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På onsdag, Januari 10, 1900, St. Louis-polisen Paul Girard stod i hörnet av S. Taylor och Lindell Boulevard, när han såg en man hoppa från andra våningen i 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Medveten om de senaste inbrotten i det rika stadsdelen Central West End, Girard gick fram till mannen. När den haltande mannen såg Girard, han sprang mot S.
På lördag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuter. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besatt
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Över hans 17 års karriär, St. Louis detektivchef William Desmond hanterade många brottslingars familjemedlemmar. Vissa familjemedlemmar var lika dåliga eller värre än den kriminella chefen Desmond och hans män hade låst in. Emellertid, många familjemedlemmar var ärliga, hårt arbetande människor, som kämpade för att förstå vad som gick fel med deras älskade. Tidigt i sin karriär
On the morning of Wednesday, Juli 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
Roland V. West köpt rättigheterna och regisserade The Bat (1926), ett av de första “gamla mörka hus” mysterier för United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf för både denna film och den gamla mörka hus (1932), som har liknande expressionistiska element. Båda filmerna anges i stora herrgårdar, som har sett bättre dagar. The key to the
Tisdag kväll, Februari 18, 1919, upplagan av St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Kalifornien. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 och 210 pounds during his career.
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let
På lördag, Maj 5, 1900 vid 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car strejken 1900. Före strejken var över i september 1900, gatorna i St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis