约翰·马布雷的赌圈
During March 1910, 美国司法部长康瑟尔布拉夫斯, 爱荷华州指控约翰·C. 马布雷 (他的真实姓名的一个版本, 马布里) 以及十几名被告利用邮件在职业拳击比赛中实施赌博欺诈, 职业摔跤, 以及专业赛马. 马布里, 居住在堪萨斯城的牲畜经销商, 密苏里州, 雇用拳击界的内部人士, 摔角, 和马
Tag: 警察历史
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
安全窃贼杀死前世界冠军
八月的清晨 5, 1933, 四名保险箱窃贼打破了马什菲尔德马什菲尔德酿酒公司的窗户, Wisconsin. 窃贼敲掉了保险箱上的一个旋钮并拿走了 $1,550.00 在联邦邮票上. 在 2024 美元, 窃贼偷走了 $37,000.00. 同一个窃贼成功抢劫了另一名 $1,000 沃索啤酒公司的联邦邮票
Union MO 银行抢劫签书
上周六, 四月 9, 2022, 富兰克林县密苏里历史学会邀请我做一个关于联合密苏里银行抢劫案的 PowerPoint 演示文稿 1902. 这本书涵盖了抢劫, 调查, 两次全国范围内的逃犯追捕和一次大胆的脱离圣战. Louis City Jail. 两个大胆的强盗, not yet 23 岁, 脱掉了
汤姆·艾伦赞助芽
汤姆·艾伦出生在伯明翰, England on April 23, 1840 但他成为著名的美国重量级裸关节的职业拳击手. 定居在圣. Louis around 1867, 艾伦荣获美国重量级冠军 1873 并拥有标题直到 1876. 他回到圣前返回英国一年. 路易良好 1878. 背部
官奥基夫保存研究员官
圣. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. 五月 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. 圣. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, 当他
Jack Shea Finally Does Time
八月 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. 路易, Missouri around 7:30 比前收市价. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “插口” 乳木果, 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
Wabash Safe Burglary
On a chilly night, 一月 9, 1915, 军士. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 比前收市价. 军士. 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
Chief Desmond Driven From Office
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 话, 圣. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 岁月. 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
科尼利厄斯·奥基夫（Cornelius O’Keefe）阻止了窃贼
科尼利厄斯·奥基夫（Cornelius O’Keefe）在圣路易斯（St）的职业生涯中赢得了坚强的警察声誉. 路易警察局. 他在一月的早晨需要所有的坚韧 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. 奥基夫刚醒来就准备好了
Jail Break and Murder
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. 然而, 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