Robert Creed Kills CuckoosLeader

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Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. Robert Creed was the

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Ira Cooper Solves Jewel Robbery

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 10, 1924, ນາງ. 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, ນາງ. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, ແລະ $85.00 in cash. ນາງ.

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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ໃນ​ລະ​ຫວ່າງ​ອາ​ທິດ​ສຸດ​ທ້າຍ​ຂອງ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 1902, William Rudolph, ເປັນ​ແຮ່​ທາດ​ກັບ​ມາ​ກັບ Franklin ຕີ້, ແລະ George Collins robbed ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ​ສະ​ຫະ​ພາບ​ໃນ​ສະ​ຫະ​ພາບ, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "761​" bbox_y = "745​" bbox_w = "23​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຮັບ​ການ robbed ມັນ​ຄືນ, ໃນ​ເວ​ລາ​ທີ່​ບໍ່​ມີ​ໃຜ​ໄດ້​ນໍາ​ສະ​ເຫນີ​ໂດຍ​ການ​ສັ່ງ​ເຖິງ​ຄວາມ​ປອດ​ໄພ. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "761​" bbox_y = "745​" bbox_w = "23​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. <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 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. ທ່ານ. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

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On the morning of Wednesday, ກໍ​ລະ​ກົດ 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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ໃນ 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. 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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ເຖິງ​ແມ່ນ​ວ່າ​ວັນ​ອັງ​ຄານ, ກຸມ​ພາ 18, 1919, ສະ​ບັບ​ຂອງ St ໄດ້. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. ຮູ້​ວ່າ​ວົງ shoplifting ໄດ້​ເຮັດ​ວຽກ​ຄູ່ນ​່​ຶ​ຂອງ​ຮ້ານ​ເພັດ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ, St ໄດ້. 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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<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 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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ໃນ​ວັນ​ເສົາ, ເດືອນ​ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ 5, 1900 ຢູ່ 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis ຕາມ​ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ການ​ໂຈມ​ຕີ​ລົດ​ຂອງ 1900. ກ່ອນ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ໂຈມ​ຕີ​ໄດ້​ແມ່ນ​ສູງ​ກວ່າ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 1900, ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ຫົນ​ທາງ​ຂອງ St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis

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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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