Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Mensaxes sobre historia policial con especial énfase en 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
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.
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. En maio 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 Policía Joseph A. Gerk patrullada súa latexo Eighteenth Street durante a mañá de maio 26, 1901, cando
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
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 anos. Asignado a un ritmo preto de Natural Bridge e 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, O axente Anderson camiñaba por Vandeventer xusto ao sur
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. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de
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 agredido