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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Շաբաթ, Ապրիլ 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 տարեկան, pulled off
Երեքշաբթի, Հուլիս 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
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Մայիսի 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, երբ
Դեկտեմբերի 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. Այն մարդիկ, վերցրել $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Օգոստոսի 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. “Վալետ” 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, Հունվար 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, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 տարի. 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 Police Department. 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. Սակայն, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Ֆոնը և Շեյը տեղի հանցագործներ էին, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, մինչդեռ Ֆոնն էր
Ամանորի գիշերը 1902, երկու փոքրիկ քաղաք, փոքր ժամանակ, Հոլդափ տղամարդիկ բացել են Միության սեյֆը, Միսսուրի բանկ. Մի քանի քաղաքացիների սպառնալուց հետո, նրանք հեռացան ավարտով $15,000. Տղամարդիկ մի քանի ամիս համեմատաբար ապահով էին, մինչև որ Փինկերթոնի դետեկտիվ գործակալություն կանչվեց. Փինկերթոններն ունեին համազգային գործակալություն, որն ամենամոտ բանն էր «Յունայթեդին»: