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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 anos. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues, 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, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
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 agredido
Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 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, um de São. Louis’ homens mais ricos, imóveis residenciais de propriedade e outros ativos avaliados em 2 milhão de dólares. Cooper aspirava a ser o maior proprietário do imóvel em St. Louis. Ele
Quando se trata de política de máquinas e crime organizado, Kansas City sempre ofuscado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City também foi o lar de vários tiroteios entre quadrilhas de alto perfil. 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, Abril 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at
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. História Louis Polícia, 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
Na terça-feira, Novembro 5, 1901, St. Louis Polícia capturou Ben Kilpatrick e Laura Bullion por sua parte no roubo de trem Grande do Norte em Montana em julho 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick serviria 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, Abril 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. A hora
Os edifícios são apenas pilhas de tábuas e tijolos sem as histórias que lhes estão ligadas.. During November 1912, St. O policial de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, foi morto pelo assassino em liberdade condicional Albert Whitefield. Whitefield surpreendeu sua esposa, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Em 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