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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Durante la última semana de diciembre 1902, William Rudolph, un minero recientemente regresó al condado de Franklin, y George Collins robó el Union Bank en Union, MO. Robaron toda la noche, cuando nadie estuvo presente por la voladura de la caja fuerte. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
En febrero 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. Sr.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
El miércoles, Enero 10, 1900, St. Louis, el oficial de policía Paul Girard, estaba de pie en la esquina de S. Taylor y Lindell Boulevard, cuando vio a un hombre saltar desde el segundo piso de 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard se acercó al hombre. Cuando el cojo vio a Girard, he ran towards S.
sobre su 17 año de carrera, St. El jefe de detectives de Louis, William Desmond, trató con los familiares de muchos criminales.. Algunos miembros de la familia eran tan malos o peores que el jefe criminal que Desmond y sus hombres habían encerrado.. Sin embargo, muchos miembros de la familia fueron honestos, gente trabajadora, que luchó por entender qué salió mal con su ser querido. Al principio de su carrera
On the morning of Wednesday, Julio 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
La Noche Martes, Febrero 18, 1919, edición del St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Consciente de que un anillo de hurto estaba trabajando un par de las joyerías locales, el St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let
El sábado, Mayo 5, 1900 en 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Huelga de coches de 1900. Antes de la huelga había terminado en septiembre 1900, las calles de St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. Louis. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Lord Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. Louis. When Barrington
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, St. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. Sin embargo, St. Louis detectives had been unable to find the burglary team. A chatty prisoner cleared up the mystery in April 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend Tom Higgins