Tag: Sejarah Polis

Sebelum membaca Gangs of St. Louis: Lelaki Dihormati oleh Daniel Waugh, Saya tahu dan menulis tentang Robert Creed dan abangnya Thomas membunuh St. Louis Pegawai Polis George Geisler pada Hari Halloween 1920. Apa yang saya tidak tahu ialah Robert Creed adalah ahli Geng Cuckoo, sebuah organisasi jenayah ultra ganas pada tahun 1920-an. Robert Creed ialah

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. Pada mulanya, 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. Jabatan Polis Louis. When the bank association turned over the

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, atau 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, 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,

Pada hari Rabu, Boleh 9, 1900, hari kedua St. Louis trem Strike, peluru sesat membunuh Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, seorang veteran Perang Amerika-Sepanyol, menonton perhimpunan mogok di sudut Finney dan N. Taylor Avenue. Semasa perhimpunan, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, attempted to escape the St. Louis Jail in January 1904. Besides working with the other prisoners on making a hole in the wall of the jail, 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. Jabatan Polis Metropolitan Louis. 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. On 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. Pada 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, mangsa mereka masih muda dan menarik

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