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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 év. A Natural Bridge és a Vandeventer Avenues közelében lévő ütemhez van hozzárendelve, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Anderson rendőr a Vandeventeren sétált, délre
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet megtámadta
Csütörtökön, Január 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, az egyik St. Louis’ leggazdagabb férfiak, tulajdonában lévő lakóingatlanok és egyéb vagyontárgyak értéke 2 millió dollár. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Ő
Amikor a gép a politika és a szervezett bűnözés, Kansas City mindig is túlszárnyalta St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City is otthont ad számos nagy horderejű alvilági lövöldözés. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Április 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell szerelőként dolgozott a cégnél
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
Kedden, November 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
On the morning of Saturday, Április 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Az idő
Az épületek csak deszka- és téglahalmok a hozzájuk kapcsolódó történetek nélkül. During November 1912, St. A Louis-i rendőrtisztet, Arthur Huddlestont a feltételesen szabadlábra helyezett gyilkos, Albert Whitefield ölte meg. Whitefield meglepte élettársi feleségét, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
-Ben 1877, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi. St. Louis Police dealt with the typical problems of a major city. St. Louis Police Officers responded to reports of murder, rape and robbery. On the morning of December 12, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer Daily responded to the report of a bear on the Downtown St. Louis