Tag: Historia Policia

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

Në shkurt 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Fillimisht, 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. Departamenti i policisë Louis. When the bank association turned over the

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ose 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Historia Missouri. Ndërsa St. Louis ishte qyteti më i madh në perëndim të lumit Misisipi, Panairi Botërore e vënë atë në hartë ndërkombëtare. Ndërsa panair do të sjellë famë, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

Të mërkurën, Maj 9, 1900, Dita e dytë e Shën. Louis Streetcar Strike, një plumb i humbur vrarë Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, një veteran i Luftës spanjolle-amerikane, u shikuar një miting grevë në cep të Finney dhe N. Taylor Avenue. Gjatë tubim, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

George Collins, hajdut banka e dytë të përfshirë në Bashkimin, MO vjedhje banke ne Dhjetor 26, 1902, u përpoq për t'i shpëtuar rr. Louis burg në janar 1904. Përveç punës me të burgosurit e tjerë për të bërë një vrimë në murin e burg, 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. Ne Janar

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. Në shtator 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, viktimat e tyre ishin të reja dhe tërheqëse

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