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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
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. Mittunt eum ad Washington asylum
In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 St. Ludovicus’ 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. Ludovicus’
September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Ludovicus. 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. Cum agmine appropinquavit
William Desmond nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. Feria, Aliquam 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Ludovicus, Missouri. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Octobris 6, 1890, Bob et tonsor soli sunt Lutheri loci Duncan Henderson egressus esset ad N. 11th Street ad dissidia. Hoc area of St. Ludovicus, ut putabatur, “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop domos et durior et African-Americani ad movendum in civitate, Fortis’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
In December 3, 1896, Domus tria hominum intravit bracino apud S. Officii. At circa Louis 2:30 p.m. COLLECTARIUS accessi ad Robertum Hofferkamp. Viri Revolvers producitur ad puerum suum et nuntiavit Hofferkamp iactare manus suas. Quod acceperunt viri $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
St. Ludovicus Dux creatus est aliquantulus of a mysterio Detectives William Desmond in January 1903, cum conatus obrepunt et matrimonia. XLV annorum erat esse coniugium Desmond. Dux erat ad Desmond Annam uxorem Imago, filia localis artificem. Coniugum ad honeymoon erat in Southern California ante Reversusque ad Sanctum. Ludovicus
Feria, December 15, 1902, St. At Ludovicus Dux Assistentem Detectives James H. Seneca recessisset a vigilum department ad capere situm in carbonem industria. Principem William Detectives Desmond persuadere conatus est, sed manere statuit Smith ad illam vim, ut ab his accesserunt ad quadragesimum diem natalem. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
Die Veneris, Aliquam 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, Aliquam 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at