Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis polica historio.
dum marto 1910, la Ĝenerala Prokuroro de Usono en Council Bluffs, Iovao akuzis John C. Mabray (versio de lia reala nomo, Mabry) kaj dekduo da akuzitoj kun uzado de la poŝto por fari hazardludan fraŭdon en profesia boksado, profesia luktado, kaj profesia ĉevalvetkuro. Mabry, brutkomercisto loĝanta en Kansasurbo, Misuro, dungis internulojn en boksado, luktado, kaj ĉevalo
En la fruaj matenaj horoj de aŭgusto 5, 1933, kvar sekuraj rompŝtelistoj rompis fenestron ĉe la Marshfield Bierfarado-Firmao en Marshfield, Viskonsino. La rompŝtelistoj frapis ciferdiskon de la monŝranko kaj forigis $1,550.00 en federaciaj poŝtmarkoj. Je 2024 Dolaroj, la rompŝtelistoj ŝtelis $37,000.00. La samaj rompŝtelistoj sukcese prenis alian $1,000 en federaciaj poŝtmarkoj de la Wausau Brewing Company
Sabate, Aprilo 9, 2022, la Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invitis min fari PowerPoint-prezenton pri la Union Misuria Banka Rabo de 1902. La libro kovras la rabon, la esploro, du tutlandaj ĉasoj por la fuĝanto kaj aŭdaca paŭzo de la St. Louis Urba Prizono. Du aŭdacaj rabistoj, ankoraŭ ne 23 Jaroj de #a?o, tirita for
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Anglio sur aprilo 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Reen
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Sur majo 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Polica Oficiro Joseph. Gerk patrolis lian takton sur Dekoka Strato dum la mateno de majo 26, 1901, Kiam li
Sur aŭgusto 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 .M. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
On a chilly night, Januaro 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 .M. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 Vortoj, La St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 Jaroj. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Polica Departemento. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Tamen, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was