Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Pada hari Sabtu, Maret 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives

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Perampok Membantu Menangkap Pembunuh

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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.

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agustus 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

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Pencuri Auto Membunuh Polisi lain

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William Dillon menanggapi laporan tentang pembunuhan Petugas McKenna oleh Lewis Bersaudara. Dillon percaya bahwa Lewis Bersaudara, yang otomatis dan kawat pencuri, yang bertanggung jawab atas kematian McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Street. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage

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Pencuri kawat Bunuh Polisi

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Sebelum Jumat, April 7, 1916 sudah berakhir, saudara Lewis akan membunuh dua St. Polisi Louis, John McKenna dan William Dillon. McKenna adalah orang pertama yang jatuh, ketika ia memotong saudara mencoba untuk mencuri kawat, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon akan dibunuh menyelidiki pembunuhan McKenna. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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Kematian Rat Kepala

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William T.”Willie” Egan took over “Tikus Egan” on the death of his older brother Tom in 1919. Thomas “Ular” Kinney and his childhood friend and brother-in-law Tom Egan formed St. Louis’ criminal organization in the late 1800s. Both Kinney and Tom Egan were saloon keepers and Democratic politicians. They employed “the Rats” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas

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Streetcar Strike Claims Policeman

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Pada Kamis malam, Mei 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, simpatisan menyerang dengan riwayat penyakit mental, menembak dan membunuh Petugas patroli Dennis Derek. Patroli Crane dan beberapa petugas lainnya menanggapi daerah karena laporan dari Koenig mengancam warga lain. Koenig memasuki Eas and Sons Saloon di sudut barat daya dari S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have

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