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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. ஸ்டம்ப். Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. லூயிஸ். Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 வார்த்தைகள், செயின்ட். Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ஆண்டுகள். 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
டிசம்பர் 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, ஸ்டம்ப். 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
அக்டோபர் 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. லூயிஸ்
Before reading Gangs of St. லூயிஸ்: 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
நவம்பர் 10, 1924, திருமதி. A.W. Stickney was leaving the St. Louis Country Club, when she was approached by two African-American men. The lighter skinned man told Mrs. Stickney to turn over her jewels or he would take them from her. Fearing for her safety, திருமதி. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, மற்றும் $85.00 in cash. திருமதி.
On September 15, 1919, ஸ்டம்ப். 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. ஆண்டுகள், Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
டிசம்பர் கடைசி வாரத்தில் 1902, வில்லியம் ருடால்ப், பிராங்க்ளின் உள்ளூரில் ஒரு சமீபத்தில் திரும்பினார் சுரங்க, மற்றும் ஜார்ஜ் காலின்ஸ் ஒன்றியத்தில் யூனியன் வங்கி அழிந்தது, MO. அவர்கள் ஒரே இரவில் அதை அழித்தனர், எந்த ஒரு பாதுகாப்பான வரை வீசுகிறது மூலம் தற்போது போது. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff