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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. Gayunman, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
Pangkalahatang William Tecumseh Sherman ng Digmaang Sibil katanyagan ay nagkaroon ng malalim Roots sa St. Louis lumalawak pabalik sa 1843. Bilang isang kawal, siya ay itinalaga sa Jefferson Barracks. Siya ay kasangkot din sa St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company Pangulo hanggang sa iniwan siya St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ bayan
Sa Abril 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, also known as “The Red-Headed Bandit”, walked into the Easton-Taylor Trust Company at 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith had a revolver in each hand and demanded money from the cashier. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 in a sack. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby
Isinulat ni ko dati tungkol sa isang insidente kung saan ang isang detektib sarhento para sa St. Louis Police kinunan sa panahon ng isang pagtatangkang nakawan. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis kasaysayan, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue ay ang tahanan ng Sgt. Hari sa
Sa isang malamig na gabi sa Enero 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Police, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Police Department. St. Louis Police tiktik sarhento James Martin Hari ay naglalakad sa kanyang tahanan sa 4973 Lotus Avenue sa pamamagitan ng N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
Sa Huwebes, Hunyo 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, isang parolee at ex-mapatunayang may sala, gaganapin up ang Meramec Trust Company sa ilang sandali pagkatapos na ito binuksan sa 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. Ang sulok ng Virginia Avenue at Meramec Street ay isa sa mga pinaka-abalang mga bloke ng kalye kotse sa lungsod. The robbers had
William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon believed that the Lewis Brothers, who were auto and wire thieves, were responsible for McKenna’s death. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Nakita niya ang dalawa sa magkapatid na Lewis na pumasok sa garahe sa Ford. Pumasok si Dillon sa garahe
Before Friday, Abril 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Opisyal Louis Police, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, isang mahalagang kalakal noong Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig. Dillon would be killed investigating McKenna’s murder. Si McKenna ay itinalaga upang hanapin ang mga magnanakaw ng alambre,
The deadliest incident in St. Louis Police history was not a shootout, natural disaster or act of terrorism. The deadliest incident in St. Louis Police history occurred on the night of Monday, Setyembre 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. Ang
Sa Biyernes, Abril 24, 1953, tatlong kalalakihan at isang getaway driver tinangka upang nakawin ang Southwest Bank sa kanto ng Timog-Silangan Avenue at S. Kingshighway Boulevard sa St. Louis, MO. Ang St. Foiled Louis Police ang looban, kung saan ay naging ang pokus ng isang 1959 pelikula, Ang Great St. Nakawan Louis Bank. Film ay isa na ngayong nasa pampublikong domain. Fred W. Bowerman,