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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, generalni državni tožilec Združenih držav v Council Bluffs, Iowa je obtožila Johna C. Mabray (različica njegovega pravega imena, Mabry) in ducat obtožencev z uporabo pošte za goljufije pri igrah na srečo v profesionalnem boksu, profesionalna rokoborba, in profesionalne konjske dirke. Mabry, trgovec z živino, ki živi v Kansas Cityju, Missouri, zaposleni insajderji v boksu, rokoborba, in konj
Avgusta v zgodnjih jutranjih urah 5, 1933, štirje varni vlomilci so razbili okno v pivovarni Marshfield Brewing Company v Marshfieldu, Wisconsin. Vlomilci so s trezorja podrli številčnico in jo odstranili $1,550.00 v zveznih znamkah. V 2024 dollars, vlomilci ukradli $37,000.00. Isti vlomilci so uspešno odnesli še enega $1,000 v zveznih znamkah družbe Wausau Brewing Company
V soboto, April 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 let, pulled off
Tom Allen se je rodil v Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 vendar je zaslovel kot goli borec v težki kategoriji v Ameriki. Naselitev v St. Louis around 1867, Allen je osvojil naslov ameriškega prvaka v težki kategoriji v 1873 in držal naziv do 1876. Vrnil se je v Anglijo za eno leto, preden se je vrnil v St. Louis za vedno noter 1878. Back
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Maja 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 Policist Joseph. Gerk patruljirajo njegov utrip na osemnajstem Street dopoldne maja 26, 1901, ko je
Avgusta 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
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 besede, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 let. 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. Policija 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. Vendar, 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