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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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 ปีที่ผ่านมา, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. หลุยส์กรมตำรวจ. <ช่วง bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1470" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = " 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
เซนต์. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. พ. 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. เซนต์. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, เมื่อเขา
On the evening of June 1, 1879, เซนต์. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. หลุยส์’ South Side. ไม่ชัดเจนว่าการกระทำของ Charles Sanders ดึงดูดความสนใจของ Printz หรือไม่, หรือ Printz เพิ่งสะดุดกับแซนเดอร์ส. Whatever the circumstances, Printz เดินไปหาแซนเดอร์ส, who had a revolver in his right hand. เมื่อ
เซนต์. 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", 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. หัวหน้าเดสมอนด์กล่าว
On Thursday, <ช่วง bbox_x = "324" bbox_y = "509" bbox_w = "53" bbox_h fsize = "17" = "11" fweight = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = สีฟ้า "210" = "31" อัลฟา = " 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, มิถุนายน 24, 1900 ฉบับที่เซนต์. หลุยส์สาธารณรัฐ, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. หลังจากที่ 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 ปีที่ผ่านมา. กำหนดให้จังหวะใกล้กับ Natural Bridge และ 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, เจ้าหน้าที่แอนเดอร์สันกำลังเดินอยู่บนแวนเดเวนเตอร์ทางใต้ของ
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, เซนต์. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, กิเวตถูกทำร้าย