Chief Desmond Brings Fugitive Home

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. Louis’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

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On September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum

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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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In den späten 1990er Jahren, mein Großvater, Gilbert Ellis, war mit meiner Tante und Onkel Maureen Dale leben. Sie hatten beschlossen zu haben, eine große Garage / Schuppen installiert, so Opa und mein Onkel würde eine Werkstatt haben. Sie hatten den Schuppen zusammengesetzt und einen lokalen Elektrofirma engagiert, um Strom in die Werkstatt laufen. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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Sidney Toler in The Trap (1946)

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Die Falle (1946) is the last Charlie Chan film starring Sidney Toler as Inspector Chan. The eleventh of eleven Charlie Chan films that Toler made for Monogram Pictures, it marks the return of Victor Sen Yung as “No. 2 Sohn Jimmy”. Toler was deathly ill during the filming, so Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, von Mantan Moreland gespielt, handle most of

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