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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Before reading Gangs of St. หลุยส์: 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. หลุยส์. Initially, 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. หลุยส์กรมตำรวจ. When the bank association turned over the
เมื่อวันที่ 7, 1903, เซนต์. 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, เซนต์. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, หรือ 1904 เซนต์. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. หลุยส์, 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,
On Wednesday, พฤษภาคม 9, 1900, the second day of St. Louis Streetcar Strike, a stray bullet killed Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American War veteran, was watching a strike rally at the corner of Finney and N. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
จอร์จคอลลิน, โจรปล้นธนาคารที่สองมีส่วนร่วมในสหภาพ, MO ปล้นธนาคารเมื่อวันที่ 26, 1902, พยายามที่จะหลบหนีเซนต์. คุกหลุยส์ในเดือนมกราคม 1904. นอกจากนี้ยังทำงานร่วมกับนักโทษคนอื่น ๆ ในการทำหลุมในผนังของห้องขัง, 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. เมื่อวันที่
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, เซนต์. 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. กันยายน 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. ที่น่าอัศจรรย์ใจ, เหยื่อของพวกเขายังเด็กและมีเสน่ห์
เซนต์. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 เซนต์. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. หลุยส์’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, เซนต์. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or