Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
During March 1910, Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Marekani katika Baraza la Bluffs, Iowa ilimshtaki John C. Mabray (toleo la jina lake halisi, Mabry) na washtakiwa kadhaa kwa kutumia barua kufanya udanganyifu wa kamari katika ndondi za kitaaluma, mieleka ya kitaaluma, na mbio za kitaalam za farasi. Mabry, mfanyabiashara wa mifugo anayeishi Kansas City, Missouri, walioajiriwa ndani katika ndondi, mieleka, na farasi
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1933, four safe burglars broke a window at the Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The burglars knocked a dial off the safe and removed $1,550.00 in federal stamps. In 2024 dollars, the burglars stole over $37,000.00. The same burglars successfully took another $1,000 katika mihuri ya shirikisho kutoka kwa Kampuni ya Wausau Brewing
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. Hata hivyo, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional mapigano katika karne ya 19 walifurahia sifa mbaya nje ya
Siku ya Jumamosi, Aprili 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 umri wa miaka, pulled off
Tom Allen alizaliwa huko Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 lakini alipata umaarufu kama mshindi wa tuzo ya knuckle ya uzito wa juu huko Amerika. Kukaa huko St. Louis around 1867, Allen alishinda Mashindano ya Uzani wa Heavyweight huko Amerika 1873 na kushikilia cheo hadi 1876. Alirudi Uingereza kwa mwaka mmoja kabla ya kurudi St. Louis kwa uzuri 1878. Back
Siku ya Jumanne, Julai 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 miaka kutoka,,en,William Desmond wakiongozwa St,,en,Louis Detective ya Ofisi wakati wa moja ya ni vipindi mafanikio zaidi kabla na baada ya,,en,wanaume Desmond ya kiasi kikubwa kuwajibika kwa polisi duniani Fair,,en,Desmond alizaliwa Mei,,en,kwa William na Elizabeth Desmond katika MASSACHUSETTES,,en,Alipokuwa bado mtoto,,en,familia wakiongozwa na St,,en,Desmonds kununuliwa,,en,O'Fallon Street,,es,ambapo Desmond aliishi kwa muda mrefu wa maisha yake mapema,,en,Wakati bado upelelezi,,en,Desmond alikuwa anajulikana kwa uwezo wake kupambana,,en 1890
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Mei 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, wakati yeye
Desemba 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,
Juu ya Agosti 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, Januari 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