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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. 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
Pan saethodd dynion anhysbys y Swyddog Michael Walsh ar annwyd, noson niwlog yn ystod mis Rhagfyr 1880, St. Roedd Heddlu Louis yn credu y gallai'r sawl a ddrwgdybir fod yn fyrgleriaid salŵn a nwyddau groser yn gweithio yn yr ardal. Fodd bynnag,, St. Nid oedd ditectifs Louis wedi gallu dod o hyd i'r tîm byrgleriaeth. Cliriodd carcharor siaradus y dirgelwch ym mis Ebrill 1881. Arestiodd yr heddlu Charlie Wilson gyda'i ffrind 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
Roedd hi'n oer iawn fore Sul, Rhagfyr 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Daeth Swyddog Heddlu Louis Sheehan o hyd i’r drws ffrynt yn agored i John R. Cartref Lionberger. Oherwydd yr oerfel chwerw, Roedd Sheehan yn ofni bod lladron wedi dod i mewn i'r breswylfa. Canodd Sheehan y gloch dro ar ôl tro ond ni allai ddeffro unrhyw un y tu mewn. Dechreuodd Sheehan rapio ei ffon nos yn erbyn y
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 blynyddoedd, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Adran Heddlu Louis. Yn 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, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Nid yw'n glir a ddenodd gweithredoedd Charles Sanders sylw Printz, neu mae Printz newydd faglu ar Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Cerddodd Printz i fyny i Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
St. 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. Fodd bynnag,, 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. Dywedodd y Prif Desmond
Ar ddydd Iau, September 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. Ar ôl ceisio gwneud taliad anghyfreithlon, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, neilltuo i'r
For the Sunday, Mehefin 24, 1900 argraffiad y Santes. Louis Gweriniaeth, 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, Roedd y Prif Desmond yn galaru am y trais cynyddol yr oedd yn ei weld