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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Sou Nwèl lannwit 1902, de ti vil, ti tan, holdup mesye yo te soufle louvri sekirite a nan Inyon an, Missouri Bank. Apre menase kèk sitwayen, yo te ale ak plis pase $15,000. Mesye yo te relativman an sekirite pou kèk mwa jiskaske Ajans Detectif Pinkerton te rele. Pinkertons yo te gen yon ajans nan tout peyi a, ki te bagay ki pi pre Etazini an
Around 10 mwen menm Jedi, Avril 10, 1919, senk gason ame ki pete nan Baden Bank la. Bandi yo te konfwonte M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. Yo awondi kat lòt anplwaye yo menm jan Muntzel te mennen gwoup la nan vout la. Vòlè yo te mete bannan ki gen koulè pal pou kache karakteristik yo. Pandan ke de nan senk mesye yo
Sou Novanm 16, 1877, St. 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
Nan 1934, Charles Arthur “Bel gason” Floyd te fini karyè kriminèl li nan yon East Liverpool, Ohio mayi jaden apre yon tire soti ak ajan FBI ak ofisye lokal ki fè respekte lalwa. Sepandan, nan mwa desanm 1925, li te nimewo prizonye 29078 nan Penitansye Missouri a. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Sou Oktòb 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, ki touye
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
Sou Desanm 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
Sou Novanm 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, ak $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Sou Sèptanm 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. Ou
Pandan dènye semèn nan mwa desanm 1902, William Rudolph, yon Miner dènyèman tounen tounen yo Konte Franklin, ak George Collins vòlè Bank la Inyon nan Inyon, MO. Yo vòlè li lannwit lan, lè pa gen yon sèl te prezan pa mouche moute ki an sekirite nan. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff