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
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Sou Me 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, lè li te
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
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Sepandan, 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