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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. Луіс. “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. Луіс. When Barrington
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, Вуліца. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. Аднак, Вуліца. 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. Звычайна, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the
It was very cold on the morning of Sunday, Сьнежня 5, 1880, about 2 раніцы, when St. Louis Police Officer Sheehan found the front door open to John R. Lionberger’s home. Owing to the bitter cold, Sheehan feared burglars had entered the residence. Sheehan rang the bell repeatedly but could not awaken anyone inside. 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
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 гадоў, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Дэпартамент Луі паліцыі. У 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
On the evening of June 1, 1879, Вуліца. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Луіс’ 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. Калі
Вуліца. 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. Аднак, 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
У чацвер, <Прамежак bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2194" bbox_w = "63" bbox_h = "19" FSIZE = "13" fweight = "3" чырвоны = "255" зялёны = "255" сіні = "255" альфа = " 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. Пасля спробы незаконнага плацяжу, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, прызначаны ст
For the Sunday, Чэрвень 24, 1900 выданне St. Луі Рэспубліка, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Пасля 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Начальнік Дэсманд наракаў на рост гвалту, які ён назіраў