Albert Whitefield’s First Murder

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Ноември 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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Ноември 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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Од јануари 7, 1903, St. 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. Сепак, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Ст. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, или 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Историја Мисури. Додека свети. Луис беше најголемиот град западно од реката Мисисипи, Саемот на светот го стави на меѓународната мапа. Додека на саемот ќе донесе озлогласеност, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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Во средата, Мај 9, 1900, На вториот ден од Свети. Луис Трамвајот штрајк, заскитан куршум уби Френк Liebrecht. Френк Liebrecht, шпански-американската војна ветеран, гледав штрајк митинг на аголот на Фини и N. Тејлор авенија. За време на митингот, 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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St. 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, Шерлок

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На 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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Џорџ Колинс, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, се обиде да избега од Свети. Луис затвор во јануари 1904. Покрај работата со другите затвореници за правење на дупка во ѕидот на затвор, тој, исто така, наредени со затворски чувари да имаат пили шверцувани во него. Collins intended to use

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Police Chase Nabs Forger

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On Friday night, Октомври 24, 1902, an informer passed information to Assistant Chief of Detectives James Smith. S. J. Schultze & Co., A ST. 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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На декември 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. Мажите се $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 изутрина. and surprised Harding,

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. 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. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

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