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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. لويس. “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, “الرب بارينغتون” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. لويس. When Barrington
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, الحادي و. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. لكن, الحادي و. Louis detectives had been unable to find the burglary team. A chatty prisoner cleared up the mystery in April 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend 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
كان الجو باردا جدا في صباح يوم الأحد, ديسمبر 5, 1880, about 2 صباحا, when St. Louis Police Officer Sheehan found the front door open to John R. Lionberger’s home. بسبب البرد القارس, يخشى شيهان اللصوص دخلوا مسكن. رن شيهان الجرس مرارا وتكرارا ولكن لا يمكن أن توقظ أي شخص داخل. Sheehan began rapping his night stick against the
Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the
صدمت بعض الأحداث سانت. لويس مثل خط الموت اجب اللفتنانت. سيدني سيرز في يونيو 1924. لما يقرب من 30 سنوات, Lt. اعتبر سيرز أفضل مسدس طلقة على سانت. إدارة الشرطة لويس. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1904, كان يحرق أيضا الوطنية المسدس بطل الولايات المتحدة. بالنسبة لشخص لقتل اللفتنانت. كان سيرز في تبادل لاطلاق النار يعتبر مستحيلا.
On the evening of June 1, 1879, الحادي و. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. لويس’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. لكن, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said
يوم الخميس, سبتمبر 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. بعد محاولته الدفع بطريقة غير مشروعة, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the
For the Sunday, يونيو 24, 1900 طبعة من سانت. جمهورية لويس, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out