Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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.
O martes, Xullo 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 anos dende 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. Cando
En decembro de 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. Os homes levaron $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. 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