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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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
Ноември 10, 1924, Г-ѓа. A.W. STICKNEY напушта St. Луис Земја клуб, кога таа беше дочекан од страна на две афро-американски мажи. Посветлата кожа човек, изјави г-ѓа. STICKNEY да му го предаде својот накит или тој ќе ги земе од неа. Fearing for her safety, Г-ѓа. STICKNEY предаде човекот нејзиниот накит, во вредност од $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Г-ѓа.
Во текот на последната недела од декември 1902, Вилијам Рудолф, неодамна се врати рудар да Френклин округот, и Џорџ Колинс ограбен банка на Унијата во Унијата, MO. Тие го ограбија во текот на ноќта, кога никој не беше присутен од дува до безбеден. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
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. 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. Г-дин. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
On the morning of Wednesday, Јули 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.
Во 1934, Чарлс Артур “Убаво момче” Флојд заврши својата криминална кариера во Источна Ливерпул, пченка поле Охајо по пука со агенти на ФБИ и локални службеници за спроведување на законот. Сепак, во декември 1925, тој беше затвореник број 29078 во Мисури Казнено. На 21-годишниот Флојд штотуку беше осуден за грабеж на главната канцеларија Kroeger Минимаркети и спецификации на компанијата
The Tuesday Evening, Февруари 18, 1919, издание на свети. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, Ст. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
St. 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
Во саботата, Мај 5, 1900 на 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Луис Улица автомобили Штрајк на 1900. Пред штрајкот беше над во септември 1900, улиците на Свети. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
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