Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, Pwokirè Jeneral Etazini nan Council Bluffs, Iowa akize John C. Mabray (yon vèsyon nan non aktyèl li, Mabry) ak yon douzèn akize ki sèvi ak lapòs pou komèt fwod jwèt aza nan boksè pwofesyonèl, lit pwofesyonèl, ak kous cheval pwofesyonèl. Mabry, yon machann bèt k ap viv nan Kansas City, Missouri, anplwaye inisye nan boksè, lit, ak chwal
Nan èdtan yo byen bonè nan maten nan mwa Out 5, 1933, kat vòlè ki an sekirite te kraze yon fenèt nan Marshfield Brewing Company nan Marshfield, Wisconsin. Kanbriyolè yo te frape yon kadran nan sekirite a epi yo retire li $1,550.00 nan koupon federal. Nan 2024 dollars, kanbriyolè yo te vòlè $37,000.00. Kanbriyolè yo menm avèk siksè pran yon lòt $1,000 nan koupon federal ki soti nan Wausau Brewing Company
Nan samdi, Avril 9, 2022, Sosyete Istorik Franklin County Missouri te envite m 'fè yon prezantasyon PowerPoint sou Inyon Missouri Bank Robbery nan 1902. Liv la kouvri vòl la, ankèt la, de lachas nan tout peyi a pou fugitif la ak yon repo nana nan St. Louis City Jail. De vòlè nana, not yet 23 ane ki gen laj, rale
Tom Allen te fèt nan Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 men li te vin pi popilè kòm yon prizefighter pwa loud nan Amerik la. Etabli nan St. Louis around 1867, Allen te genyen chanpyona Ameriken Heavyweight nan 1873 epi kenbe tit la jiskaske 1876. Li te retounen Angletè pou yon ane anvan li te retounen nan St. Louis pou bon nan 1878. Back
Nan Madi, Jiyè 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. For 17 years from 1890
Sou Desanm 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,
Sou Out 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, Janvye 9, 1915, Sèjan. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sèjan. 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 Mo, St a. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ane. 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. Depatman Lapolis Louis. 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