Pinkertons Capture William Rudolph

सेंट लुइस-गणतंत्र-मार्च-15-1903

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. सिडनी सियर्स शॉट

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कुछ घटनाओं सेंट हैरान. लेफ्टिनेंट का कर्तव्य मौत की लाइन की तरह लुइस. जून में सिडनी सियर्स 1924. लगभग 30 साल, Lt. सियर्स सेंट पर सबसे अच्छा पिस्तौल शॉट माना जाता था. लुई पुलिस विभाग. में 1904, सियर्स भी संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के राष्ट्रीय पिस्तौल चैंपियन था. किसी को मारने के लिए लेफ्टिनेंट के लिए. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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केट Chopin, एक प्रमुख फ्रांसीसी परिवार की और समय स्थानीय लेखक पर बेटी, सेंट पर ढह. लुइस 1904 अगस्त को दुनिया के मेले 20, 1904. मेडम चोपिन ही था 54 साल पुरानी है और एक मस्तिष्क रक्तस्राव या धमनीविस्फार का सामना करना पड़ा. वह अगस्त को McPherson एवेन्यू पर उसके घर में निधन हो गया 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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William Desmond Passes Away

डेसमंड-1904-वीरता

मंगलवार को, जुलाई 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, जूनियर. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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क्रिमिनल शूट्स ऑफिसर प्रिंट्ज़

पुराने STL-पुलिस-बिल्ला

On the evening of June 1, 1879, सेंट. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. लुइस’ South Side. यह स्पष्ट नहीं है कि चार्ल्स सैंडर्स के कार्यों ने प्रिंट्ज़ का ध्यान आकर्षित किया था या नहीं, या प्रिंट्ज़ अचानक ही सैंडर्स से टकरा गया. Whatever the circumstances, प्रिंट्ज़ सैंडर्स के पास गया, who had a revolver in his right hand. When

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

डेसमंड-1904-वीरता

दिसंबर को 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 a.m. and surprised Harding,

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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सेंट. 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. तथापि, 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. चीफ डेसमंड ने कहा

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1802 एन. Jefferson Gone

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1802 एन. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. लुई प्लेस पड़ोस. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. लुइस, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

पुराने STL-पुलिस-बिल्ला

गुरुवार को, सितंबर 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. After trying to illicit payment, 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, जून 24, 1900 सेंट का संस्करण. लुई गणराज्य, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. बाद 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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