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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Svētdienas rīts bija ļoti auksts, Decembris 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Luisas policists Šīhans atrada durvis atvērtas Džonam R. Lionbergera mājas. Spēcīgā aukstuma dēļ, Šīhans baidījās, ka rezidencē ir iekļuvuši kramplauži. Šīhans vairākkārt piezvanīja zvanu, bet nevarēja nevienu pamodināt iekšā. Šīhans sāka sist ar naktsnūju pret
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
Daži notikumi šokēja Sv. Luisam patīk leitnanta nāves dienesta pienākums. Sidnijs Sērss jūnijā 1924. Gandrīz jau 30 gadiem, Lt. Sears tika uzskatīts par labāko pistoles šāvienu Sv. Louis policijas pārvalde. Uz 1904, Sears bija arī Amerikas Savienoto Valstu nacionālais pistoles čempions. Lai kāds nogalinātu ltn. Sears apšaudē tika uzskatīts par neiespējamu.
Otrdien, Jūlijs 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 gadiem no 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. Nav skaidrs, vai Čārlza Sandersa darbības piesaistīja Printza uzmanību, vai arī Prints vienkārši uzdūrās Sandersam. Whatever the circumstances, Prints piegāja pie Sandersa, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Decembrī 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. Tomēr, 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. Galvenais Desmonds teica
Ceturtdien, 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. Pēc nelikumīga maksājuma mēģinājuma, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, piešķirts
For the Sunday, Jūnijs 24, 1900 izdevums St. Louis Republika, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Pēc 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Galvenais Desmonds pauda nožēlu par pieaugošo vardarbību, ko viņš redzēja
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 gadiem. Piešķirts ritmam netālu no Natural Bridge un 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, Virsnieks Andersons gāja pa Vandeventeru tieši uz dienvidiem no