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Posts about St. Луіс,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
У суботу, Красавіка 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 City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 гадоў, pulled off
Том Ален нарадзіўся ў Бірмінгеме, England on April 23, 1840 але ён стаў вядомым як баец у суперцяжкай вазе ў Амерыцы. Пасяліўшыся ў св. Louis around 1867, Ален выйграў чэмпіянат Амерыкі ў цяжкай вазе ў 1873 і трымаў тытул да 1876. Ён вярнуўся ў Англію на год, перш чым вярнуцца ў St. Луі назаўсёды ў 1878. Back
Вуліца. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Мая 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. Вуліца. Луі паліцэйскі Джозэф. Герка патрулявалі яго біць па васемнаццатага вуліцы падчас ранішняй мая 26, 1901, калі ён
Жнівень 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Луіс, Missouri around 7:30 A.M. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
On a chilly night, Студзеня 9, 1915, Сяржант. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. Сяржант. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, Санкт-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 гадоў. 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
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Дэпартамент Луі паліцыі. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
Калі Уільям Рудольф вырваўся з St,,en,Луі Турма на Дзень незалежнасці,,en,газеты называлі гэта актам небывалай дзёрзкасці,,en,дваццаць два гады раней,,en,Франк Фон і Джон D,,en,Шый вырваліся з St,,en,Луі Jail такім жа чынам,,en,Fone і шый былі мясцовыя галаварэзы,,en,ён быў адказны за,,en,Трубы заўсёды выходзілі на,,en. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Аднак, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
На калядную ноч 1902, два невялікія мястэчкі, малачасовы, захопленыя людзі ўзарвалі сейф Саюза, Банк Місуры. Пасля пагроз некалькім грамадзянам, яны ўцяклі з над $15,000. Мужчыны знаходзіліся ў адноснай бяспецы на працягу некалькіх месяцаў, пакуль не выклікалі дэтэктыўнае агенцтва Пінкертана. Пінкертоны мелі агульнанацыянальнае агенцтва, which was the closest thing the United
Around 10 am on Thursday, Красавіка 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men