Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 St. Louis’ Worlds Fair. While the Fair brought lots of tourists to town, criminals also made their way to the Gateway City. The man tasked with taking care of the security at the Fair and dealing with the increased criminal element in town was St. Louis’
Op September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum
Op September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. When the train got close
William Desmond vasgetrek baie diewe tydens sy 17 jaar loopbaan as St. Louis Hoof van Speurders. Hy ontwikkel 'n landwye reputasie as “Die dief moordenaar”. Op Maandag, Oktober 15, 1900, Hoof Desmond vasgetrek die broek van 'n dief, maar nie die dief homself. Jonas Washington het die agterplaas van Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Augustus 31, 1901, Nagwag William Doherty ontdek Willis Garner burglarizing die kantoor van Schickle, Harrison en Howard Yster Maatskappy op 912 S. Twaalfde Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Die yster maatskappy in diens Garner, wat 'n hamer gegooi Doherty se kop. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Op Oktober 6, 1890, plaaslike haarkappers Luther Duncan en Bob Henderson stap uit op N. 11de Straat 'n rusie te los. Hierdie gebied van St. Louis was bekend as “Diep Morgan”. “Diep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop huise en die moeilikste Afro-Amerikaners salon in die stad, Sterk’ Saloon. Beide Duncan en Henderson was swart haarkappers, who worked in
Op Desember 3, 1896, drie mans het die Home Office Brewery in St. Louis omstreeks 2:30 namiddag. Kassier Robert Hofferkamp genader die manne. Die mans het rewolwers en vertel Hofferkamp en sy assistent om hul hande te gooi. Die mans het $10,000 uit die kantoor in wat 'n multi-miljoen dollar heist vandag sou wees. The robbers tied up and
St. Louis Hoof van Speurders William Desmond het 'n bietjie van 'n raaisel in Januarie 1903, toe hy probeer het om weg te sluip en te trou. Dit was die 45-jarige Desmond se eerste huwelik te wees. Hoof Desmond was Hanna McLaughlin te trou, die dogter van 'n plaaslike bouer. Die egpaar was wittebrood in Suid-Kalifornië voor sy terugkeer na St. Louis
Op Maandag, Desember 15, 1902, St. Louis Polisie Assistent Hoof van Speurders James H. Smith van die polisie-afdeling afgetree 'n posisie in die steenkoolbedryf te neem. Hoof van Speurders William Desmond probeer Smith te oortuig om te bly, maar hy het besluit om af te tree uit die krag as sy veertigste verjaardag genader. Smith saamgestel 'n prysenswaardige rekord as Desmond se Assistent.
Op Maandag, Maart 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, 'n 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive