Albert Whitefield’s First Murder

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નવેમ્બર પર 17, 1912, Albert Whitefield achieved infamy in St. Louis history by murdering St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston. Huddleston prevented Whitefield murdering his common law wife, Annie Washington, and her gentlemen caller. Whitefield shot Huddleston to death in a Midtown alley before leading St. Louis Police on a two state chase. Arthur Huddleston was not Albert Whitefield’s first

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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નવેમ્બર પર 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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જાન્યુઆરી પર 7, 1903, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. તેમ છતાં, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, સેન્ટ. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, અથવા 1904 સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. લૂઈસ, Missouri history. સેન્ટ જ્યારે. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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બુધવાર પર, કરી શકે છે 9, 1900, સ્ટ્રીટ બીજા દિવસે. લૂઇસ સ્ટ્રીટકાર સ્ટ્રાઈક, એક સ્ટ્રે બુલેટ ફ્રેન્ક Liebrecht હત્યા. ફ્રેન્ક Liebrecht, સ્પેનિશ અમેરિકન યુદ્ધ પીઢ, ફીની અને એન ખૂણા પર હડતાલ રેલી જોયું હતું. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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Chief Desmond’s Recruits

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સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond’s success in capturing many desperate criminals made him a celebrity of sorts particularly among aspiring detectives. When Edgar Allan Poe wrote three tales based on the exploits of fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin, detective fiction captured the attention of readers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized the genre permanently with his fictional detective, શેરલોક

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આ 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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જ્યોર્જ કોલિન્સ, યુનિયન સાથે સંકળાયેલા બીજા બેન્ક લૂંટારાની, ડીસેમ્બર MO બેંક લૂંટ 26, 1902, સેન્ટ ભાગી પ્રયાસ કર્યો. જાન્યુઆરી લૂઇસ જેલ 1904. જેલ ના દિવાલ એક છિદ્ર બનાવવા પર અન્ય કેદીઓ સાથે કામ ઉપરાંત, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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પોલીસ પીછો Nabs ધાતુકામ કે લુહારી કામ કરનાર વ્યક્તિ

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On Friday night, ઑક્ટોબર 24, 1902, an informer passed information to Assistant Chief of Detectives James Smith. એસ. J. Schultze & Co., એક સેન્ટ. Louis printing firm, received an order from a stranger in town to print checks for the Elgin City Banking Company of Elgin, Illinois. The informant doubted the checks were actually destined for a real bank. Assistant

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Cab Driver Admits Killing

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ડિસેમ્બર પર 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,

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. સપ્ટેમ્બર પર 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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