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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
Неколку настани го шокираа Св. Луис ја сака смртта на должноста на поручник. Сидни Сирс во јуни 1924. За речиси 30 години, Lt. Сирс се сметаше за најдобар истрел од пиштол на Св. Луис полициска станица. Во 1904, Сирс беше и Национален шампион во пиштол на САД. За некој да го убие поручникот. Серс во престрелка се сметаше за невозможна.
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Од мај 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, кога тој
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. Не е јасно дали активностите на Чарлс Сандерс го привлекле вниманието на Принц, или Принц штотуку налета на Сандерс. Whatever the circumstances, Принц отиде до Сандерс, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
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. Сепак, 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. - рече началникот Дезмонд
On Thursday, Септември 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. По обидот за незаконско плаќање, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, доделени на
For the Sunday, Јуни 24, 1900 издание на свети. Луис Република, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Шефот Дезмонд се жалеше поради зголеменото насилство што го гледаше
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 години. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and 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, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
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. Сепак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Професионалните борби во 19 век уживале лоша репутација надвор од неа
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, Кивет нападнат