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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. Međutim, 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
U Božićnoj noći 1902, dva mala grada, malovrijeme, pljačkaši su raznijeli sef Unije, Missouri banka. Nakon prijetnji nekolicini građana, pobjegli su s preko $15,000. Muškarci su bili relativno sigurni nekoliko mjeseci dok nije pozvana detektivska agencija Pinkerton. Pinkertonovi su imali agenciju diljem zemlje, što je bilo najbliže Unitedu
Around 10 ujutro u četvrtak, Travanj 10, 1919, pet do zuba naoružanih ljudi upalo je u Baden Bank. Banditi su se sukobili s M.W. Munzel, blagajnik, i zahtijevao pristup trezoru. Okupili su četvero drugih zaposlenika dok je Muntzel vodio grupu do trezora. Pljačkaši su nosili šarene marame kako bi prikrili svoje lice. Dok su dvojica od pet muškaraca
U 1934, Charles Arthur “Lijep dečko” Floyd je svoju kriminalnu karijeru završio u istočnom Liverpoolu, Polje kukuruza u Ohiju nakon pucnjave s agentima FBI-a i lokalnim službenicima za provođenje zakona. Međutim, u prosincu 1925, bio je zatvorenik broj 29078 u kaznionici Missouri. 21-godišnji Floyd upravo je bio osuđen za pljačku glavnog ureda Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Prvog listopada 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. Louis
U prosincu 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
Studeni 10, 1924, Gospođa. A.W. Stickney je napuštao St. Louis Country Club, kad su joj prišla dva Afroamerikanca. Muškarac svjetlije puti rekao je gđi. Stickneyju da preda svoje dragulje ili bi joj ih uzeo. Fearing for her safety, Gospođa. Stickney je čovjeku pružila svoj nakit, procijenjen na $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Gospođa.
U zadnjem tjednu prosinca 1902, William Rudolph, Nedavno se vratio rudar Franklin županiji, i George Collins opljačkao Union banke u Uniji, MO. Je opljačkali su tijekom noći, kada nitko nije bio prisutan puhanjem po sigurnost. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
U veljači 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. G.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.