Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Estava muito frio na manhã de domingo, Dezembro 5, 1880, about 2 da manhã, when St. O policial Sheehan de Louis encontrou a porta da frente aberta para John R. Casa de Lionberger. Devido ao frio intenso, Sheehan temia que ladrões tivessem entrado na residência. Sheehan tocou a campainha várias vezes, mas não conseguiu acordar ninguém lá dentro. Sheehan começou a bater seu cassetete contra o
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
Poucos acontecimentos chocaram St.. Louis gosta da morte do tenente no cumprimento do dever. Sidney Sears em junho 1924. Por quase 30 anos, Lt. Sears foi considerado o melhor atirador de pistola do St.. Louis Departamento de Polícia. Em 1904, Sears também foi Campeão Nacional de Pistola dos Estados Unidos. Para alguém matar o tenente. Sears em um tiroteio foi considerado impossível.
Na terça-feira, Julho 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 anos a partir de 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. Não está claro se as ações de Charles Sanders atraíram a atenção de Printz, ou Printz acabou de encontrar Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz foi até Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Quando
Em dezembro de 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. However, 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. Chefe Desmond disse
Na quinta-feira, Setembro 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, Junho 24, 1900 edição do St. Louis República, 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 anos. 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