Подписване на книга за грабеж на банка Union MO

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В събота, Април 9, 2022, Историческото общество на окръг Франклин Мисури ме покани да изнеса презентация в PowerPoint за обира на банка Union Missouri на 1902. Книгата отразява грабежа, разследването, две общодържавни издирвания на беглеца и дръзко измъкване от Св. Louis City Jail. Двама дръзки разбойници, not yet 23 години, дръпна

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William Desmond Passes Away

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Във вторник, Юли 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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Полицай О'Кийф Спестява офицер

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

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От декември 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 А.М. and surprised Harding,

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Jack Shea Finally Does Time

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На August 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 А.М. 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

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Wabash Safe Burglary

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On a chilly night, Януари 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 А.М. Sgt. 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

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Chief Desmond Driven From Office

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“For the good of the department”. With those 6 думи, Св. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 години. 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

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Корнелий О'Кийф спира кражбата

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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis РПУ. 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

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Jail Break and Murder

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When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Обаче, 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

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Въведение в Съюза, MO банков обир

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На Коледна нощ 1902, два малки градчета, малко време, грабители отвориха сейфа на Съюза, Мисури Банк. След като заплаши няколко граждани, те избягаха с над $15,000. Мъжете бяха в относителна безопасност за няколко месеца, докато не беше повикана детективската агенция Пинкертън. Пинкертън имаха национална агенция, което беше най-близкото нещо до Съединените щати

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