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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
A fost foarte frig în dimineața de duminică, Decembrie 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Ofițerul de poliție Louis Sheehan a găsit ușa de la intrare deschisă pentru John R. Casa lui Lionberger. Din cauza frigului amar, Sheehan se temea că hoții au intrat în reședință. Sheehan a sunat în mod repetat, dar nu a putut să trezească pe nimeni înăuntru. Sheehan a început să-și bată băţul de noapte de
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
Puține evenimente l-au șocat pe St. Lui Louis îi place moartea de serviciu a Lt. Sidney Sears în iunie 1924. Pentru aproape 30 ani, Lt. Sears a fost considerat cea mai bună lovitură de pistol de pe St. Louis Departamentul de Poliție. În 1904, Sears a fost și campion național la pistol al Statelor Unite. Pentru ca cineva să-l omoare pe Lt. Sears într-un schimb de focuri a fost considerat imposibil.
Marți, Iulie 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. Nu este clar dacă acțiunile lui Charles Sanders au atras atenția lui Printz, sau Printz tocmai a dat peste Sanders. Oricare ar fi circumstanțele, Printz se apropie de Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Decembrie 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. Totuși, 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
Joi, Septembrie 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. După ce a încercat să plătească ilicit, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, atribuit la
For the Sunday, Iunie 24, 1900 ediția din St. Louis Republic, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. După 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Șeful Desmond a deplâns violența în creștere pe care o vedea
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 ani. Atribuit la un ritm aproape de Natural Bridge și 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, Ofițerul Anderson mergea pe Vandeventer chiar la sud de