Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
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. 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. Ο κ.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Την Τετάρτη, Ιανουάριος 10, 1900, St. Louis Αστυνομικός Paul Girard στεκόταν στη γωνία της S. Taylor και Lindell Boulevard, όταν είδε έναν άνδρα άλμα από το δεύτερο όροφο 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Έχοντας επίγνωση των πρόσφατων διαρρήξεων στην πλούσια γειτονιά Central West End, Ο Ζιράρ πλησίασε τον άντρα. Όταν ο κουτσός είδε τον Ζιράρ, έτρεξε προς τον Σ.
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Ωστόσο, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Νωρίς στην καριέρα του
On the morning of Wednesday, Ιούλιος 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.
Η Τρίτη το βράδυ, Φεβρουάριος 18, 1919, Έκδοση του Αγίου. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Γνωρίζοντας ότι ένα δαχτυλίδι κλοπές σε καταστήματα δούλευε ένα ζευγάρι από τα τοπικά καταστήματα κοσμημάτων, το 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
Το Σάββατο, Μάιος 5, 1900 στο 11:30 μ.μ., η έκρηξη του Προαστιακού γραμμή στο σιδηρόδρομος διάβαση Wabash και η Sarah οδό σηματοδότησε την έναρξη του Αγίου. Louis Οδός Car Απεργία 1900. Πριν από την απεργία ήταν πάνω από το Σεπτέμβριο 1900, στους δρόμους του St. 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
Όταν άγνωστοι πυροβόλησαν τον αστυνομικό Μάικλ Γουόλς κρυωμένος, ομιχλώδης νύχτα κατά τη διάρκεια του Δεκεμβρίου 1880, St. Η αστυνομία του Λούις πίστευε ότι ο ύποπτος μπορεί να ήταν διαρρήκτες σαλούν και παντοπωλείου που εργάζονταν στην περιοχή. Ωστόσο, St. Οι ντετέκτιβ του Louis δεν κατάφεραν να βρουν την ομάδα των διαρρήξεων. Ένας φλύαρος κρατούμενος ξεκαθάρισε το μυστήριο τον Απρίλιο 1881. Η αστυνομία συνέλαβε τον Charlie Wilson με τον φίλο του 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