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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Në nëntor 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
Në 1934, Charles Arthur “Djalë i bukur” Floyd e përfundoi karrierën e tij kriminale në një Liverpool Lindor, Fusha e misrit në Ohio pas një përplasjeje me agjentët e FBI-së dhe oficerët lokalë të zbatimit të ligjit. Megjithatë, në dhjetor 1925, ai ishte numri i të burgosurve 29078 në burgun e Misurit. 21-vjeçari Floyd sapo ishte dënuar për grabitjen e zyrës kryesore të Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company.
Në tetor 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, e cila vrau
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
Më dhjetor 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
Në nëntor 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney po largohej nga St. Louis Country Club, kur ajo u afrua nga dy burra afrikano-amerikanë. Burri me lëkurë më të çelur i tha znj. Stickney t'i kthente bizhuteritë e saj ose ai do t'i merrte asaj. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney i dorëzoi burrit bizhuteritë e saj, vlerësuar në $17,000.00, dhe $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Në shtator 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. Ju
Në shtator 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. Për vite, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Në shkurt 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. 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. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.