Tag: Kasaysayan ng Pulisya

Sa Sabado, Abril 9, 2022, inimbitahan ako ng Franklin County Missouri Historical Society na magbigay ng PowerPoint presentation sa Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. Sinasaklaw ng libro ang pagnanakaw, ang imbestigasyon, dalawang nationwide hunts para sa takas at isang matapang na pahinga mula sa St. Louis City Jail. Dalawang matapang na tulisan, not yet 23 taong gulang, hinugot

Sa Martes, Hulyo 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 years from 1890

Sa December 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,

Sa Agosto 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” Punungkahoy ng syi, 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, Enero 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 words, ang St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 taon. 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. Louis Police Department. 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