Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
V 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’
On 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
On 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 chytili veľa zlodeji počas jeho 17 ročnej kariéry as St. Louis šéf detektívov. On vyvinul celoštátnej povesť “Zlodej Taker”. V pondelok, Október 15, 1900, Chief Desmond chytili nohavice zlodeja, ale nie zlodej sám. Jonas Washington vstúpil na dvore Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Augusta 31, 1901, Nočný strážca William Doherty objavil Willis Garner burglarizing úrad Schickle, Harrison a Howard železiarsky na 912 S. Dvanásta Street v St. Louis, Missouri. Železo Spoločnosť zamestnávala Garner, kto hodil kladivo na Dohertyho hlavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Októbra 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
Decembra 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m.. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
St. Louis šéf detektívov William Desmond vytvoril trochu tajomstvo v januári 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Mal to byť prvý manželstvo 45-rok-starý Desmond je. Šéf Desmond mal vziať Hannah McLaughlin, dcéra miestneho staviteľa. Pár bol na medové týždne v južnej Kalifornii pred návratom do St. Louis
V pondelok, December 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
V pondelok, Marec 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, a 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