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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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 Chief Detektív William Desmond létre egy kis rejtély januárban 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Úgy volt, hogy a 45 éves Desmond első házasságából. Chief Desmond volt, hogy feleségül Hannah McLaughlin, a lánya egy helyi építész. A pár nászútra Dél-Kaliforniában, mielőtt visszatért a St. Louis
Hétfőn, December 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief Detektív James H. Smith visszavonult a rendőrség állást a szénipari. Chief of nyomozók William Desmond próbálta meggyőzni Smith maradni, de úgy döntött, hogy visszavonul a hatályos a negyvenedik születésnapját megközelítette. Smith összeállította a dicséretes rekordot Desmond Assistant.
St. Louis Police Chief of Detectives William Desmond made many tough criminals talk over his career. John Huey, an Indiana murderer, was not one of these cases. Huey freely spoke with Desmond about his criminal past. Huey escaped from Indiana after serving 13 years for a murder in 1874. John Huey came to Lyon, Indiana in 1874 as a 22-year-old.
Hétfőn, Március 5, 1900, St. Louis Rendőr Thomas Meagher és Thomas Degnan elfogott férfi, aki kirabolt egy East St. Louis tisztviselője puskáját. Ed Sullivan, a 22 éves átmeneti, kirabolt egy East St. Louis Rendőr puskáját, ékszerek és vagyonát február végén 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
Pénteken, Október 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, Október 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, a 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, Augusztus 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