Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. Robert Creed was the
On November 10, 1924, Frau. A.W. Stickney was leaving the St. Louis Country Club, when she was approached by two African-American men. The lighter skinned man told Mrs. Stickney to turn over her jewels or he would take them from her. Fearing for her safety, Frau. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, und $85.00 in cash. Frau.
In der letzten Dezemberwoche 1902, William Rudolph, ein kürzlich zurückBergMann Franklin County, Collins und George beraubt die Union Bank in Union, MO. Sie raubten es über Nacht, wenn niemand durch Sprengung der sicheren vorhanden war. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police ursprünglich dachte, es war ein Fall von Selbstmord oder versehentliche Überdosierung,,en,Stewart lebte mit seinem Sohn-in-law F.C,,en,Bennett bei,,en,Bennett kategorisch verweigert Herr,,en,Stewart verwendet Drogen jeglicher Art,,en. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Herr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
On the morning of Wednesday, Juli 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
In 1934, Charles Arthur “Hübscher Junge” Floyd beendet seine kriminelle Karriere in einem East Liverpool, nach einem Ohio Maisfeld mit FBI-Agenten und lokalen Strafverfolgungsbehörden herausschießen. Jedoch, Im Dezember 1925, er war Häftling Nummer 29078 am Missouri Penitentiary. Die 21-jährige Floyd hatte gerade den Kroeger Grocery und Baking Company Hauptbüro auszurauben verurteilt worden
The Tuesday Evening, Februar 18, 1919, Ausgabe des St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, die St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let
Am Samstag,, Mai 5, 1900 bei 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car Streik der 1900. Vor dem Streik war im September über 1900, die Straßen von St.. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. Louis. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Lord Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. Louis. When Barrington