Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Aprili 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
Mimi awali aliandika juu ya tukio hilo katika ambayo Detective Sergeant kwa St. Louis Polisi alipigwa risasi wakati wa jaribio wizi. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis historia, 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
On baridi Januari usiku katika 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polisi, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Idara ya Polisi. St. Louis Polisi Detective Sergeant James Martin King alikuwa akitembea nyumbani kwake 4973 Lotus Avenue kupitia N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, Katika mstari wa wajibu: St. Louis Police Officers Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath na Meja Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. Pamoja na nywele zake wakagawana chini katikati na masharubu kubwa, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Siku ya Alhamisi, Juni 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, parolee na ex-hatiani, uliofanyika juu MERAMEC Trust Company muda mfupi baada ya kufunguliwa saa 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. kona ya Virginia Avenue na MERAMEC Street alikuwa mmoja wa busiest vitalu barabara ya gari katika mji. The robbers had
Siku ya Ijumaa, Aprili 24, 1953, watu watatu na dereva getaway alijaribu kuiba Benki ya Magharibi kwenye kona ya Magharibi Avenue na S. Kingshighway Boulevard katika St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Polisi kuhatarisha wizi, ambayo ilikuwa lengo la 1959 movie, Mkuu St. Louis Benki ya wizi. filamu ni sasa katika miliki ya umma. Fred W. Bowerman,
Hii ni hadithi kuhusu 1942-44 Hebert Street, ambayo iko katika Old North St. Louis kitongoji cha St. Louis, MO. Like many of its neighbors, muundo huu ameona siku bora. Mimi kuwa nia ya kujenga kwa sababu bibi yangu kubwa aliishi katika anwani hii katika 1930. My maternal grandfather’s family lived in the northern part of St.