Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Joulukuun 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 päällikkö Etsivä William Desmond loi hieman mysteeri tammikuussa 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Sen oli tarkoitus olla 45-vuotiaan Desmond ensimmäinen avioliitto. Chief Desmond oli naimisiin Hannah McLaughlin, tytär paikallinen rakentaja. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Ludvig
Maanantaina, Joulukuu 15, 1902, St. Louis Poliisi apulaisylilääkäri etsiviä James H. Smith vetäytyi poliisilaitos ottaa kantaa kivihiiliteollisuuden. Päällikkö Etsivä William Desmond yrittänyt vakuuttaa Smith jäädä, mutta hän päätti jäädä eläkkeelle voimassa hänen neljäskymmenes syntymäpäivä lähestyi. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
St. Louis Poliisipäällikkö etsiviä William Desmond tehnyt monia kovia rikollisia talk uransa. John Huey, Indiana murhaaja, ei ollut yksi näistä tapauksista. Huey vapaasti puhui Desmond hänen rikollista menneisyyttä. Huey karkasi Indiana palveltuaan 13 vuotta murhasta 1874. John Huey tuli Lyon, Indiana 1874 as a 22-year-old.
Maanantaina, Maaliskuu 5, 1900, St. Louis Poliisit Thomas Meagher ja Thomas Degnan kiinni miehet, jotka ryöstivät East St. Louis Officer aseensa. Ed Sullivan, a 22 vuotiaan ohimenevä, ryöstetty East St. Louis Poliisi aseensa, koruja ja omaisuutensa helmikuun lopulla 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
Perjantaina, Lokakuu 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, Lokakuu 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. M. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. At
In early April 1900, St. Louis Police arrested David Johnson, a 69 year-old man who claimed to be a Civil War veteran. Johnson had burglarized the home of G.H. Johnson, no relation, vuonna 1900 block of LaSalle Street. One of the most striking things about the case of the white haired and bearded Johnson, who walked with a slight
H. H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.
Sunday morning, Elokuu 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet