Criminal Shoots Officer Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When

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The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Ο Δρ. Ordway arrives

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Ο 14 Mosblechs

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Πρόσφατα, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 Έκδοση του Αγίου. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Γιούβε vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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New School St. Louis Criminals

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Ωστόσο, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. είπε ο αρχηγός Ντέσμοντ

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Abe Attell and St. Louis Boxing

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Σε 2010, St. Louis ήταν η 58η μεγαλύτερη πόλη στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες και η 19η μεγαλύτερη μητροπολιτική περιοχή. Γύρω από τη στροφή του αιώνα, ήταν η πέμπτη ή έκτη μεγαλύτερη πόλη στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες και η μεγαλύτερη δυτικά του ποταμού Μισισιπή. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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Την Πέμπτη, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the

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John L. Sullivan Arrested

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Την Τρίτη, Νοέμβριος 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Νοέμβριος 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with

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Old School St. Louis Criminals

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For the Sunday, Ιούνιος 24, 1900 Έκδοση του Αγίου. Louis Δημοκρατία, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Μετά 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out

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Did Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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Τον Μάρτιο του 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Το περασμένο φθινόπωρο θα αποφασιζόταν μέσω του The New York

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