Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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 in federal stamps from the Wausau Brewing Company
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
Karibu 10 am on Thursday, Aprili 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 miaka. 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
In 1934, Charles Arthur “Mvulana mrembo” Floyd alimaliza kazi yake ya jinai katika Liverpool ya Mashariki, Shamba la mahindi la Ohio baada ya kupigwa risasi na maajenti wa FBI na maafisa wa kutekeleza sheria. Hata hivyo, mnamo Desemba 1925, alikuwa namba ya mahabusu 29078 katika Gereza la Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
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
Kabla ya kusoma Makundi ya St. Louis: Wanaume wa Heshima na Daniel Waugh, Nilijua na kuandika juu ya Robert Creed na kaka yake Thomas wakiua St. Afisa wa Polisi wa Louis George Geisler Siku ya Halloween 1920. Nisichojua ni Robert Creed alikuwa mwanachama wa Genge la Cuckoo, shirika la uhalifu la vurugu katika miaka ya 1920. Robert Creed alikuwa
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 miaka. Imekabidhiwa mdundo karibu na Natural Bridge na Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Afisa Anderson alikuwa akitembea kwenye Vandeventer kusini mwa
On Krismasi Night 1902, viwili vidogo mji, wadogo wakati, wanaume holdup akapiga kufungua salama wa Muungano, Missouri Bank. Baada ya kutisha wananchi wachache, walifanya mbali na zaidi ya $15,000. wanaume walikuwa kiasi salama kwa miezi michache mpaka Pinkerton Agency Detective aliitwa katika. Pinkertons alikuwa wakala wa taifa, ambayo ilikuwa jambo la karibu United
Juu yake 17 kazi ya mwaka, St. Louis Mkuu wa Wapelelezi William Desmond alishughulika na wanafamilia wengi wa wahalifu. Baadhi ya wanafamilia walikuwa wabaya au wabaya kuliko mhalifu Chifu Desmond na watu wake walikuwa wamefungiwa. Hata hivyo, wanafamilia wengi walikuwa waaminifu, watu wanaofanya kazi kwa bidii, ambao walijitahidi kuelewa ni nini kilienda vibaya kwa mpendwa wao. Mapema katika kazi yake