Category: 圣. 路易和其他历史

上周六, 四月 9, 2022, 富兰克林县密苏里历史学会邀请我做一个关于联合密苏里银行抢劫案的 PowerPoint 演示文稿 1902. 这本书涵盖了抢劫, 调查, 两次全国范围内的逃犯追捕和一次大胆的脱离圣战. Louis City Jail. 两个大胆的强盗, not yet 23 岁, 脱掉了

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周二, 七月 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

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十二月 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 比前收市价. and surprised Harding,

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八月 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. 路易, Missouri around 7:30 比前收市价. Three figures exited the train. 两名健康的警察正在护送约翰·D. “插口” 乳木果, 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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在寒冷的夜晚, 一月 9, 1915, 军士. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 比前收市价. 军士. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. 吉本斯跪在平台上，将夜便包裹在平台上，以表示附近的任何殴打军官向他报告. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night

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“For the good of the department”. With those 6 话, 圣. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 岁月. 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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科尼利厄斯·奥基夫（Cornelius O’Keefe）在圣路易斯（St）的职业生涯中赢得了坚强的警察声誉. 路易警察局. 他在一月的早晨需要所有的坚韧 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. 奥基夫刚醒来就准备好了

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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. 然而, 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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圣诞之夜 1902, 两个小城镇, 小时间, 滞留男人轰开安全联盟, 密苏里州银行. 威胁几个公民后, 他们掠走了 $15,000. 在平克顿侦探社被叫来之前，这些人相对安全了几个月. 平克顿有一个全国性的代理机构, 这是美国最接近的事情

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周围 10 星期四上午, 四月 10, 1919, 五名全副武装的男子闯入巴登银行. 土匪面对M.W. 蒙策尔, 收银员, 并要求进入金库. 当蒙兹尔（Muntzel）带领小组前往金库时，他们围捕了另外四名员工. 强盗穿着彩色头巾遮掩其特征. 虽然五个人中有两个

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