Suspects But No Murderers

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Октября 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. Луис

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Роберт Крид Убийства Кукушка’ лидер

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Перед чтением Банды St. Луис: Мужчины Респект Даниэль Вогом, Я знал и писал о Роберте Кредо и его брат Томас убивающую St. Луи полицейский Джордж Гейслер в день Хэллоуина 1920. То, что я не знаю, был Роберт Крид был членом кукушки Gang, ультра насильственной преступной организации в 1920-е годы. Robert Creed was the

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Ира Купер Решает Jewel Ограбление

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Ноября 10, 1924, Г-жа. A.W. Stickney was leaving the St. Louis Country Club, when she was approached by two African-American men. The lighter skinned man told Mrs. Stickney to turn over her jewels or he would take them from her. Fearing for her safety, Г-жа. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Г-жа.

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On September 15, 1919, Улица. 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. В течение многих лет, 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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В течение последней недели декабря 1902, Уильям Рудольф, недавно вернулся шахтер округе Франклин, и Джордж Коллинз ограбили Union Bank в Союзе, Миссури. Они ограбили его на ночь, когда никто не присутствовал, взорвав сейф. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, Миссури. 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. Улица. 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-н. 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, Июль 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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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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В 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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The Tuesday Evening, Февраль 18, 1919, издание Санкт-. 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, the St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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