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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. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, Saint-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ans. 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
Sur Décembre 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, St. 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
On October 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. Louis
Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. Robert Creed was the
Sur Novembre 10, 1924, Mme. A.W.. Stickney quittait le St. Louis Country Club, lorsqu'elle a été approchée par deux hommes afro-américains. L'homme à la peau plus claire a dit à Mme. Stickney devait lui rendre ses bijoux, sinon il les lui prendrait. Fearing for her safety, Mme. Stickney a remis ses bijoux à l'homme, estimé à $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mme.
On September 15, 1919, St. 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. Pendant des années,, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Au cours de la dernière semaine de Décembre 1902, William Rudolph, un mineur récemment retourné à Franklin County, et George Collins volé la Banque de l'Union dans l'Union, MO. Ils ont volé pendant la nuit, quand il n'y avait personne en faisant sauter le coffre-fort. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff