היסטוריון ספורט קרבי ואמן לחימה
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
בליל חג המולד 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
בסביבות 10 בבוקר ביום חמישי, אפריל 10, 1919, חמישה גברים חמושים בכבדות פרצו לבנק באדן. השודדים התעמתו עם M.W. מונצל, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. הם קיבלו את ארבעת העובדים הנוספים בזמן שמונצל הוביל את הקבוצה לכספת. השודדים חבשו בנדנות צבעוניות כדי לטשטש את תווי פניהם. ואילו שניים מחמשת הגברים
בנובמבר 16, 1877, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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
בתוך 1934, צ'ארלס ארתור “ילד יפה” פלויד סיים את הקריירה הפלילית שלו במזרח ליברפול, שדה תירס של אוהיו לאחר קרב יריות עם סוכני FBI וקציני אכיפת חוק מקומיים. אולם, בדצמבר 1925, הוא היה מספר אסיר 29078 בבית הכלא של מיזורי. פלויד בן ה-21 הורשע זה עתה בשוד המשרד הראשי של חברת המכולת והאפייה קרוגר
באוקטובר 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, which killed
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. לואיס
בדצמבר 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
בנובמבר 10, 1924, Mrs. 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, Mrs. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, ו - $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
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
During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff