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På onsdag, Januar 10, 1900, St. Louis politibetjent Paul Girard stod på hjørnet af S. Taylor og Lindell Boulevard, da han så en mand springe fra anden sal af 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Kender til de seneste indbrud i det velhavende Central West End-kvarter, Girard nærmede sig manden. Da den haltende mand så Girard, han løb mod S.
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 fra forhadt rival
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Men, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Tidligt i sin karriere
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 købte rettighederne og instrueret The Bat (1926), en af de første “gamle mørke hus” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne film og Den Gamle Mørk House (1932), der deler lignende ekspressionistiske elementer. Begge film er i store palæer, which have seen better days. The key to the
Tirsdag aften, Februar 18, 1919, udgave af St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Opmærksom på, at butikstyveri ring arbejdede et par af de lokale smykker butikker, St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
På fredag, Juni 10, 1910, Verdensmester i mellemvægtsboksning Stanley Ketchel kæmpede sin sidste kamp mod den ukendte Jim Smith. Ketchel har ryddet ud i mellemvægtsdivisionen, så boksepromotorer kæmpede for at finde passende konkurrence til Ketchel. At only 24 år, Ketchel levede hårdt og kæmpede konstant, hvilket forårsagede en tidlig nedbrydning af hans krop. Efter at have kæmpet mod Smith, Ketchel havde til hensigt
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
Lørdag, Maj 5, 1900 ved 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 Strike of 1900. Before the strike was over in September 1900, the streets of St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
Friedrich Wilhelm Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) var min anden oldefar på min mors side. Han døde 4 måneder før hans barnebarns fødsel, Gilbert P. Ellis, som var min bedstefar. Siden han døde før min bedstefar blev født, Jeg havde meget begrænset information om ham, da jeg begyndte at forske i familiens historie. Bedstefar havde ikke nogen verbal historie