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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
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
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In The Line of Duty: St. Louis Police Officers Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath and Major 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
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
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,
Ito ay isang kuwento tungkol sa 1942-44 Hebert Street, na matatagpuan sa Lumang North St. Louis neighborhood ng St. Louis, MO. Like many of its neighbors, istraktura na ito ay nakakita ng mas mahusay na mga araw. Naging ako interesado sa gusali dahil ang aking dakilang lola nanirahan sa address na ito sa 1930. Pamilya Aking ina lolo ni nanirahan sa hilagang bahagi ng St.