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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, and miscellaneous history.
W sobotę, Kwiecień 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 lat, pulled off
We wtorek, Lipiec 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
Grudzień 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 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Na sierpień 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, Styczeń 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, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 lat. 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 zyskał reputację twardego policjanta podczas swojej kariery w St. Louis Departament Policji. Będzie potrzebował całej tej twardości rano w styczniu 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 właśnie się obudził i przygotowywał
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Jednak, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone i Shea byli lokalnymi przestępcami, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
W Noc Bożego Narodzenia 1902, dwa małe miasteczka, niewielki czas, napadowcy wysadzili sejf Unii, Banku Missouri. Po grożeniu kilku obywatelom, uciekli z ponad $15,000. Do czasu wezwania Agencji Detektywistycznej Pinkertona mężczyźni byli stosunkowo bezpieczni przez kilka miesięcy. Pinkertonowie mieli ogólnokrajową agencję, co było najbliżej Stanów Zjednoczonych
Około 10 jestem w czwartek, Kwiecień 10, 1919, pięciu ciężko uzbrojonych mężczyzn wpadło do Baden Bank. Bandyci skonfrontowali się z M.W. Muntzel, kasjer, i zażądał dostępu do skarbca. Zebrali czterech innych pracowników, gdy Muntzel poprowadził grupę do skarbca. Złodzieje nosili kolorowe bandany, aby ukryć ich rysy. Podczas gdy dwóch z pięciu mężczyzn