전투 스포츠 역사가 및 무술가
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
12 월 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. 남자는 갔다 $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 분이고. and surprised Harding,
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, 생. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
I have always said the St. 루이 전차 스트라이크 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. 놀랍게도, 피해자는 젊고 매력적인했다
생. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 생. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. 루이’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, 생. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or
에 1904, 생. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 생. 루이’ Worlds Fair. While the Fair brought lots of tourists to town, criminals also made their way to the Gateway City. The man tasked with taking care of the security at the Fair and dealing with the increased criminal element in town was St. 루이’
On September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum
On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. 루이. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. When the train got close
윌리엄 데스몬드 동안 많은 도둑을 했구요 그의 17 세인트 같은 년 경력. 형사의 루이스 최고. 그는로서 전국적인 명성을 개발 “도둑 즐긴다”. 월요일에, 10월 15, 1900, 최고 데스몬드는 도둑의 바지가 아니라 도둑이 자신을 했구요. 조나스 워싱턴 Shickle의 마당을 입력, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
8 월 31, 1901, 나이트 워치 윌리엄 도허티 윌리스 가너 Schickle의 사무실을 burglarizing 발견, 해리슨과 하워드 아이언 회사에서 912 에스. 세인트에서 열두 번째 거리. 루이, 미주리. 가너 사용 된 철 회사, 누가 도허티의 머리에 망치를 던져. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
10월에 6, 1890, 지역 이발사 루터 던컨과 밥 헨더슨 N에 밟은. 11일 거리 싸움을 정착. 세인트의이 지역. 루이가로 알려져있다 “깊은 모건”. “깊은 모건” was home to bordello, 도시 주택과 힘든 아프리카 계 미국인 살롱 플롭, 강한’ 큰 홀. 던컨과 헨더슨은 모두 검은 이발사했다, who worked in