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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Det var mycket kallt på morgonen söndag, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis-polisen Sheehan hittade ytterdörren öppen för John R. Lionbergers hem. På grund av den bittra kylan, Sheehan fruktade inbrottstjuvar hade gått in i bostad. Sheehan ringde flera gånger men kunde inte väcka någon inne. Sheehan började rappa sin nattklubba mot den
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
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 år, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Louis polisen. I 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
På tisdag, Juli 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. Det är inte klart om Charles Sanders handlingar väckte Printz uppmärksamhet, eller Printz snubblade precis över Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz gick fram till Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. När
På December 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. De män tog $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. Emellertid, 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
På torsdag, 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 upplagan av St. Louis republiken, 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 år. Tilldelad till ett beat nära Natural Bridge och 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 gick på Vandeventer strax söder om