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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, the United States Attorney General in Council Bluffs, Iowa charged John C. Mabray (a version of his actual name, Mabry) and a dozen defendants with using the mail to commit gambling fraud in professional boxing, professional wrestling, and professional horse racing. Mabry, a livestock dealer living in Kansas City, Мисури, employed insiders in boxing, Борење, and horse
Во раните утрински часови на август 5, 1933, четворица сигурни провалници скршиле прозор во пиварската компанија Маршфилд во Маршфилд, Wisconsin. Провалниците собориле бројчаник од сефот и го извадиле $1,550.00 во федерални марки. Во 2024 dollars, провалниците украле $37,000.00. Истите провалници успешно одзеле уште еден $1,000 in federal stamps from the 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. Сепак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Професионалните борби во 19 век уживале лоша репутација надвор од неа
Во саботата, Април 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 години, pulled off
Том Ален е роден во Бирмингем, England on April 23, 1840 но тој стана познат како борец со голи зглобови во тешка категорија во Америка. Населувајќи се во Св. Louis around 1867, Ален го освои американското првенство во тешка категорија во 1873 и ја задржа титулата до 1876. Се вратил во Англија една година пред да се врати во Св. Луис за добро во 1878. Back
On Tuesday, Јули 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 години од 1890
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Од мај 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, кога тој
На декември 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. Мажите се $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 изутрина. and surprised Harding,
Во август 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 изутрина. 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, Јануари 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 изутрина. 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