Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
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. Nad saatsid ta Washingtoni varjupaika
Sisse 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. Kui rong lähedale jõudis
William Desmond nabiti paljud vargad ajal tema 17 aastal karjääri St. Louis Chief of detektiivid. Ta on välja töötatud üleriigilise maine “Thief võtja”. Esmaspäeval, Oktoober 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabiti püksid varas, kuid mitte varas ise. Jonas Washington sisestatud õuel Shickle, Harrisoni ja Howardi rauavalukoda 12. ja Gratioti tänavatel
August 31, 1901, Öövaht William Doherty avastas Willis Garner burglarizing kontoris Schickle, Harrison ja Howard Raud Company 912 S. Kaheteistkümnes Street St. Louis, Missouri. Raud töötas ettevõttes Garner, kes viskas lööki Doherty pea. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Oktoobril 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
On detsember 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 Pärastlõunal. 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 Chief of detektiivid William Desmond loodud natuke salapära jaanuaris 1903, kui ta üritas minema hiilida ja abielluda. See pidi olema 45-aastane Desmond esimese abielu. Chief Desmond oli abielluda Hannah McLaughlin, tütar kohaliku ehitaja. Paar oli mesinädalad Lõuna-California naasid St. Louis
Esmaspäeval, Detsember 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.
Reedel, Oktoober 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, Oktoober 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at