Історик єдиноборств і майстер єдиноборств
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 років, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
На четвер, Січень 23, 1902, Вулиця. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, один з St. Луїс’ найбагатші люди, у власності житлової нерухомості та інші активи на суму 2 мільйон доларів. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Луїс. He
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Квітень 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell був використаний в якості механіка
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Луїс”, Вулиця. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
On the morning of Saturday, Квітень 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Бродвей. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Час
Будинки — це просто купи дощок і цегли без прив’язаних до них історій. During November 1912, Вулиця. Офіцер поліції Луїса Артур Хаддлстон був убитий умовно звільненим вбивцею Альбертом Вайтфілдом. Вайтфілд здивував свою цивільну дружину, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
У вівторок, Листопад 5, 1901, Вулиця. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
У 1877, Вулиця. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi. Вулиця. Louis Police dealt with the typical problems of a major city. Вулиця. Louis Police Officers responded to reports of murder, rape and robbery. On the morning of December 12, 1877, Вулиця. Louis Police Officer Daily responded to the report of a bear on the Downtown St. Луїс
Before reading Gangs of St. Луїс: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. Що я не знав, що Роберт Крід був членом банди зозуль, надмірно насильницька злочинна організація у 1920-х роках. Robert Creed was the
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Луїс. Спочатку, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Департамент Louis поліції. When the bank association turned over the