Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Ноября 16, 1877, Улица. Луи полицейский Джон S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Человек как впоследствии выяснилось, Фрэнк Rande вошли ломбард Райта около 9:30 A.M. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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В 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Suspects But No Murderers

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Октября 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

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Detective Desmond Closes Pawn Shop

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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. Луис

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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Декабря 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

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Ира Купер Решает Jewel Ограбление

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Ноября 10, 1924, Г-жа. А.В.. Стикни покидал St.. Загородный клуб Луи, когда к ней подошли двое афроамериканцев. Мужчина со светлой кожей рассказал миссис. Стикни отдать ей драгоценности, иначе он заберет их у нее.. Fearing for her safety, Г-жа. Стикни передала мужчине свои украшения, оценивается в $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Г-жа.

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A Day in Judge Cady’s Court

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On September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On September 15, 1919, Улица. 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. В течение многих лет, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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В течение последней недели декабря 1902, Уильям Рудольф, недавно вернулся шахтер округе Франклин, и Джордж Коллинз ограбили Union Bank в Союзе, Миссури. Они ограбили его на ночь, когда никто не присутствовал, взорвав сейф. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, Миссури. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. Улица. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Г-н. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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