קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 יאָרן, 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
אויף דאנערשטאג, יאַנואַר 23, 1902, סט. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, איינער פון סט. לוי’ רייכסטע מענער, אָונד רעזידענטשאַל גרונטייגנס און אנדערע אַסעץ וואַליוד בייַ 2 מיליאָן דאָללאַרס. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. לוי. ער
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, אַפּריל 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merell איז געווען אָנגעשטעלט ווי אַ מעכאַניקער אין
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. לוי”, סט. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. לוי פּאָליצייַ געשיכטע, 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, אַפּריל 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 ז. בראָדוויי. 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. די צייט
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, סט. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
אויף דינסטאג, נאָוועמבער 5, 1901, סט. לוי פּאַליס קאַפּטשערד בן קילפּאַטריקק און לאַוראַ בולליאָן פֿאַר זייער אָנטייל אין די גרויס נאָרדערן באַן גנייווע אין מאָנטאַנאַ אויף יולי 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, קילפּאַטריקק וואָלט דינען 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
אין 1877, סט. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi. סט. Louis Police dealt with the typical problems of a major city. סט. Louis Police Officers responded to reports of murder, rape and robbery. On the morning of December 12, 1877, סט. Louis Police Officer Daily responded to the report of a bear on the Downtown St. לוי
איידער לייענען Gangs of St. לוי: מענטשן פון רעספּעקט דורך Daniel Waugh, איך געוואוסט און געשריבן וועגן Robert Creed און זיין ברודער טאמעס מאָרד סט. לאָויס פּאָליצייַ אָפיציר דזשארזש גייסלער אויף האַללאָוועען טאָג 1920. וואָס איך האט ניט וויסן איז Robert Creed איז געווען אַ מיטגליד פון דער קוקו גאַנג, אַן אַלטראַ גוואַלדיק פאַרברעכער אָרגאַניזאַציע אין די 1920 ס. ראבערט קרעעד איז געווען דער
אויף פעברואר 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. לוי. Initially, 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. לוי פּאָליצייַ דעפּאַרטמענט. When the bank association turned over the