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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Sin embargo, 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
en la noche de Navidad 1902, dos pequeños pueblos, poco tiempo, los asaltantes volaron la caja fuerte de la Unión, Banco de Misuri. Después de amenazar a algunos ciudadanos, se largaron con más $15,000. Los hombres estuvieron relativamente seguros durante unos meses hasta que se llamó a la Agencia de Detectives Pinkerton.. Los Pinkerton tenían una agencia a nivel nacional, que era lo mas parecido al United
Alrededor 10 am el jueves, Abril 10, 1919, cinco hombres fuertemente armados irrumpieron en el banco de Baden. Los bandidos se enfrentaron a M.W. Muntzel, el cajero, y exigió acceso a la bóveda. Acorralaron a los otros cuatro empleados mientras Muntzel conducía al grupo a la bóveda.. Los ladrones llevaban pañuelos de colores para ocultar sus rasgos.. Mientras dos de los cinco hombres
In 1934, Pretty Boy Floyd’s St “Pretty Boy Floyd’s St” Pretty Boy Floyd’s St, Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Sin embargo, Pretty Boy Floyd’s St 1925, Pretty Boy Floyd’s St 29078 Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Floyd, de 21 años, acababa de ser declarado culpable de robar en la oficina principal de Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company.
En octubre 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, que mató
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
En diciembre 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
En noviembre 10, 1924, Sra.. AW. Stickney estaba dejando el St.. club de campo luis, cuando fue abordada por dos hombres afroamericanos. El hombre de piel más clara le dijo a la Sra.. Stickney para entregar sus joyas o se las quitaría. Fearing for her safety, Sra.. Stickney le entregó al hombre sus joyas., valorado en $17,000.00, y $85.00 in cash. Sra..
Durante la última semana de diciembre 1902, William Rudolph, un minero recientemente regresó al condado de Franklin, y George Collins robó el Union Bank en Union, MO. Robaron toda la noche, cuando nadie estuvo presente por la voladura de la caja fuerte. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
En febrero 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 originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Sr.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.