Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Δημοσιεύσεις σχετικά με την ιστορία της αστυνομίας με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στο ST. Louis police history.
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
Ελάχιστα γεγονότα συγκλόνισαν τον Στ. Louis όπως ο θάνατος της γραμμής του καθήκοντος του υπολοχαγού. Sidney Sears τον Ιούνιο 1924. Για σχεδόν 30 χρόνια, Lt. Ο Sears θεωρήθηκε η καλύτερη βολή με πιστόλι στο St. Louis Αστυνομικό Τμήμα. Σε 1904, Ο Sears ήταν επίσης Εθνικός Πρωταθλητής πιστολιού των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Για να σκοτώσει κάποιος τον υπολοχαγό. Ο Sears σε μια ανταλλαγή πυροβολισμών θεωρήθηκε αδύνατος.
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Τον Μάιο του 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, when he
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. 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
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. Ωστόσο, 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. είπε ο αρχηγός Ντέσμοντ
Την Πέμπτη, 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. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the
For the Sunday, Ιούνιος 24, 1900 Έκδοση του Αγίου. Louis Δημοκρατία, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Μετά 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
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 χρόνια. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and 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, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Ωστόσο, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Οι επαγγελματικοί αγώνες τον 19ο αιώνα απολάμβαναν κακή φήμη εκτός
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet assaulted