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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
دسمبر 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. کو اپنے ساتھ لیا $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 بجے. and surprised Harding,
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, سینٹ. 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. کے لوئس اسٹریٹ ہڑتال 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. حیرت انگیز, their victims were young and attractive
سینٹ. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 سینٹ. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. لوئس’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, سینٹ. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or
میں 1904, سینٹ. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 سینٹ. لوئس’ 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. لوئس’
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. لوئس. 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
ولیم ڈیسمنڈ کے دوران بہت سے چوروں کو گرفتار کر لیا ان 17 سینٹ طور سالہ کیریئر. جاسوس کے لوئس چیف. وہ کے طور پر ایک ملک گیر شہرت تیار “چور لینے”. پیر کے روز, اکتوبر 15, 1900, چیف ڈیسمنڈ ایک چور کی پتلون نہیں بلکہ چور خود گرفتار. جوناس واشنگٹن Shickle کے صحن میں داخل ہوئے, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
اگست 31, 1901, چوکیدار ولیم ڈوہرٹی ولس گارنر Schickle کے دفتر burglarizing دریافت, ہیریسن اور ہاورڈ آئرن کمپنی میں 912 ایس. سینٹ میں بارہویں سٹریٹ. لوئس, مسوری. گارنر ملازمت کر لوہے کمپنی, جو ڈوہرٹی کے سر پر ایک ہتھوڑا پھینک دیا. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
اکتوبر 6, 1890, مقامی نائیوں لوتھر ڈنکن اور باب ہینڈرسن ن پر باہر قدم رکھا. 11ویں سٹریٹ جھگڑا حل کرنے کے. سینٹ کے اس علاقے. لوئس کے طور پر جانا جاتا تھا “دیپ مورگن”. “دیپ مورگن” was home to bordello, شہر میں گھروں اور مشکل ترین افریقی نژاد امریکیوں نے سیلون فلاپ, مضبوط’ سلون. ڈنکن اور ہینڈرسن دونوں سیاہ نائیوں تھے, who worked in