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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. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Na quarta-feira, Janeiro 10, 1900, St. O policial de Louis, Paul Girard, estava parado na esquina da S. Avenida Taylor e Lindell, quando ele viu um homem pular do segundo andar de 4511 Avenida Lindell. Ciente dos recentes assaltos no rico bairro de Central West End, Girard se aproximou do homem. Quando o homem manco viu Girard, ele correu em direção a S.
Acima dele 17 ano de carreira, St. Louis, chefe dos detetives, William Desmond, lidou com muitos familiares de criminosos. Alguns membros da família eram tão ruins ou piores do que o criminoso que o chefe Desmond e seus homens prenderam. However, muitos membros da família foram honestos, pessoas trabalhadoras, que lutaram para entender o que deu errado com seu ente querido. No início de sua carreira
On the morning of Wednesday, Julho 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.
A terça-feira de noite, Fevereiro 18, 1919, edição do St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Ciente de que um anel de roubo estava trabalhando algumas das joalherias locais, o 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
No sábado, Maio 5, 1900 em 11:30 da tarde, the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car greve de 1900. Antes de a greve acabou em setembro 1900, nas ruas de 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
Quando homens desconhecidos atiraram no policial Michael Walsh por causa de um resfriado, noite de neblina durante dezembro 1880, St. A Polícia de Louis acredita que o suspeito pode ser ladrões de salões e mercearias trabalhando na área. However, St. Os detetives de Louis não conseguiram encontrar a equipe de roubo. Um prisioneiro tagarela esclareceu o mistério em abril 1881. A polícia prendeu Charlie Wilson com seu amigo 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