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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In The Line of Duty: St. Louis politifolk, der bragte det ultimative offer ved Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath og major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. Med hans hår skiltes ned i midten og en stor overskæg, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
På November 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,
William T.”Willie” Egan took over “Egan’s Rats” on the death of his older brother Tom in 1919. Thomas “Snake” Kinney and his childhood friend and brother-in-law Tom Egan formed St. Louis’ criminal organization in the late 1800s. Both Kinney and Tom Egan were saloon keepers and Democratic politicians. They employed “the Rats” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas
Torsdag aften, Maj 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, en strejke sympatisør med en historie af psykisk sygdom, skød og dræbte Patrolman Dennis Crane. Patrolman Crane og flere andre officerer reagerede på området på grund af rapporter om Koenig truende andre borgere. Koenig indtastet Eas og Sons Saloon på det sydvestlige hjørne af S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Den 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike var en skydning krig mellem arbejderklassen og overklassen. Det startede som et job handling fra streetcar arbejdere i de nyligt konsoliderede streetcar linjer. Men, det hurtigt delte byen med arbejderklassen støtter strejken, mens de øvre og faglige klasser trodsede strejken. The result was a deadly
På en kold januar nat i 1904, da byen St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Det var 5:45 p.m. den 13. januar kl den gamle Brown Shoe Company fabrik på hjørnet af Washington Avenue og North ellevte Street. Time for the men to
Den skæbne meget af St. Louis’ historiske bygninger bevise det gamle fast ejendom ordsprog. Det handler om placering, placering, placering. Hvis bygningen er i South St. Louis, det har en bedre chance for at blive frelst, end en bygning på nordsiden. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
På fredag, Marts 13, 1903, Franklin County dommer William Davidson anklaget William Rudolph og George Collins for røveri af Union Bank og mordet på Pinkerton Detective Charles Schumacher. Rudolph og Collins påberåbe “ikke skyldig”. Dommer Davidson tildelt tre advokater til at repræsentere Rudolph og Collins. William Rudolph gave a confession to the St. Louis media, which was
Den December 10, 1920, en ottendedel St. Louis politibetjent ville miste sit liv, de fleste officerer til at dø i rækken af tolden i historien om St. Louis Police Department. Fire af de officerer’ mord i 1920 aldrig ville blive løst. This last murder would be one of the four murders never to be solved. Charles M.
På fredag, Oktober 21, 1904, fem St. Louis Politibetjente gik til et campingpladsvirksomhed hus på 1324 Pine Street, stedet for nutidens Soldier Memorial, to arrest three men suspected of an Illinois train robbery in July of the same year. What occurred next would be one of the most storied shootouts in St. Louis Politi historie. During the World’s Fair,