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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, državni tužitelj Sjedinjenih Država u Council Bluffsu, Iowa je optužila Johna C. Mabray (verzija njegovog stvarnog imena, Mabry) i desetak optuženika za korištenje pošte za počinjenje kockarske prijevare u profesionalnom boksu, profesionalno hrvanje, i profesionalne konjske utrke. Mabry, trgovac stokom koji živi u Kansas Cityju, Missouri, zaposleni insajderi u boksu, hrvanje, i konja
U ranim jutarnjim satima kolovoza 5, 1933, četiri sigurnosna provalnika razbila su prozor na Marshfield Brewing Company u Marshfieldu, Wisconsin. Provalnici su razbili brojčanik sa sefa i uklonili ga $1,550.00 u saveznim markama. U 2024 dollars, provalnici su se ukrali $37,000.00. Isti provalnici uspješno su oteli još jednu $1,000 u saveznim markicama tvrtke Wausau Brewing Company
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Međutim, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalne borbe u 19. stoljeću uživale su lošu reputaciju izvan zemlje
U subotu, Travanj 9, 2022, Povijesno društvo Franklin County Missouri pozvalo me da održim PowerPoint prezentaciju o pljački banke Union Missouri 1902. Knjiga pokriva pljačku, istraga, dva državna lova na bjegunca i smion bijeg od St. Louis City Jail. Dva odvažna razbojnika, not yet 23 godina, skinuo
Tom Allen rođen je u Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 ali postao je poznat kao borac golih zglobova u teškoj kategoriji u Americi. Nastanivši se u St. Louis around 1867, godine Allen je osvojio naslov američkog prvaka u teškoj kategoriji 1873 i držao je titulu sve do 1876. Vratio se u Englesku na godinu dana prije nego što se vratio u St. Louis zauvijek u 1878. Natrag
U utorak, Srpanj 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. Za 17 years from 1890
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Svibnja 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 Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, kada je
U prosincu 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. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Kolovoza 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.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, Siječanj 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.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