Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Op vrijdag, Oktober 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, Oktober 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. Bij
Op zaterdag, Maart 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
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, Augustus 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
In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by
William Dillon reageerde op berichten over de moord op Officer McKenna door de Lewis Brothers. Dillon geloofde dat de Lewis Brothers, die auto en draad dieven waren, waren verantwoordelijk voor de dood van McKenna's. Dillon overgegaan tot de DeMorris thuis,,en,Dillon vertelde hem om het pistool en de man voldaan vallen,,en,als Dillon onderzocht de vrachtwagen van het voertuig te inspecteren aantal gestolen koperdraad,,en,Frank Lewis sloeg hem in het hoofd met een bijl,,en,zag hij niet Dillon en de Ford en Hudson waren verdwenen uit het steegje,,en,De originele rapporten hadden ze verlaten het na het doden van McKenna, maar ze nam de eerste de Ford huis,,en,waarbij Dillon werd vermoord,,en,Hij was gestorven aan een gebroken schedel,,en,De Lewis broers zijn verdwenen uit de geschiedenis, maar het probleem van de gelegenheid misdaad en de gevaren van de politie zijn nog steeds bij ons vandaag,,en 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Voor vrijdag, April 7, 1916 was voorbij, de broers Lewis zou twee St doden. Louis Politiemannen, John McKenna en William Dillon. McKenna was de eerste om te vallen, toen hij onderbrak de broers probeert draad stelen, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon zou worden gedood onderzoeken McKenna moord. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,
William T.”Willie” Egan took over “Egan’s Rats” on the death of his older brother Tom in 1919. Thomas “Slang” 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
Op donderdagavond, Mei 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, een staking sympathisant met een psychiatrisch verleden, doodgeschoten Patrolman Dennis Crane. Patrolman Kraan en verscheidene andere officieren reageerden op het gebied als gevolg van meldingen van Koenig dreigende andere burgers. Koenig ingevoerd Eas en Zonen Saloon op de zuidwestelijke hoek van S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have