Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, and miscellaneous history.
Siku ya Jumamosi, Aprili 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 umri wa miaka, pulled off
Siku ya Jumanne, Julai 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 miaka kutoka,,en,William Desmond wakiongozwa St,,en,Louis Detective ya Ofisi wakati wa moja ya ni vipindi mafanikio zaidi kabla na baada ya,,en,wanaume Desmond ya kiasi kikubwa kuwajibika kwa polisi duniani Fair,,en,Desmond alizaliwa Mei,,en,kwa William na Elizabeth Desmond katika MASSACHUSETTES,,en,Alipokuwa bado mtoto,,en,familia wakiongozwa na St,,en,Desmonds kununuliwa,,en,O'Fallon Street,,es,ambapo Desmond aliishi kwa muda mrefu wa maisha yake mapema,,en,Wakati bado upelelezi,,en,Desmond alikuwa anajulikana kwa uwezo wake kupambana,,en 1890
Desemba 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,
Juu ya Agosti 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, Januari 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 miaka. 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 Idara ya Polisi. 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. Hata hivyo, 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
On Krismasi Night 1902, viwili vidogo mji, wadogo wakati, wanaume holdup akapiga kufungua salama wa Muungano, Missouri Bank. Baada ya kutisha wananchi wachache, walifanya mbali na zaidi ya $15,000. wanaume walikuwa kiasi salama kwa miezi michache mpaka Pinkerton Agency Detective aliitwa katika. Pinkertons alikuwa wakala wa taifa, ambayo ilikuwa jambo la karibu United
Karibu 10 am on Thursday, Aprili 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men