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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
قبل از دار و دستههای خواندن سنت. لوئیس: مردان احترام توسط دانیل واو, من می دانستم که در مورد و رابرت کیش و برادرش توماس قتل سنت نوشت. لوئیس افسر پلیس جرج Geisler در روز هالووین 1920. چیزی که من نمی دانم که بود رابرت کیش یک عضو از فاخته باند بود, یک سازمان جنایی خشونت فوق العاده در 1920s. رابرت کیش بود
در تاریخ فوریه 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لوئیس. در ابتدا, 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
ژانویه 7, 1903, خیابان. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, خیابان. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, یا 1904 خیابان. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. لوئیس, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
روز چهارشنبه, مه 9, 1900, در روز دوم از خیابان. لوئیس اتوبوسی به اعتصاب, گلوله ولگرد کشته فرانک Liebrecht. فرانک Liebrecht, یک جانباز جنگ آمریکا و اسپانیا, تماشای یک تظاهرات اعتصاب در گوشه ای از فینی و N. خیابان تیلور. در این تجمع, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
جورج کالینز, دزد بانک دوم که در اتحادیه, MO سرقت بانک در دسامبر 26, 1902, تلاش برای فرار از خیابان. زندان لوئیس در ژانویه 1904. علاوه بر کار با زندانیان دیگر در ساخت یک سوراخ در دیوار از زندان, 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. اداره پلیس لوئیس متروپولیتن. 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. ژانویه
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, خیابان. 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. در سپتامبر 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. لوئیس اتوبوسی به اعتصاب از 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
خیابان. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 خیابان. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. لوئیس’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, خیابان. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or