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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
În ultima săptămână a lunii decembrie 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recent a revenit la Franklin County, și George Collins jefuit Banca Union în Union, MO. Ei au jefuit peste noapte, atunci când nimeni nu era prezent prin suflare până la seif. 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.
Miercuri, Ianuarie 10, 1900, St. Louis Police Officer Paul Girard was standing at the corner of S. Taylor and Lindell Boulevard, when he saw a man jump from the second floor of 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard approached the man. When the limping man saw Girard, he ran towards S.
Peste a lui 17 an de carieră, St. Louis Șeful detectivilor William Desmond s-a ocupat de mulți membri ai familiei criminalului. Unii membri ai familiei erau la fel de răi sau mai răi decât închișiseră șeful criminal Desmond și oamenii lui. Totuși, mulți membri ai familiei au fost sinceri, oameni harnici, care s-au străduit să înțeleagă ce a mers prost cu persoana iubită. La începutul carierei sale
On the morning of Wednesday, Iulie 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.
The Tuesday Evening, Februarie 18, 1919, ediția din St. 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, 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
Sâmbătă, Mai 5, 1900 la 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 Car Strike a 1900. Înainte de greva a fost de peste, în septembrie 1900, pe străzile din 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
Când bărbați necunoscuți l-au împușcat pe ofițerul Michael Walsh, răcit, noapte de ceață în luna decembrie 1880, St. Poliția Louis a crezut că suspectul ar putea fi hoți din salon și băcănie care lucrează în zonă. Totuși, St. Detectivii lui Louis nu au reușit să găsească echipa de spargeri. Un prizonier vorbăreț a lămurit misterul în aprilie 1881. Poliția l-a arestat pe Charlie Wilson împreună cu prietenul său Tom Higgins