Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
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
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, St. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. Porén, St. Louis detectives had been unable to find the burglary team. A chatty prisoner cleared up the mystery in April 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend 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. Normalmente, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the
Na mañá do domingo facía moito frío, Decembro 5, 1880, about 2 mañá, when St. O axente de policía de Louis Sheehan atopou a porta aberta para John R. A casa de Lionberger. Debido ao frío amargo, Sheehan temía que os ladróns entraran na residencia. Sheehan tocou o timbre varias veces pero non puido espertar a ninguén dentro. Sheehan comezou a golpear o seu pau de noite contra o
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
Poucos eventos chocou St. Louis como a liña da morte deber de Lt. Sidney Sears en xuño 1924. a case 30 anos, Lt. Sears foi considerado o mellor tiro de pistola no St. Louis Departamento de Policía. En 1904, Sears tamén foi Campión Nacional Pistol estadounidense. Para alguén para matar Lt. Sears nun tiroteo era considerado imposible.
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. Cando
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. Porén, 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
O xoves, Setembro 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. Despois de tentar o pago ilícito, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, asignado ao
For the Sunday, Xuño 24, 1900 edición do St. Louis Galicia, 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, O xefe Desmond lamentou o aumento da violencia que estaba a ver