Suspects But No Murderers

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Октомври 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

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Detective Desmond Closes Pawn Shop

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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

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Robert Creed Kills CuckoosLeader

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Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: 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

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Ира Купер решава скапоцен камен грабеж

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Ноември 10, 1924, Г-ѓа. A.W. STICKNEY напушта St. Луис Земја клуб, кога таа беше дочекан од страна на две афро-американски мажи. Посветлата кожа човек, изјави г-ѓа. STICKNEY да му го предаде својот накит или тој ќе ги земе од неа. Fearing for her safety, Г-ѓа. STICKNEY предаде човекот нејзиниот накит, во вредност од $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Г-ѓа.

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On September 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. Години, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Во текот на последната недела од декември 1902, Вилијам Рудолф, неодамна се врати рудар да Френклин округот, и Џорџ Колинс ограбен банка на Унијата во Унијата, MO. Тие го ограбија во текот на ноќта, кога никој не беше присутен од дува до безбеден. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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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. Г-дин. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

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On the morning of Wednesday, Јули 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.

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Прилично момче St Флојд. Луис грабеж

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Во 1934, Чарлс Артур “Убаво момче” Флојд заврши својата криминална кариера во Источна Ливерпул, пченка поле Охајо по пука со агенти на ФБИ и локални службеници за спроведување на законот. Сепак, во декември 1925, тој беше затвореник број 29078 во Мисури Казнено. На 21-годишниот Флојд штотуку беше осуден за грабеж на главната канцеларија Kroeger Минимаркети и спецификации на компанијата

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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The Tuesday Evening, Февруари 18, 1919, издание на свети. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, Ст. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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