Category: 聖. 路易歷史

週三, 一月 10, 1900, 聖. 路易斯警官保羅·吉拉德站在S的角落. 泰勒和林德爾大道, 當他看到從二樓一個人跳 4511 林德爾大道. 了解最近在富裕的中西區社區發生的入室盜竊案, 吉拉德走近那個男人. 當一瘸一拐的人看到吉拉德, 他跑向S.

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在他的 17 一年的職業, 聖. 路易斯偵探長威廉·戴斯蒙德（William Desmond）與許多犯罪分子的家庭成員打交道. 一些家庭成員比刑事首長戴斯蒙德還糟或更糟，他的手下被鎖起來. 然而, 許多家庭成員都很誠實, 努力的人, 努力了解自己所愛的人出了什麼問題的人. 在他職業生涯的早期

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On the morning of Wednesday, 七月 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. 斯波爾丁公佈監獄囚犯在保持筆等待一個剛剛逃脫,,en,雖然大多數法院成員坐在目瞪口呆,,en,那個老人,,en,與繩梯的平面,,en. While most of the members of court sat stunned, 偵探比利·德斯蒙德跳了起來，衝出法庭的,,en,這位28歲的偵探跑到筆的時候正好看到兩條腿懸在孔,,en,當其他囚犯逃脫,,en,德斯蒙德抓起一條腿,,en,說過,,en,回到這來,,en,有力地拖著該男子回筆,,en,德斯蒙德低下頭去看臭名昭著聖路易斯賊精讀弗利,,en,當弗利實現德斯蒙德是抱著他的腿,,en,他投降,,en,弗利迅速查明逃犯威廉·克拉克,,en.

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星期二晚上, 二月 18, 1919, 聖版. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. 意識到行竊環一對夫婦在當地的珠寶店工作, 聖. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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聖. 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

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上週六, 五月 5, 1900 在 11:30 下午, 市郊線路在沃巴什和薩拉街鐵路道口的爆炸標誌著聖的開始. 路易街車罷工 1900. 在罷工結束九月 1900, 聖街頭. 路易斯將是富國和窮國與聖之間的戰場. 路易

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Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. 路易. “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. 路易. When Barrington

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當身份不明的男子因感冒向邁克爾沃爾什警官開槍時, 十二月的霧夜 1880, 聖. 聖路易斯警方認為嫌疑人可能是在該地區工作的酒吧和雜貨店竊賊. 然而, 聖. 聖路易偵探一直無法找到竊盜隊. 一位健談的囚犯在四月解開了這個謎團 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend Tom Higgins

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This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. 通常, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the

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這是上週日的早上非常冷, 十二月 5, 1880, about 2 上午, when St. Louis Police Officer Sheehan found the front door open to John R. Lionberger’s home. 由於嚴寒, 希恩擔心竊賊已進入住所. 希恩多次按響了門鈴，但不能喚醒裡面的人. Sheehan began rapping his night stick against the

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