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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. 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. Првично, 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. Луис полициска станица. When the bank association turned over the
Од јануари 7, 1903, St. 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. Сепак, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Ст. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, или 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Историја Мисури. Додека свети. Луис беше најголемиот град западно од реката Мисисипи, Саемот на светот го стави на меѓународната мапа. Додека на саемот ќе донесе озлогласеност, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
Во средата, Мај 9, 1900, На вториот ден од Свети. Луис Трамвајот штрајк, заскитан куршум уби Френк Liebrecht. Френк Liebrecht, шпански-американската војна ветеран, гледав штрајк митинг на аголот на Фини и N. Тејлор авенија. За време на митингот, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
Џорџ Колинс, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, се обиде да избега од Свети. Луис затвор во јануари 1904. Покрај работата со другите затвореници за правење на дупка во ѕидот на затвор, тој, исто така, наредени со затворски чувари да имаат пили шверцувани во него. 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. Од јануари
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, 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