Albert Whitefield’s First Murder

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Новембра 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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Новембра 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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On January 7, 1903, Свети. 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. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Свети. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Свети. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, или 1904 Свети. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Лоуис, Missouri history. While St. 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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У среду, Мај 9, 1900, Други дан Ст. Луј Трамвај штрајк, залутали метак убио Франк Лиебрецхт. Френк Лиебрецхт, Шпанско-амерички ратни ветеран, је гледао штрајк митинг на углу Финнеи и Н. Тејлор авенији. Током митинга, 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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Свети. 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, Sherlock

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The 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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Џорџ Колинс, други пљачкаш банке укључене у Унији, МО пљачка банке на дан 26, 1902, покушао да побегне СТ. Луј Затвор у јануару 1904. Поред рада са осталим затвореницима на прави рупу у зиду затвора, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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Police Chase Nabs Forger

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On Friday night, Октобар 24, 1902, an informer passed information to Assistant Chief of Detectives James Smith. С. Ј. Schultze & Co., Свети. 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 дан 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 сати пре подне. and surprised Harding,

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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

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