Історик єдиноборств і майстер єдиноборств
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. Вулиця. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Луїс. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 слова, Санкт-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 років. 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
Грудня 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, Вулиця. 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, камені Напад
Жовтень 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, в результаті якого загинули
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. Луїс
Before reading Gangs of St. Луїс: 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. Що я не знав, що Роберт Крід був членом банди зозуль, надмірно насильницька злочинна організація у 1920-х роках. Robert Creed was the
Листопад 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Стикни залишає St. Louis Country Club, коли вона підійшла два афро-американських чоловіків. Запальничка шкірки людина сказала місіс. Stickney перевернути її коштовностями, або він би їх від неї. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney передав людині свої коштовності, оцінюється в $17,000.00, і $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Вересень 15, 1919, Вулиця. 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. Протягом багатьох років, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Протягом останнього тижня грудня 1902, Вільям Рудольф, нещодавно повернувся шахтар окрузі Франклін, і Джордж Коллінз пограбували Union Bank в Союзі, Міссурі. Вони пограбували його на ніч, коли ніхто не був присутній, підірвавши сейф. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, Міссурі. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff