Pinkertons Capture William Rudolph

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Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the

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Lt. سيدني سيرز أطلق عليه الرصاص

الملازم سيدني سيرز

صدمت بعض الأحداث سانت. لويس مثل خط الموت اجب اللفتنانت. سيدني سيرز في يونيو 1924. لما يقرب من 30 سنوات, Lt. اعتبر سيرز أفضل مسدس طلقة على سانت. إدارة الشرطة لويس. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1904, كان يحرق أيضا الوطنية المسدس بطل الولايات المتحدة. بالنسبة لشخص لقتل اللفتنانت. كان سيرز في تبادل لاطلاق النار يعتبر مستحيلا.

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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كيت شوبان, ابنة عائلة فرنسية بارزة، وفي الوقت المؤلف المحلية, انهارت في سانت. لويس 1904 معرض في العالم على أغسطس 20, 1904. كان شوبان سيدتي فقط 54 سنة ويعاني من نزيف في الدماغ أو تمدد الأوعية الدموية. توفيت في منزلها في شارع ماكفرسون على أغسطس 22, 1904. ولدت كيت كيت شوبان أوفلاهرتي في سانت.

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William Desmond Passes Away

ديزموند-1904-بطولات

يوم الثلاثاء, يوليو 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, جونيور. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. لويس’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

ديزموند-1904-بطولات

ديسمبر 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 صباحا إلى. and surprised Harding,

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. لكن, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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يوم الخميس, سبتمبر 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. بعد محاولته الدفع بطريقة غير مشروعة, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the

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Old School St. Louis Criminals

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For the Sunday, يونيو 24, 1900 طبعة من سانت. جمهورية لويس, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out

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