పోరాట క్రీడా చరిత్రకారుడు మరియు మార్షల్ ఆర్టిస్ట్
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. లూయిస్. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “లార్డ్ Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. లూయిస్. When Barrington
When unknown men shot Officer Michael Walsh on a cold, foggy night during December 1880, సెయింట్. Louis Police believed the suspect may be saloon and grocery burglars working in the area. However, సెయింట్. Louis detectives had been unable to find the burglary team. A chatty prisoner cleared up the mystery in April 1881. Police arrested Charlie Wilson with his friend Tom Higgins
This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the
ఆదివారం ఉదయం చాలా చలిగా ఉంది, డిసెంబర్ 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. లూయిస్ పోలీస్ ఆఫీసర్ షీహన్ జాన్ ఆర్‌కి ముందు తలుపు తెరిచి ఉండడాన్ని కనుగొన్నాడు. లయన్‌బెర్గర్ ఇల్లు. చలి తీవ్రత కారణంగా, ఇంట్లోకి దొంగలు ప్రవేశించారని షీహన్ భయపడ్డాడు. షీహన్ పదే పదే బెల్ కొట్టాడు కానీ లోపల ఎవరినీ లేపలేకపోయాడు. షీహన్ తన నైట్ స్టిక్‌ని ర్యాప్ చేయడం ప్రారంభించాడు
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
కొన్ని సంఘటనలు St. లూయిస్ లైన్ ఆఫ్ డ్యూటీ డెత్ ఆఫ్ లెఫ్టినెంట్. జూన్‌లో సిడ్నీ సియర్స్ 1924. దాదాపు కోసం 30 సంవత్సరాల, Lt. సెయింట్‌లో సియర్స్ ఉత్తమ పిస్టల్ షాట్‌గా పరిగణించబడింది. లూయిస్ పోలీసు శాఖ. లో 1904, సియర్స్ యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ యొక్క నేషనల్ పిస్టల్ ఛాంపియన్ కూడా. ఎవరైనా లెఫ్టినెంట్‌ని చంపడానికి. షూటౌట్‌లో సియర్స్ అసాధ్యమని భావించారు.
On the evening of June 1, 1879, సెయింట్. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. లూయిస్’ 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. When
సెయింట్. 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. Chief Desmond said
గురువారం, September 9, 1875, జార్జ్ “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, జూన్ 24, 1900 సెయింట్ యొక్క ఎడిషన్. లూయిస్ రిపబ్లిక్, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. తర్వాత 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