Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, and miscellaneous history.
O sábado, Abril 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 anos de idade, pulled off
O martes, Xullo 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 anos dende 1890
En decembro de 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. Os homes levaron $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 A.M. and surprised Harding,
En agosto 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, 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, Xaneiro 9, 1915, SGT. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. 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
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, o St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 anos. 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. Louis Departamento de Policía. 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
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Porén, 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
Na noite de Nadal 1902, dous cidade pequena, pequeno-time, homes atracos abriron a caixa forte da Unión, Banco de Missouri. Despois de ameazar a uns cantos cidadáns, saíron con over $15,000. Os homes estiveron relativamente seguros durante uns meses ata que se chamou á Axencia de Detectives Pinkerton. Os Pinkerton tiñan unha axencia a nivel nacional, que era o máis parecido ao United
En torno a 10 son o xoves, Abril 10, 1919, cinco homes fortemente armados irromperon no banco de Baden. Os bandidos enfrontáronse a M.W. Munzel, o caixeiro, e esixiu o acceso á bóveda. Reuniron aos outros catro empregados mentres Muntzel conducía o grupo á bóveda. Os ladróns levaban bandanas de cores para ocultar os seus trazos. Mentres que dous dos cinco homes