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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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.
У аўторак, Ліпеня 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Малодшы. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. Для 17 years from 1890
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
Сьнежня 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 A.M. and surprised Harding,
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
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 гадоў. Прызначаны для ўдару каля Natural Bridge і Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Афіцэр Андэрсан ішоў па Вандэвентэры на поўдзень ад