Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
In den späten 1990er Jahren, mein Großvater, Gilbert Ellis, war mit meiner Tante und Onkel Maureen Dale leben. Sie hatten beschlossen zu haben, eine große Garage / Schuppen installiert, so Opa und mein Onkel würde eine Werkstatt haben. Sie hatten den Schuppen zusammengesetzt und einen lokalen Elektrofirma engagiert, um Strom in die Werkstatt laufen. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
In 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’
On September 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. When the train got close
Das Canary Murder Case (1929) wurde ursprünglich als Stummfilm gedreht. Jedoch, Paramount Studio Executive dachte, es wäre besser als Tonfilm. Das Studio verzögert die Freigabe bis sie könnten Sound zum Film hinzufügen. Die Zugabe von Ton war nicht ohne Herausforderungen. Leider, einer der wichtigsten Stars des Films, Louise Brooks, hatte
On September 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. They sent him to a Washington asylum
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. 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. After they
August 31, 1901, Nachtwächter William Doherty entdeckt Willis Garner Einbruch in das Büro des Schickle, Harrison und Howard Iron Company an 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Die Eisen Unternehmen beschäftigt Garner, , die einen Hammer auf den Kopf warf Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Am Oktober 6, 1890, lokalen Friseure Luther Duncan und Bob Henderson auf trat, um N. 11th Street, einen Streit beizulegen. Dieser Bereich der St. Louis war bekannt als “Tief Morgan”. “Tief Morgan” was home to bordello, Flop-Häuser und die härtesten Afroamerikaner Salon in der Stadt, Starkes’ Saloon. Sowohl Duncan und Henderson waren schwarz Barbiere, who worked in
On December 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 Kripochef William Desmond hat ein bisschen ein Rätsel im Januar 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Es war um die 45-jährige Desmond erste Ehe sein. Vorsitzender Desmond war Hannah McLaughlin heiraten, die Tochter eines lokalen Baumeister. Das Paar war in Südkalifornien Flitterwochen vor der Rückkehr nach St. Louis