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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, and miscellaneous history.
Nhar is-Sibt, April 9, 2022, is-Soċjetà Storika tal-Kontea ta’ Franklin Missouri stidinni nagħti preżentazzjoni bil-PowerPoint dwar is-Serq tal-Bank ta’ l-Unjoni Missouri 1902. Il-ktieb ikopri s-serqa, l-investigazzjoni, żewġ kaċċa mal-pajjiż kollu għall-maħrub u waqfa awdaċi mis-St. Louis City Jail. Żewġ ħallelin awdaċi, not yet 23 sena, jinġibed off
Nhar it-Tlieta, Lulju 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 snin minn 1890
Fuq Diċembru 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. L-irġiel ħadu $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Fuq Awissu 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, Jannar 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, San. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 snin. 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 Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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. Madankollu, 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
Fuq Lejl tal-Milied 1902, tnejn belt żgħira, żmien żgħira, holdup men nefaħ is-safe tal-Unjoni, Missouri Bank. Wara li hedded ftit ċittadini, huma għamlu off ma 'over $15,000. L-irġiel kienu relattivament siguri għal ftit xhur sakemm issejjaħ l-Aġenzija tad-Ditektifs Pinkerton. Il-Pinkertons kellhom aġenzija nazzjonali, li kienet l-eqreb ħaġa l-United
Around 10 am nhar il-Ħamis, April 10, 1919, ħamest irġiel armati ħafna daħlu fil-Baden Bank. Il-banditi kkonfrontaw lil M.W. Munzel, il-kaxxier, u talab aċċess għall-kaxxa-forti. Huma ġabru l-erba’ impjegati l-oħra hekk kif Muntzel mexxa lill-grupp sal-kaxxa-forti. Il-ħallelin kienu jilbsu bandanas ikkuluriti biex joskuraw il-karatteristiċi tagħhom. Filwaqt li tnejn mill-ħames irġiel