Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
V nedeľu ráno bolo veľmi chladno, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis policajný dôstojník Sheehan našiel predné dvere otvorené pre Johna R. Lionbergerov dom. Kvôli krutému chladu, Sheehan sa obával, že do rezidencie vstúpili zlodeji. Sheehan opakovane zazvonil na zvonček, ale nedokázal nikoho vo vnútri prebudiť. Sheehan začal klepať nočnou palicou o ňu
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
Len málo udalostí šokovalo sv. Louis ako línia povinnosti smrť por. Sidney Sears v júni 1924. Za takmer 30 rokov, Lt. Sears bol považovaný za najlepší výstrel z pištole na St. Police Department Louis. V 1904, Sears bol tiež národným pištoľovým šampiónom Spojených štátov. Aby niekto zabil por. Sears v prestrelke sa považoval za nemožné.
On Tuesday, Júl 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. Pre 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. Nie je jasné, či akcie Charlesa Sandersa pritiahli Printzovu pozornosť, alebo Printz práve narazil na Sandersa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz podišiel k Sandersovi, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Decembra 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. Však, 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. Povedal náčelník Desmond
On Thursday, 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, Jún 24, 1900 vydanie St. Louis republika, 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 rokov. 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