Tag: Police History

Før du læser Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect af Daniel Waugh, Jeg vidste og skrev om Robert Creed og hans bror Thomas, der myrdede St. Louis politibetjent George Geisler på Halloween-dagen 1920. Hvad jeg ikke vidste var, at Robert Creed var medlem af Gøgebanden, en ultravoldelig kriminel organisation i 1920'erne. Robert Creed var

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. Oprindeligt, 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, eller 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri historie. Mens St. Louis var den største by vest for Mississippi-floden, Verdensudstillingen sætte det på det internationale kort. Mens messen ville bringe berygtet, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

På onsdag, Maj 9, 1900, den anden dag i St. Louis Streetcar Strike, en vildfaren kugle dræbte Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, en spansk-amerikanske krig veteran, ser en strejke rally på hjørnet af Finney og N. Taylor Avenue. Under rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

George Collins, den anden bankrøver involveret i EU, MO bankrøveri på December 26, 1902, forsøgt at undslippe St. Louis Jail i januar 1904. Udover at arbejde med de andre fanger om at lave et hul i væggen i fængsel, 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. Den January

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. On 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 of 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, deres ofre var unge og attraktive

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