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Lundi, Décembre 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
Theodore Roosevelt a pris une décision fatidique le jour du scrutin 1904. Il a annoncé après son élection à la présidence de son propre chef après avoir remonté au bureau sur l'assassinat de William McKinley qu'il ne briguerait pas un nouveau mandat en 1908. Roosevelt avait servi presque un mandat complet avant son élection comme McKinley fut assassiné en Septembre 1901.
Le vendredi, October 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, October 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. M. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. À
Lundi, Mars 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, une 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
Le samedi, Mars 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran et les détectives
H. H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.
Dimanche matin, Août 12, 1900, St. Louis La police a arrêté quatre anciens travailleurs de tramway ligne de transport pour souffler jusqu'à la ligne Olive Street sur l'avenue Maryland entre N. Taylor et N. Euclid Avenue sur la nuit précédente à 11:00 p.m. La police a arrêté Maurice Brennan, Et Fred. Northway, James Schwartz et James Finnesey. La police a trouvé 30 livres de dynamite et 30 feet
Dans un de ces étranges coïncidences de l'histoire, l'Union tramway Président Sherman C. Patterson a été poignardé par un machiniste de l'union nommé Edward Canty après un désaccord berline. À un moment où plusieurs de ses adversaires dans le 1900 St. Louis tramway grève aimerait avoir vu lui a envoyé dans un train hors de la ville, Patterson is stabbed by
On Monday evening, Juillet 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, qui