St Louis Mayors & etc..

http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt48425563.asp

It was in 1846 also that the Independent Police were organized for doing extra work of a detective nature. This Independent Detective Force was under the control of James McDonough. He later became Chief of Police under the system of state control which went into effect by order of the Missouri State Legislature in 1861.
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This article may help if you can obtain it..

http://kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=116416

The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men

Biographical sketch of James McDonough, chief of police in Saint Louis and born Baltimore in 1816.
Date: 1878
Volume: 1
Page(s): 118-120
Location: q920.07 U59
Illustrations: No
Subjects: McDonough, James,
Item Type: Citation - Book
Item ID: 116416
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