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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. Megjithatë, 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
Natën e Krishtlindjes 1902, dy qytete të vogla, kohë të vogël, burrat e mbajtjes hapën kasafortën e Unionit, Banka e Misurit. Pasi ka kërcënuar disa qytetarë, ata u larguan me mbi $15,000. Burrat ishin relativisht të sigurt për disa muaj derisa u thirr Agjencia e Detektivëve Pinkerton. Pinkertonët kishin një agjenci mbarëkombëtare, që ishte gjëja më e afërt e United
Rreth 10 am on Thursday, Prill 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
Në 1934, Charles Arthur “Djalë i bukur” Floyd e përfundoi karrierën e tij kriminale në një Liverpool Lindor, Fusha e misrit në Ohio pas një përplasjeje me agjentët e FBI-së dhe oficerët lokalë të zbatimit të ligjit. Megjithatë, në dhjetor 1925, ai ishte numri i të burgosurve 29078 në burgun e Misurit. 21-vjeçari Floyd sapo ishte dënuar për grabitjen e zyrës kryesore të Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company.
Në tetor 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, e cila vrau
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
Më dhjetor 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
Në nëntor 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney po largohej nga St. Louis Country Club, kur ajo u afrua nga dy burra afrikano-amerikanë. Burri me lëkurë më të çelur i tha znj. Stickney t'i kthente bizhuteritë e saj ose ai do t'i merrte asaj. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney i dorëzoi burrit bizhuteritë e saj, vlerësuar në $17,000.00, dhe $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Në shkurt 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. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.