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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Ia sangat sejuk pada pagi Ahad, Disember 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Pegawai Polis Louis Sheehan mendapati pintu hadapan terbuka kepada John R. rumah Lionberger. Disebabkan kesejukan yang pedih, Sheehan khuatir pencuri masuk ke dalam kediaman itu. Sheehan menekan loceng berulang kali tetapi tidak dapat menyedarkan sesiapa di dalam. Sheehan mula mengetuk tongkat malamnya pada
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
Beberapa peristiwa mengejutkan St. Louis seperti kematian barisan tugas Lt. Sidney Sears pada bulan Jun 1924. Untuk hampir 30 tahun, Lt. Sears dianggap sebagai tembakan pistol terbaik di St. Jabatan Polis Louis. Dalam 1904, Sears juga merupakan Juara Pistol Kebangsaan Amerika Syarikat. Bagi seseorang untuk membunuh Lt. Sears dalam penembakan dianggap mustahil.
Pada hari Selasa, Julai 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. Louis’ South Side. Tidak jelas sama ada tindakan Charles Sanders menarik perhatian Printz, atau Printz baru sahaja terjumpa Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz berjalan ke Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Pada Disember 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. Walau bagaimanapun, 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. Ketua Desmond berkata
Pada hari Khamis, 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. Selepas cuba membuat pembayaran haram, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, ditugaskan kepada
For the Sunday, Jun 24, 1900 edisi St. Louis Republik, 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, Ketua Desmond mengeluh dengan peningkatan keganasan yang dilihatnya
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 tahun. 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