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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. Herr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
På onsdag, Januari 10, 1900, St. Louis-polisen Paul Girard stod i hörnet av S. Taylor och Lindell Boulevard, när han såg en man hoppa från andra våningen i 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Medveten om de senaste inbrotten i det rika stadsdelen Central West End, Girard gick fram till mannen. När den haltande mannen såg Girard, han sprang mot S.
Över hans 17 års karriär, St. Louis detektivchef William Desmond hanterade många brottslingars familjemedlemmar. Vissa familjemedlemmar var lika dåliga eller värre än den kriminella chefen Desmond och hans män hade låst in. Emellertid, många familjemedlemmar var ärliga, hårt arbetande människor, som kämpade för att förstå vad som gick fel med deras älskade. Tidigt i sin karriär
On the morning of Wednesday, Juli 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.
Tisdag kväll, Februari 18, 1919, upplagan av 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
På lördag, Maj 5, 1900 vid 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 Car strejken 1900. Före strejken var över i september 1900, gatorna i 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
När okända män sköt polisen Michael Walsh på grund av en förkylning, dimmig natt under december 1880, St. Louis Polisen trodde att den misstänkte kan vara inbrottstjuvar och inbrottstjuvar som arbetar i området. Emellertid, St. Louis detektiver hade inte lyckats hitta inbrottsteamet. En pratsam fånge klarade upp mysteriet i april 1881. Polisen grep Charlie Wilson med sin vän 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