Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Posts about St. Луис,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
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
Том Аллен родился в Бирмингеме, England on April 23, 1840 но он прославился как боксер-тяжеловес в Америке.. Поселение в ул.. Louis around 1867, Аллен выиграл чемпионат Америки в тяжелом весе в 1873 и удерживал титул до 1876. Он вернулся в Англию на год, прежде чем вернуться в Санкт-Петербург.. Луи навсегда в 1878. Back
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
Вокруг 10 я в четверг, Апрель 10, 1919, пятеро тяжеловооруженных мужчин ворвались в Баден-Бэнк. Бандиты столкнулись с М.В.. Мюнцель, кассир, и потребовал доступ к хранилищу. Они собрали четырех других сотрудников, пока Мунцель вел группу к хранилищу.. Грабители носили цветные банданы, чтобы скрыть свои черты лица.. Хотя двое из пяти мужчин