Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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
Weinig gebeurtenissen geschokt St. Louis, zoals de lijn van het recht dood van Lt. Sidney Sears in juni 1924. Voor bijna 30 jaren, Lt. Sears werd beschouwd als de beste pistool geschoten op het St. Louis Police Department. In 1904, Sears was ook National Pistol Kampioen van de Verenigde Staten. Voor iemand naar Lt doden. Sears in een shootout onmogelijk werd beschouwd.
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Op mei 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, wanneer hij
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. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Wanneer
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. Echter, 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
Op donderdag, 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. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the
For the Sunday, Juni 24, 1900 editie van de St. Louis Republiek, 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, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 jaren. Toegewezen aan een beat in de buurt van Natural Bridge en Vandeventer Avenue, 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 het begin van maart 1873, Bare Knuckle bokser Ned “The Irish Giant” O'Baldwin bereidde zich voor op een mogelijke match met Jem Mace, die de Wereld Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship beweerde. Echter, voordat O'Baldwin kunnen worden geconfronteerd met Mace, Hij diende als een tweede voor een vriend en collega-bokser noemde Hicken. Professionele gevechten genoten in de 19e eeuw buiten een slechte reputatie
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, Kivet aangevallen