictional detective, Sherlock

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