Union MO Bank Robbery Book Signing

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Šeštadienį, Balandis 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 metų, pulled off

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Tomas Allenas įveikė Mike'ą McCoole'ą dėl titulo

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Tuo metu, kai Anglijoje gimė kovotojas su pirštais, Tomas Allenas 1840, Didžiąją suaugusiojo gyvenimo dalį jis praleido Sent Luise, kai persikėlė į JAV 1867. Po apmaudžio pralaimėjimo Džemui Mace 1870, kur jis sužavėjo žiūrovus galantišku pasirodymu pralaimėjusiomis pastangomis, Allenas pradėjo kampaniją už šūvį į Ameriką

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Įvadas į „Union“, MO banko apiplėšimas

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Kalėdų naktį 1902, du maži miesteliai, mažalaikis, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United

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Johnny Reagan Dies in St. Louis

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Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Metai

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Rugpjūčio 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Į 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Į 1847, the

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Girlfriend Kills St. Louis Officer

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On Monday evening, Liepa 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, kas

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Oliver Kirk ir 1904 St. Louis olimpinės žaidynės

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Oliver Leonardas Kirkas turi galimybių būti tik olimpinių boksininkas laimėti aukso medalį dviejose skirtingose ​​svorio kategorijose tose pačiose olimpinėse žaidynėse skirtumo. Oliver Kirk atlikti šį žygdarbį jo gimtajame olimpinėse žaidynėse 1904. St. Louis surengė trečiąjį Olimpiados metu 1904 Pasaulio mugė paroda. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Mother Confesses to Chief Desmond

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Over his 17 metų karjerą, 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. Tačiau, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career

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