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Posts about police history with special emphasis on 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
Malo je događaja šokiralo sv. Louis poput smrti na dužnosti por. Sidney Sears u lipnju 1924. Gotovo 30 godina, Lt. Sears se smatrao najboljim pucačem iz pištolja na St. Odjel Louis policije. U 1904, Sears je također bio nacionalni prvak Sjedinjenih Država u gađanju pištoljem. Da netko ubije por. Searsa u raspucavanju smatralo se nemogućim.
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Svibnja 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 Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, kada je
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. Nije jasno jesu li postupci Charlesa Sandersa privukli Printzovu pozornost, ili je Printz upravo naletio na Sandersa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz je prišao Sandersu, who had a revolver in his right hand. Kada
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. Međutim, 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. rekao je načelnik Desmond
On Thursday, 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, Lipanj 24, 1900 izdanje St. Louis Republika, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Nakon 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Glavni Desmond uzdisao rastuće nasilje je vidio kako
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 godina. Dodijeljen radnji u blizini Natural Bridgea i avenije Vandeventer, 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, Policajac Anderson hodao je Vandeventerom južno od
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. Međutim, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalne borbe u 19. stoljeću uživale su lošu reputaciju izvan zemlje
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 napadnut