Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
In the late 1990s, my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, was living with my Aunt Maureen and Uncle Dale. They had decided to have a large garage/shed installed, so Grandpa and my uncle would have a workshop. They had the shed assembled and engaged a local electrical company to run electricity to the workshop. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
V 1904, St. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 St. Louis’ Worlds Fair. While the Fair brought lots of tourists to town, criminals also made their way to the Gateway City. The man tasked with taking care of the security at the Fair and dealing with the increased criminal element in town was St. Louis’
Září 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. Když se vlak přiblížil
Canary Murder Case (1929) byl původně natáčen jako němý film. Však, výkonný Paramount Studio si myslel, že by bylo lepší, jako mluvit obrázku. Studio pozdržel vydání dokud ne oni mohli přidat zvuk k filmu. Přidání zvuku nebyl bez problémů. Bohužel, jeden z hlavních hvězd filmu, Louise Brooks, had
Září 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. Poslali ho do washingtonského azylu
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone se vrací jako Holmes v jedenáctém ze čtrnácti zatáček jako anglický detektiv. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Po nich
Srpna 31, 1901, Noční hlídač William Doherty objevil Willis Garner burglarizing úřad Schickle, Harrison a Howard železářská na 912 S. Dvanáctá Street v St. Louis, Missouri. Železo Společnost zaměstnávala Garner, kdo hodil kladivo na Dohertyho hlavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Října 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
Prosince 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
St. Louis šéf detektivů William Desmond vytvořil trochu tajemství v lednu 1903, když se pokusil odplížit a oženit se. Měl to být první manželství 45-rok-starý Desmond je. Šéf Desmond měl vzít Hannah McLaughlin, dcera místního stavitele. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis