Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Hoc est valde frigida die mane Dominica, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis Police Sheehan invenit ianuam apertam ante Ioannem R. Leonberger's home. Propter frigus amarum, Timentes domum alicujus intrauerat Sheehan. Sheehan sonat una interius bell saepe autem ne quis evigilare faciatis. Sheehan coepit raping baculo in nocte
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
Pauci certe abhorrent St. Ludovici funiculum velut officium Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. Nam fere 30 annis, Lt. Sears optimus pistol iaculat in St. Ludovicus Lorem ipsum dolor sit. In 1904, Sears etiam National Pistol Vindicem Civitatum Foederatarum Americae. Nam aliquis occidere Lt. Sears in mitterent esse existimatum est.
Die martis, July 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 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. Ludovicus’ South Side. Non liquet si actiones Caroli Sanders attentionem Printz allexerunt, aut Printz mox incidit in Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz ambulavit ad Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
In December 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. Quod acceperunt viri $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. Autem, 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
Die Jovis, 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. Post mercedem quaerit illicita, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assignata
For the Sunday, June 24, 1900 edition of St. Louis de re publica, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Postquam 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Dux Desmoniae lamentatus est vim augendam quam videbat
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 annis. Tribus pulsum prope pontem Naturalem et 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, Praefectus Anderson ambulabat in Vandeventer sicut meridiem versus