Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, generálny prokurátor Spojených štátov v Council Bluffs, Iowa obvinila Johna C. Mabray (verzia jeho skutočného mena, Mabry) a tucet obžalovaných z používania pošty na páchanie hazardných podvodov v profesionálnom boxe, profesionálny wrestling, a profesionálne dostihy. Mabry, obchodník s dobytkom žijúci v Kansas City, Missouri, zamestnal insiderov v boxe, zápasenie, a koňa
augusta v skorých ranných hodinách 5, 1933, štyria lupiči do trezorov rozbili okno v Marshfield Brewing Company v Marshfielde, Wisconsin. Zlodeji zrazili ciferník z trezoru a odstránili ho $1,550.00 vo federálnych známkach. V 2024 dolárov, zlodeji ukradli $37,000.00. Tí istí vlamači úspešne vzali ďalšieho $1,000 vo federálnych známkach spoločnosti 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. Však, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionálne boje v 19. storočí sa mimo neho tešili zlej povesti
V sobotu, Apríl 9, 2022, historická spoločnosť Franklin County Missouri Historical Society ma pozvala na prezentáciu v PowerPointe o bankovej lúpeži Union Missouri 1902. Kniha sa zaoberá lúpežou, vyšetrovanie, dve celoštátne poľovačky na utečenca a odvážna prestávka zo St. Louis City Jail. Dvaja odvážni lupiči, not yet 23 rokov, vytiahol
Tom Allen sa narodil v Birminghame, England on April 23, 1840 ale v Amerike sa preslávil ako bojovník s holým kolenom v ťažkej váhe. Usadiť sa v St. Louis around 1867, Allen vyhral americký šampionát v ťažkej váhe v r 1873 a titul držal až do 1876. Na rok sa vrátil do Anglicka a potom sa vrátil do St. Louis navždy 1878. Späť
On Tuesday, Júl 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. Pre 17 years from 1890
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Mája 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, keď
Decembra 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,
Augusta 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, Január 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