Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. ლუი მიტროპოლიტი პოლიციის დეპარტამენტი. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. წლის

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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წლის 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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წლის 7, 1903, წმინდა. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. However, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, წმინდა. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. დღეს, 4200 Cook is

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წმინდა. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ან 1904 წმინდა. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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ჭიდაობის დროს 1904 ზაფხულის ოლიმპიური თამაშები St. Louis

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პარასკევი, ოქტომბერი 14, and Saturday, ოქტომბერი 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. წმინდა. Louis was well-represented in

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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ოთხშაბათი, მაისი 9, 1900, მეორე დღეს წმინდა. Louis Streetcar Strike, მაწანწალა ტყვია მოკლეს Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, ესპანეთი ამერიკის ომის ვეტერანი, თვალს strike აქცია კუთხეში Finney და N. Taylor გამზირზე. აქციაზე, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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The 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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გიორგი Collins, მეორე საბანკო ყაჩაღი ჩართული კავშირი, MO ბანკის ძარცვაში წლის 26, 1902, გაქცევა სცადა წმინდა. Louis Jail იანვარში 1904. გარდა ამისა, მუშაობა სხვა პატიმრების მიღების ხვრელი კედლის საპყრობილის, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. წმინდა. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South

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წმინდა. Louis Police Catch Indiana Escapee

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წმინდა. Louis Police Chief of Detectives William Desmond made many tough criminals talk over his career. John Huey, an Indiana murderer, was not one of these cases. Huey freely spoke with Desmond about his criminal past. Huey escaped from Indiana after serving 13 years for a murder in 1874. John Huey came to Lyon, Indiana in 1874 as a 22-year-old.

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