Union MO Bank Robbery Book Signing

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В субботу, Апрель 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 лет, pulled off

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William Desmond Passes Away

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Во вторник, Июль 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, Младший. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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Директор О'Киф Сохраняет сослуживца

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Улица. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Мая 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. Улица. Луи полицейский Джозеф. Герк патрулировали его бить по восемнадцатого улице во время утренней мая 26, 1901, когда он

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

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Декабря 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. Мужчины взяли $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 A.M. and surprised Harding,

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Jack Shea Finally Does Time

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Августа 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Луис, 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

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Wabash Safe Burglary

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On a chilly night, Январь 9, 1915, Сержант. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. Сержант. 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 words, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 лет. 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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Корнелиус О'Киф останавливает грабителя

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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Департамент Луи полиции. 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. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", 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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Вступление в Союз, МО ограбление банка

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On Christmas Night 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United

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