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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 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
ಸೇಂಟ್. 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. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ
ಸೋಮವಾರ, ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ತಿಂಗಳು 15, 1902, ಸೇಂಟ್. 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.
ಸೇಂಟ್. ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಡಿಟೆಕ್ಟಿವ್ಸ್ ವಿಲಿಯಂ ಡೆಸ್ಮಂಡ್ ಹಲವು ಕಠಿಣ ಅಪರಾಧಿಗಳು ತನ್ನ ವೃತ್ತಿಜೀವನದ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಲು ಮಾಡಿದ. ಜಾನ್ ಹುಯೆ, ಇಂಡಿಯಾನದ ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ, ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಅಲ್ಲ. ಹುಯೆ ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಭೂತಕಾಲವನ್ನು ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಡೆಸ್ಮಂಡ್ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು. ಹುಯೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ನಂತರ ಇಂಡಿಯಾನಾ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ 13 ಒಂದು ಕೊಲೆ ವರ್ಷಗಳ 1874. ಜಾನ್ ಹುಯೆ ಲಿಯಾನ್ ಬಂದು, ಇಂಡಿಯಾನಾ 1874 as a 22-year-old.
ಸೋಮವಾರ, ಸರಹದ್ದು 5, 1900, ಸೇಂಟ್. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, ಒಂದು 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 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, ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
During April 1885, ಸೇಂಟ್. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. ಸಿ. Arthur Preller and H. ಎಂ. 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. ಮೇಲೆ
In early April 1900, ಸೇಂಟ್. Louis Police arrested David Johnson, ಒಂದು 69 year-old man who claimed to be a Civil War veteran. Johnson had burglarized the home of G.H. Johnson, no relation, in the 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
ಎಚ್. ಎಚ್. 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, ಮಹಾವೈಭವದ 12, 1900, ಸೇಂಟ್. 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