Ira Cooper résout un vol de bijoux

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Sur Novembre 10, 1924, Mme. A.W.. Stickney quittait le St. Louis Country Club, lorsqu'elle a été approchée par deux hommes afro-américains. L'homme à la peau plus claire a dit à Mme. Stickney devait lui rendre ses bijoux, sinon il les lui prendrait. Fearing for her safety, Mme. Stickney a remis ses bijoux à l'homme, estimé à $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mme.

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Au cours de la dernière semaine de Décembre 1902, William Rudolph, un mineur récemment retourné à Franklin County, et George Collins volé la Banque de l'Union dans l'Union, MO. Ils ont volé pendant la nuit, quand il n'y avait personne en faisant sauter le coffre-fort. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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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 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. M.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Pretty Boy St Floyd. Louis Vol qualifié

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Dans 1934, Charles Arthur “Joli garçon” Floyd a terminé sa carrière criminelle dans un East Liverpool, champ de maïs de l'Ohio après une fusillade avec des agents du FBI et les agents chargés de l'application de la loi locale. Cependant, en décembre 1925, il était détenu nombre 29078 au pénitencier du Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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Le mardi soir, Février 18, 1919, édition de la St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Conscients qu'un anneau de vol à l'étalage a travaillé quelques magasins de bijoux locaux, Saint-. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Chief Desmond Gets a Confession

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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

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Lord Barrington Is Beaten Up

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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

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