Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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
In 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 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 geschnappt viele Diebe während seiner 17 jährigen Karriere als St. Louis Kripochef. Er entwickelte eine bundesweit den Ruf als “Der Dieb Taker”. Am Montag, Oktober 15, 1900, Vorsitzender Desmond geschnappt die Hose eines Diebes, aber nicht der Dieb selbst. Jonas Washington in den Hof des Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry in der 12th Street und der Gratiot Street
August 31, 1901, Nachtwächter William Doherty entdeckt Willis Garner Einbruch in das Büro des Schickle, Harrison und Howard Iron Company an 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Die Eisen Unternehmen beschäftigt Garner, , die einen Hammer auf den Kopf warf Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Am Oktober 6, 1890, lokalen Friseure Luther Duncan und Bob Henderson auf trat, um N. 11th Street, einen Streit beizulegen. Dieser Bereich der St. Louis war bekannt als “Tief Morgan”. “Tief Morgan” was home to bordello, Flop-Häuser und die härtesten Afroamerikaner Salon in der Stadt, Starkes’ Saloon. Sowohl Duncan und Henderson waren schwarz Barbiere, who worked in
On December 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 Kripochef William Desmond hat ein bisschen ein Rätsel im Januar 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Es war um die 45-jährige Desmond erste Ehe sein. Vorsitzender Desmond war Hannah McLaughlin heiraten, die Tochter eines lokalen Baumeister. Das Paar war in Südkalifornien Flitterwochen vor der Rückkehr nach St. Louis
Am Montag, Dezember 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith zog sich von der Polizeidienststelle, um eine Position in der Kohleindustrie zu nehmen. Kripochef William Desmond versucht, Smith zu überzeugen, zu bleiben, entschied er sich, aus der Kraft in den Ruhestand zu seinem vierzigsten Geburtstag näherte, aber. Smith stellte eine empfehlenswerte Aufzeichnung als Desmonds Assistent.
Am Freitag,, Oktober 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, Oktober 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at