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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Al novembre 10, 1924, Sra. A.W. Stickney estava deixant el St. Louis Country Club, quan se li van acostar dos homes afroamericans. L'home de pell més clara li va dir a la Sra. Stickney li donaria les joies o se les prendria. Fearing for her safety, Sra. Stickney va lliurar a l'home les seves joies, valorat en $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Sra.
Al setembre 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You
Durant l'última setmana de desembre 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recentment va tornar al comtat de Franklin, i George Collins va robar el Union Bank a Union, MO. Van robar tota la nit, quan ningú va estar present per la voladura de la caixa forta. 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. Sr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Dimecres, Gener 10, 1900, St. Louis Police Officer Paul Girard was standing at the corner of S. Taylor and Lindell Boulevard, when he saw a man jump from the second floor of 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard approached the man. When the limping man saw Girard, he ran towards S.
Sobre el seu 17 any de carrera, St. El cap de detectius Louis, William Desmond, va tractar amb molts familiars de criminals. Alguns membres de la família eren tan dolents o pitjors que el cap criminal Desmond i els seus homes havien tancat. Però, molts membres de la família eren honestos, gent treballadora, que lluitaven per entendre què passava amb el seu ésser estimat. Al començament de la seva carrera
On the morning of Wednesday, Juliol 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, Febrer 18, 1919, edició del St. 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, St. 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
Dissabte, Maig 5, 1900 en 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 Street Vaga de cotxes de 1900. Abans de la vaga havia acabat al setembre 1900, carrers de St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis