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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Sou Avril 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, konnen tou kòm “Bandit Wouj la-te dirije”, mache nan Easton-Taylor Trust Konpayi an nan 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith te gen yon revòlvè nan chak men Lèfini, li mande lajan ki sòti nan kesye a. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 nan yon sak. 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. Istwa 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
Sou yon mwa janvye lannwit frèt nan 1920, ane a mortèl pou St. Louis Lapolis, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Depatman Lapolis Louis. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard, when two
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, Nan liy lan nan devwa: St. Ofisye Louis Lapolis ki te fè sèvis ofrann bèt la ultim pa Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath ak Gwo Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. With his hair parted down the middle and a big mustache, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Nan Jedi, Jen 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. The corner of Virginia Avenue and Meramec Street was one of the busiest street car blocks in the city. The robbers had
Nan Vandredi, Avril 24, 1953, twa gason ak yon chofè escaped te eseye volè Bank la Sidwès ki nan kwen an nan sidwès Avenue ak S. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard nan St. Louis, MO. St a. Louis Polis dejoue vòl la, ki te vin tounen konsantre la nan yon 1959 fim, Great St a. Louis Bank Vòl. The film is now in the public domain. Fred W. Bowerman,
Sa a se yon istwa sou 1942-44 Hebert Adrès, ki se sitiye nan Old North St la. Louis katye nan St. Louis, MO. Like many of its neighbors, te estrikti sa a wè pi bon jou. Mwen te vin enterese nan bilding lan paske yon gwo granmè m te rete nan adrès sa a nan 1930. My maternal grandfather’s family lived in the northern part of St.