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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Julenat 1902, to små byer, små-tid, holdup-mænd åbnede Unionens pengeskab, Missouri Bank. Efter at have truet et par borgere, de slap med over $15,000. Mændene var relativt sikre i et par måneder, indtil Pinkerton Detective Agency blev tilkaldt. The Pinkertons havde et landsdækkende agentur, hvilket var det nærmeste United
Om 10 er på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem stærkt bevæbnede mænd brast ud i Baden-banken. Banditterne konfronterede M.W. Muntzel, kassereren, og krævede adgang til hvælvingen. De afrundede de fire andre ansatte, da Muntzel førte gruppen til hvælvingen. Røverne bar farvede bandanas for at skjule deres funktioner. Mens to af de fem mænd
På November 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
I 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Men, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Oktober 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, som dræbte
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Den December 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
På November 10, 1924, Fru. A.W. Stickney forlod St. Louis Country Club, da hun blev opsøgt af to afroamerikanske mænd. Den lysere hud fortalte Mrs. Stickney til at vende hendes juveler, ellers ville han tage dem fra hende. Fearing for her safety, Fru. Stickney rakte manden hendes smykker, vurderet til $17,000.00, og $85.00 in cash. Fru.
On September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You
I den sidste uge af december 1902, William Rudolph, et nyligt hjemvendt minearbejder til Franklin County, og George Collins røvet Union Bank i EU, MO. De berøvet det natten, da ingen var til stede ved at sprænge sikker. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff