مورخ ورزش های رزمی و رزمی کار
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. خیابان. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. لوئیس. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, خیابان. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 سال. 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
در تاریخ دسامبر 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, خیابان. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet assaulted
در اکتبر 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, which killed
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. لوئیس
قبل از دار و دستههای خواندن سنت. لوئیس: مردان احترام توسط دانیل واو, من می دانستم که در مورد و رابرت کیش و برادرش توماس قتل سنت نوشت. لوئیس افسر پلیس جرج Geisler در روز هالووین 1920. چیزی که من نمی دانم که بود رابرت کیش یک عضو از فاخته باند بود, یک سازمان جنایی خشونت فوق العاده در 1920s. رابرت کیش بود
در تاریخ نوامبر 10, 1924, خانم. A.W. استیکنی ترک سنت. لوئیس باشگاه کشور, زمانی که او توسط دو مرد آفریقایی-آمریکایی نزدیک شد. مرد با پوست روشن خانم گفت. استیکنی به نوبه خود بیش جواهرات خود و یا او آنها را از او را. Fearing for her safety, خانم. استیکنی مرد دست طلا و جواهر خود, به ارزش $17,000.00, و $85.00 in cash. خانم.
در سپتامبر 15, 1919, خیابان. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. برای سال, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
در طول هفته دی ماه 1902, ویلیام رودلف, یک معدنچی به تازگی بازگشت به فرانکلین شهرستان, و جورج کالینز سرقت از بانک اتحاد در اتحادیه, MO. آنها آن را یک شبه سرقت, زمانی که هیچ کس حاضر به منفجر کردن امن بود. رودلف به پدر و مادر خود بازگشت’ کابین در استانتون, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff