Chief Desmond Driven From Office

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“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St ໄດ້. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ປີ. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in

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Cornelius O’Keefe Stops Burglar

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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready

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Jail Break and Murder

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When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, 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

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Intro to Union, Robbery ດ​ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ

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ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນວັນຄຣິດສະມາດ 1902, ສອງເມືອງນ້ອຍ, ເວລານ້ອຍໆ, ຜູ້ຊາຍຖື blew ເປີດຄວາມປອດໄພຂອງສະຫະພາບ, ທະນາຄານ Missouri. ຫຼັງ​ຈາກ​ການ​ຂົ່ມ​ຂູ່​ພົນ​ລະ​ເມືອງ​ຈໍາ​ນວນ​ຫນຶ່ງ​, ພວກ ເຂົາ ເຈົ້າ ໄດ້ ໄປ ກັບ ຫຼາຍ ກວ່າ $15,000. ຜູ້ຊາຍເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຂ້ອນຂ້າງປອດໄພສໍາລັບສອງສາມເດືອນຈົນກ່ວາອົງການສືບລັບ Pinkerton ໄດ້ຖືກເອີ້ນເຂົ້າມາ. Pinkerton ມີອົງການທົ່ວປະເທດ, ຊຶ່ງ​ເປັນ​ສິ່ງ​ໃກ້​ຊິດ​ທີ່​ສຸດ​ຂອງ​ສະຫະລັດ

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Rats Rob Baden Bank in 1919

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Around 10 am on Thursday, ເມ​ສາ 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 16, 1877, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ຜູ້​ຊາຍ​ທີ່​ກໍາ​ນົດ​ຕໍ່​ມາ​ເປັນ Frank Rande ເຂົ້າ Pawnshop Wright ຂອງ​ຢູ່​ທີ່​ປະ​ມານ 9:30 a.m. Wright ສົ່ງ​ຫນຶ່ງ​ຂອງ​ການ​ຊ່ວຍ​ເຫຼືອ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ​ສໍາ​ລັບ​ການ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ. As Officer White and Heffernan

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ສາວງາມ Floyd's St. Louis Robbery

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ໃນ 1934, Charles Arthur “ເດັກຊາຍງາມ” Floyd ສິ້ນສຸດການເຮັດວຽກທາງອາຍາຂອງລາວໃນ East Liverpool, ສວນສາລີ Ohio ຫຼັງຈາກການຍິງສັງຫານໝູ່ກັບເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ FBI ແລະເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ບັງຄັບໃຊ້ກົດໝາຍທ້ອງຖິ່ນ. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, ໃນເດືອນທັນວາ 1925, ລາວເປັນຈໍານວນນັກໂທດ 29078 ຢູ່ທີ່ Missouri Penitentiary. ຟລອຍ ອາຍຸ 21 ປີ ໄດ້ຖືກຕັດສິນໂທດ ກ່ຽວກັບການລັກລອບ ຫ້ອງການໃຫຍ່ຂອງ Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company.

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Suspects But No Murderers

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ຕຸ​ລາ 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, ເຊິ່ງຂ້າ

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Detective Desmond Closes Pawn Shop

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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

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 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

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