Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
A terça-feira de noite, Fevereiro 18, 1919, edição do St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Ciente de que um anel de roubo estava trabalhando algumas das joalherias locais, o St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
Na sexta-feira, Junho 10, 1910, O campeão mundial de boxe peso médio Stanley Ketchel lutou sua última luta contra o desconhecido Jim Smith. Ketchel eliminou a divisão dos médios, então os promotores de boxe lutaram para encontrar uma competição adequada para Ketchel. At only 24 anos, Ketchel viveu muito e lutou constantemente, causando um colapso precoce de seu corpo. Depois de lutar com Smith, Ketchel pretendia
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
No sábado, Maio 5, 1900 em 11:30 da tarde, the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car greve de 1900. Antes de a greve acabou em setembro 1900, nas ruas de St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) foi meu segundo bisavô por parte de mãe. Ele morreu 4 meses antes do nascimento de seu neto, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Desde que ele morreu antes do meu avô nascer, Eu tinha informações muito limitadas sobre ele, quando comecei a pesquisar a história da família. Vovô não tinha nenhuma história verbal
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. Para: Política, Prizefighting eo assassinato de Bill the Butcher. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. Louis. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Lord Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. Louis. When Barrington
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. No sábado, Setembro 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. Louis. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th
Quando homens desconhecidos atiraram no policial Michael Walsh por causa de um resfriado, noite de neblina durante dezembro 1880, St. A Polícia de Louis acredita que o suspeito pode ser ladrões de salões e mercearias trabalhando na área. However, St. Os detetives de Louis não conseguiram encontrar a equipe de roubo. Um prisioneiro tagarela esclareceu o mistério em abril 1881. A polícia prendeu Charlie Wilson com seu amigo Tom Higgins
This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the