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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Ujutro u nedjelju bilo je vrlo hladno, Prosinac 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis policajac Sheehan pronašao je ulazna vrata otvorena Johnu R. Lionbergerov dom. Zbog jake hladnoće, Sheehan se bojao da su provalnici ušli u rezidenciju. Sheehan je više puta zvonio, ali nije mogao nikoga probuditi unutra. Sheehan je počeo udarati noćnom palicom po
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.
U utorak, Srpanj 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. Za 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. 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
U prosincu 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. 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