Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Sa Sabado, Abril 9, 2022, inimbitahan ako ng Franklin County Missouri Historical Society na magbigay ng PowerPoint presentation sa Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. Sinasaklaw ng libro ang pagnanakaw, ang imbestigasyon, dalawang nationwide hunts para sa takas at isang matapang na pahinga mula sa St. Louis City Jail. Dalawang matapang na tulisan, not yet 23 taong gulang, hinugot
Ipinanganak si Tom Allen sa Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ngunit siya ay naging sikat bilang isang heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter sa America. Naninirahan sa St. Louis around 1867, Nanalo si Allen sa American Heavyweight Championship noong 1873 at hinawakan ang pamagat hanggang 1876. Bumalik siya sa England sa loob ng isang taon bago bumalik sa St. Louis for good in 1878. Back
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Sa Mayo 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, noong siya
Sa Agosto 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Punungkahoy ng syi, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
On a chilly night, Enero 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, ang St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 taon. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Gayunman, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
Sa Christmas Night 1902, dalawang maliit na bayan, munti, holdup lalaki blew buksan ang safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. Pagkatapos ng pagbabanta ng ilang mamamayan, nila ginawa off na may higit sa $15,000. Ang mga lalaki ay medyo ligtas sa loob ng ilang buwan hanggang sa tinawag ang Pinkerton Detective Agency. Ang Pinkertons ay nagkaroon ng nationwide agency, na siyang pinakamalapit na bagay sa United
Sa paligid 10 ako sa Huwebes, Abril 10, 1919, limang armadong lalaki ang sumabog sa Baden Bank. Hinarap ng mga bandido si M.W. Munzel, ang cashier, at humingi ng access sa vault. Inikot nila ang apat pang empleyado habang pinangunahan ni Muntzel ang grupo sa vault. Ang mga magnanakaw ay nagsuot ng mga kulay na bandana upang matakpan ang kanilang mga katangian. Habang dalawa sa limang lalaki