Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Bhí sé an-fhuar maidin Dé Domhnaigh, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Fuair Oifigeach Póilíní Louis Sheehan an doras tosaigh oscailte do John R. Teach Lionberger. Mar gheall ar an fuar searbh, Bhí faitíos ar Sheehan go ndeachaigh buirgléirí isteach sa teach cónaithe. Ghlaoigh Sheehan an clog arís agus arís eile ach ní raibh sí in ann aon duine a mhúscailt istigh. Thosaigh Sheehan ag rapáil a mhaide oíche i gcoinne an
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
Is beag imeacht a chuir iontas ar St. Louis cosúil le líne dualgas bás Lt. Sidney Sears i mí an Mheithimh 1924. Le beagnach 30 bliana, Lt. Measadh gur Sears an lámhaigh piostail is fearr ar an St. Póilíní Roinn Louis. In 1904, Bhí Sears ina Chraobhchomórtas Náisiúnta Piostail na Stát Aontaithe freisin. Do dhuine éigin a mharú Lt. Measadh go raibh Sears i shootout dodhéanta.
Ar Dé Máirt, Iúil 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. For 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. Níl sé soiléir ar tharraing gníomhartha Charles Sanders aird Printz, nó níor tháinig Printz ach ar Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Shiúil Printz suas go Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Nuair a
Ar Nollaig 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,
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. Mar sin féin, 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. a dúirt an Príomh-Desmond
Ar Déardaoin, 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, Meitheamh 24, 1900 eagrán den Naomh. Poblacht Louis, 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, 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 bliana. Sannta do bhuille in aice le Natural Bridge agus 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, Bhí an tOifigeach Anderson ag siúl ar Vandeventer díreach ó dheas de