Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, USAs statsadvokat i Council Bluffs, Iowa anklaget John C. Mabray (en versjon av hans faktiske navn, Mabry) og et dusin tiltalte med å bruke posten til å begå gamblingsvindel i profesjonell boksing, profesjonell bryting, og profesjonelt hesteveddeløp. Mabry, en husdyrforhandler som bor i Kansas City, Missouri, ansatte innsidere i boksing, bryting, og hest
I de tidlige morgentimene i august 5, 1933, fire safe innbruddstyver knuste et vindu på Marshfield Brewing Company i Marshfield, Wisconsin. Innbruddstyvene slo en urskive av safen og fjernet den $1,550.00 i føderale frimerker. I 2024 dollar, innbruddstyvene stjal over $37,000.00. De samme innbruddstyvene tok en annen $1,000 i føderale frimerker fra 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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesjonelle kamper på 1800-tallet hadde et dårlig rykte utenfor
På lørdag, April 9, 2022, Franklin County Missouri Historical Society inviterte meg til å holde en PowerPoint-presentasjon om Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. Boken dekker ranet, etterforskningen, to landsomfattende jakter på flyktningen og et vågalt avbrekk fra St. Louis City Jail. To dristige ranere, not yet 23 år, trukket av
Tom Allen ble født i Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 men han ble berømt som en tungvekts bar knoke priskjemper i Amerika. Bosette seg i St. Louis around 1867, Allen vant American Heavyweight Championship i 1873 og holdt tittelen til 1876. Han returnerte til England i et år før han returnerte til St. Louis for godt i 1878. Back
On Tuesday, July 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 år fra 1890
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Mai 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 patruljerte hans takten på attende gate i løpet av formiddagen av mai 26, 1901, når han
Desember 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,
August 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, Januar 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