전투 스포츠 역사가 및 무술가
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
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 년, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Louis Police Department. 에 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
생. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. 월에 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. 생. 루이 경찰 조셉. Gerk 월의 아침 동안 18 거리에 그의 비트를 순찰 26, 1901, 때 그가
On the evening of June 1, 1879, 생. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. 루이’ South Side. Charles Sanders의 행동이 Printz의 관심을 끌었는지 확실하지 않습니다., 아니면 Printz가 방금 샌더스를 우연히 만났거나. Whatever the circumstances, 프린츠가 샌더스에게 걸어갔다., who had a revolver in his right hand. 언제
생. 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. 그러나, 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. 데스몬드 추장이 말했다.
On Thursday, 9월 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. 불법 결제를 시도한 후, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, 에 할당됨
For the Sunday, 6월 24, 1900 세인트의 판. 루이스 공화국, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. 후 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, 데스몬드 추장은 자신이 목격하고 있는 증가하는 폭력을 한탄했습니다.
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 년. Natural Bridge 및 Vandeventer Avenues 근처 비트에 지정됨, 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, Anderson 경관은 Vandeventer 바로 남쪽을 걷고 있었습니다.
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. 그러나, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19세기 프로 격투는 해외에서 좋지 않은 평판을 얻었습니다.
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, 생. 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 assaulted