Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Sin embargo, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt eligió a su Secretario de Guerra y ex Gobernador de Filipinas
General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame had deep roots in St. Louis stretching back to 1843. As a soldier, he was assigned to Jefferson Barracks. He was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company President until he left St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ citizens
En abril 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, also known as “El bandido de cabeza roja”, entró en la Trust Company Easton-Taylor en 4474 Easton Avenida. Smith tenía un revólver en cada mano y exigió el dinero de la caja. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 en un saco. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby
I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Historia Louis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
En una fría noche de enero en 1920, the deadliest year for St. Policía Louis, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Departamento de Policía de Louis. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway bulevar, when two
El jueves, Junio 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, un preso en libertad condicional y ex convicto, celebrada el Trust Company Meramec poco después de su inauguración en 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. La esquina de la Avenida Virginia y Meramec Street fue uno de los bloques de la calle de coches más concurridos de la ciudad. The robbers had
William Dillon estaba respondiendo a los informes sobre el asesinato del agente McKenna por los hermanos Lewis. Dillon cree que los hermanos Lewis, que eran automóviles y alambre ladrones, fueron responsables de la muerte de McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenida. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Antes del viernes, Abril 7, 1916 había terminado, los hermanos Lewis matarían dos St. Los oficiales de policía Louis, John McKenna y William Dillon. McKenna fue el primero en caer, cuando interrumpió los hermanos intentos de robar alambre, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon matarían investigando el asesinato de McKenna. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,
El incidente más mortífero en St. Historia Policía Louis no era un tiroteo, desastre natural o un acto de terrorismo. El incidente más mortífero en St. Historia Policía Louis ocurrió en la noche del lunes, September 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volts of electricity fell onto the telephone lines, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. La
El viernes, Abril 24, 1953, tres hombres y un conductor de la partida intentaron robar el Banco de Southwest en la esquina de la avenida Southwest y S. Kingshighway Boulevard en San. Louis, MO. El St. Policía Louis frustró el robo, que se convirtió en el foco de un 1959 película, El Gran San. Robo Louis Banco. The film is now in the public domain. Fred W. Bowerman,