Історик єдиноборств і майстер єдиноборств
Posts about St. Луїс,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
У суботу, Квітень 9, 2022, Історичне товариство округу Франклін Міссурі запросило мене провести презентацію PowerPoint про пограбування банку Union Missouri 1902. Книга висвітлює пограбування, розслідування, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 років, pulled off
У вівторок, Липень 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, Молодший. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
Вулиця. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Травень 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. Вулиця. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, коли він
Грудня 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,
Серпня 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Луїс, Missouri around 7:30 A.M. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Джек” Ши, 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, Січень 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
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 слова, Санкт-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 років. 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. Департамент Louis поліції. 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. Однак, 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
На різдвяну ніч 1902, два невелике місто, невеликий, грабіжники підірвали сейф Союзу, Банк Міссурі. Погрожуючи кільком громадянам, вони втекли з понад $15,000. Чоловіки були у відносній безпеці кілька місяців, поки не викликали детективне агентство Пінкертона. Пінкертони мали загальнонаціональне агентство, що було найближчим до Сполучених