קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
זונטיק אינדערפרי איז געווען זייער קאלט, דעצעמבער 5, 1880, about 2 אַ.מ., when St. לוי פאליציי אפיציר שעעהאן האט געפונען די פראָנט טיר אָפן צו John R. ליאָןבערגער ס היים. צוליב דער ביטערער קעלט, שיהאן האט מורא געהאט אז בערגלערס זענען אריין אין די וואוינונג. שעהאַן האט ריפּיטידלי געקלונגען דעם גלאָק אָבער קען נישט דערוועקן ווער עס יז אינעווייניק. שעהאַן אנגעהויבן ראַפּינג זיין נאַכט שטעקן קעגן די
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 יאָרן, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. לוי פּאָליצייַ דעפּאַרטמענט. אין 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
אויף דינסטאג, יולי 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, דזשוניער. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. פֿאַר 17 years from 1890
On the evening of June 1, 1879, סט. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. לוי’ South Side. עס איז נישט קלאָר אויב טשאַרלעס סאַנדערס אַקשאַנז געצויגן די ופמערקזאַמקייט פון פּרינץ, אָדער פּרינץ נאָר סטאַמבאַלד אויף סאַנדערס. Whatever the circumstances, פּרינץ איז צוגעגאַנגען צו סאַנדערס, who had a revolver in his right hand. ווען
אויף דעצעמבער 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 אַ.ם. and surprised Harding,
סט. 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. אָבער, 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. טשיף דעסמאָנד האט געזאגט
אויף דאנערשטאג, 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. נאָך טריינג צו ומלעגאַל צאָלונג, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, אַסיינד צו די
For the Sunday, יוני 24, 1900 אויסגאבע פון די סט. לוי רעפובליק, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. נאָך 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, דער טשיף דעסמאָנד האָט געקלאָגט די ינקריסינג גוואַלד וואָס ער האָט געזען
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 יאָרן. 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