Pinkertons Capture William Rudolph

స్టంప్-లూయిస్-గణతంత్ర-మార్చి 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. సిడ్నీ సియర్స్ షాట్

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కొన్ని సంఘటనలు St. లూయిస్ లైన్ ఆఫ్ డ్యూటీ డెత్ ఆఫ్ లెఫ్టినెంట్. జూన్‌లో సిడ్నీ సియర్స్ 1924. దాదాపు కోసం 30 సంవత్సరాల, Lt. సెయింట్‌లో సియర్స్ ఉత్తమ పిస్టల్ షాట్‌గా పరిగణించబడింది. లూయిస్ పోలీసు శాఖ. లో 1904, సియర్స్ యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ యొక్క నేషనల్ పిస్టల్ ఛాంపియన్ కూడా. ఎవరైనా లెఫ్టినెంట్‌ని చంపడానికి. షూటౌట్‌లో సియర్స్ అసాధ్యమని భావించారు.

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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కేట్ Chopin, ఒక ప్రముఖ ఫ్రెంచ్ కుటుంబం యొక్క మరియు సమయం స్థానిక రచయిత తన కూతురు, సెయింట్ పతనమైన. లూయిస్ 1904 ఆగష్టు న వరల్డ్స్ ఫెయిర్ 20, 1904. మేడం Chopin మాత్రమే 54 సంవత్సరాల వయస్సు మరియు ఒక మెదడు రక్తస్రావం ఉబ్బుట బాధపడ్డాడు. ఆగస్టు న McPherson అవెన్యూలో ఆమె ఇంటిలో మరణించాడు 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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William Desmond Passes Away

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మంగళవారం, జూలై 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, జూనియర్. 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, సెయింట్. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. లూయిస్’ 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

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డిసెంబర్ న 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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సెయింట్. 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. However, 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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1802 N. Jefferson Gone

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1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. లూయిస్ ప్లేస్ పొరుగు. 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. లూయిస్, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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గురువారం, September 9, 1875, జార్జ్ “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, జూన్ 24, 1900 సెయింట్ యొక్క ఎడిషన్. లూయిస్ రిపబ్లిక్, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. తర్వాత 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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