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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. Poslali su ga u azil u Washingtonu
U 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. Kad se vlak približio
William Desmond nabbed mnoge lopovi tijekom njegovog 17 godišnje karijere kao St. Louis načelnik detektivi. On je razvio nacionalnu reputaciju “Lopov taker”. U ponedjeljak, Listopad 15, 1900, Glavni Desmond nabbed hlače od lopova, ali ne i sam lopov. Jonas Washington je ušao u dvorište Shickle, Ljevaonica željeza Harrison and Howard u 12. i Gratiot ulici
Kolovoza 31, 1901, Noćni čuvar William Doherty otkrio Willis Garner burglarizing ured Schickle, Harrison i Howard Iron tvrtke na 912 S. Dvanaesta ulica u St. Louis, Missouri. Iron zaposleno Garner, koji je bacio čekić na Doherty glavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Prvog listopada 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 kuće i najteži Afroamerikanci salon u gradu, Jak’ Limuzina. I Duncan i Henderson bile crne brijači, who worked in
U prosincu 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 poslije podne. 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 Detectives William Desmond created a bit of a mystery in January 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. It was to be the 45-year-old Desmond’s first marriage. Chief Desmond was to marry Hannah McLaughlin, the daughter of a local builder. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis
U ponedjeljak, Prosinac 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.
U petak, Listopad 21, 1904, jedna od najvećih tragedija u St. Louis Policija povijesti dogodio kada su dva vlaka razbojnika i tri St. Louis Policijski detektivi poginuo u pucnjavi. Obračun dogodio se u maloj hotelskoj sobi na Pine Street. Dva dana kasnije, u nedjelju, Listopad 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at