مؤرخ الرياضة القتالية وفنان القتال
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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. الحادي و. 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. السيد. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
يوم الاربعاء, يناير 10, 1900, الحادي و. ضابط شرطة لويس بول جيرارد كان يقف في ركن من أركان S. تايلور ويندل شارع, عندما رأى قفزة رجل من الطابق الثاني من 4511 ليندل شارع. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, اقترب جيرار الرجل. وعندما رأى الرجل يعرج جيرارد, he ran towards S.
فوق له 17 مهنة العام, الحادي و. تعامل رئيس مباحث سانت لويس ويليام ديزموند مع العديد من أفراد عائلة المجرم. كان بعض أفراد الأسرة سيئين أو أسوأ من المجرم الرئيس ديزموند ورجاله الذين حبسهم. لكن, كان العديد من أفراد الأسرة صادقين, الناس الذين يعملون بجد, الذين كافحوا لفهم الخطأ الذي حدث مع أحبائهم. في وقت مبكر من حياته المهنية
On the morning of Wednesday, يوليو 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.
The Tuesday Evening, فبراير 18, 1919, طبعة من سانت. 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, سانت. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
الحادي و. 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
يوم السبت, مايو 5, 1900 في 11:30 مساءا, the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. لويس شارع سترايك سيارة 1900. قبل أن الإضراب أكثر من في سبتمبر 1900, شوارع سانت. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. لويس
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. لويس. “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, “الرب بارينغتون” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. لويس. When Barrington
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, الحادي و. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. لكن, الحادي و. Louis detectives had been unable to find the burglary team. A chatty prisoner cleared up the mystery in April 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend Tom Higgins
This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the