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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
U veljači 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. G.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
U srijedu, Siječanj 10, 1900, St. Louis policajac Paul Girard stajao je na uglu S. Bulevar Taylor i Lindell, kada je vidio čovjeka koji je skočio s drugog kata 4511 Bulevar Lindell. Svjestan nedavnih provala u bogatoj četvrti Central West End, Girard je prišao čovjeku. Kad je šepavi čovjek ugledao Girarda, potrčao je prema S.
Preko njegove 17 godinu karijere, St. Louis, šef detektiva William Desmond bavio se mnogim članovima obitelji kriminalaca. Neki članovi obitelji bili su jednako loši ili gori od zločinca kojeg su šef Desmond i njegovi ljudi zatvorili. Međutim, mnogi članovi obitelji bili su pošteni, vrijedni ljudi, koji su se trudili shvatiti što nije u redu s njihovim voljenim. Na početku svoje karijere
On the morning of Wednesday, Srpanj 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, Veljača 18, 1919, izdanje 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
U subotu, Svibanj 5, 1900 na 11:30 uvečer, Eksplozija prigradske linije na Wabash i Sarah Street željezničkom prijelazu označio je početak sv. Louis Street Car štrajk 1900. Prije nego što je štrajk bio gotov u rujnu 1900, ulice 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
Kada su nepoznati ljudi ustrijelili policajca Michaela Walsha na hladnoći, maglovita noć tijekom prosinca 1880, St. Policija u Louisu vjeruje da bi osumnjičeni mogli biti provalnici salona i trgovina namirnicama koji rade na tom području. Međutim, St. Louisu detektivi nisu uspjeli pronaći tim za provalu. Brbljavi zatvorenik razjasnio je misterij u travnju 1881. Policija je uhitila Charlieja Wilsona s njegovim prijateljem Tomom Higginsom
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