Tag: Polisie Geskiedenis

Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: 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. Wat ek nie geweet het nie, was Robert Creed was 'n lid van die Cuckoo Gang, 'n ultragewelddadige kriminele organisasie in die 1920's. 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. Louis. Aanvanklik, 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. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, of 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri geskiedenis. Terwyl St. Louis was die grootste stad wes van die Mississippi-rivier, die World's Fair sit dit op die internasionale kaart. Terwyl die billike sou bring bekendheid, toeriste en verhoogde inkomste na die stad,

Op Woensdag, Mei 9, 1900, die tweede dag van die St. Louis Streetcar Strike, 'n verdwaalde koeël vermoor Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, 'n Spaans-Amerikaanse Oorlog veteraan, was om te kyk 'n staking tydren op die hoek van Finney en N. Taylor Avenue. Gedurende die tydren, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

George Collins, die tweede bank rower betrokke in die Unie, MO bank roof op Desember 26, 1902, probeer om die St om te ontsnap. Louis tronk in Januarie 1904. Behalwe die werk met die ander gevangenes op die maak van 'n gat in die muur van die tronk, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Januarie

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. Op September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

I have always said the St. Louis Streetcar Strike van 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, their victims were young and attractive

St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. Louis’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or