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Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Em setembro de 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. They sent him to a Washington asylum
Em 1904, St. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 St. Louis’ 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. Louis’
Em setembro de 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. 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. When the train got close
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”. Na segunda-feira, Outubro 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
Em agosto 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty descoberto Willis Garner burglarizing o cargo de Schickle, Harrison e Companhia Ferro Howard em 912 S. Twelfth Street em St. Louis, Missouri. A empresa de ferro empregada Garner, que jogou um martelo na cabeça de Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Em outubro 6, 1890, barbeiros locais Luther Duncan e Bob Henderson saiu para a N. 11th Street para resolver uma briga. Esta área de St. Louis foi conhecido como “Profundo Morgan”. “Profundo Morgan” was home to bordello, falhanço casas e as mais difíceis saloon Africano-americanos na cidade, Forte’ Salão. Ambos Duncan Henderson e eram barbeiros negros, who worked in
Em dezembro de 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 of Detectives William Desmond created a bit of a mystery in January 1903, quando ele tentou fugir e se casar. 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. Louis
Na segunda-feira, Dezembro 15, 1902, St. 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.
Na sexta-feira, Outubro 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, Outubro 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at