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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Pandan dènye semèn nan mwa desanm 1902, William Rudolph, yon Miner dènyèman tounen tounen yo Konte Franklin, ak George Collins vòlè Bank la Inyon nan Inyon, MO. Yo vòlè li lannwit lan, lè pa gen yon sèl te prezan pa mouche moute ki an sekirite nan. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
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. 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.
Nan Mèkredi, Janvye 10, 1900, St. Polis Louis Paul Girard te kanpe nan kwen S. Taylor ak Lindell Boulevard, lè li wè yon nonm sote nan dezyèm etaj la nan 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Okouran de vòl ki sot pase yo nan katye rich Central West End la, Girard pwoche bò kote mesye a. Lè mesye a k ap bwete wè Girard, li kouri nan direksyon S.
Sou li 17 ane karyè, St. Louis Chèf Detektif William Desmond te fè fas ak anpil manm fanmi kriminèl yo. Gen kèk manm fanmi ki te menm move oswa pi mal pase chèf kriminèl Desmond ak mesye l yo te fèmen. Sepandan, anpil manm fanmi yo te onèt, moun k ap travay di, ki te plede konprann sa ki mal ak moun yo renmen an. Byen bonè nan karyè li
On the morning of Wednesday, Jiyè 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.
Aswè a Madi, Fevriye 18, 1919, edisyon an St la. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Konnen ke yon bag etalaj te ap travay yon koup la boutik yo bijou lokal, St a. 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
Nan samdi, Me 5, 1900 nan 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 Adrès grèv Machin nan 1900. Anvan grèv la te chèf nan mwa septanm nan 1900, lari yo nan 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. Sepandan, 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