Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Έκανε πολύ κρύο το πρωί της Κυριακής, Δεκέμβριος 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Ο αστυνομικός του Louis Sheehan βρήκε την εξώπορτα ανοιχτή στον John R. Το σπίτι του Lionberger. Λόγω του τσουχτερού κρύου, Ο Sheehan φοβόταν ότι οι διαρρήκτες είχαν μπει στην κατοικία. Η Sheehan χτύπησε επανειλημμένα το κουδούνι, αλλά δεν μπορούσε να ξυπνήσει κανέναν μέσα. Ο Sheehan άρχισε να χτυπάει το νυχτερινό του ραβδί στο
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.
Την Τρίτη, Ιούλιος 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, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. Για 17 years from 1890
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
Τον Δεκέμβριο 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. Οι άνδρες πήραν $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 π.μ. and surprised Harding,
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