Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Μιζούρι, 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
Σε 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. Όταν το τρένο πλησίασε
Η υπόθεση Canary Murder (1929) αρχικά γυρίστηκε σαν ταινία του βωβού κινηματογράφου. Ωστόσο, το εκτελεστικό Paramount Studio σκέφτηκα ότι θα ήταν καλύτερα ως μιλάμε εικόνα. Το στούντιο καθυστερήσει την κυκλοφορία του μέχρι που θα μπορούσε να προσθέσει ήχο στην ταινία. Η προσθήκη του ήχου δεν ήταν χωρίς τις προκλήσεις της. Δυστυχώς, ένας από τους κύριους πρωταγωνιστές της ταινίας, Louise Brooks, had
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. Τον έστειλαν σε άσυλο στην Ουάσιγκτον
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Βασίλειος Rathbone επιστρέφει ως Holmes στην ενδέκατη δεκατεσσάρων γυρίζει σαν το αγγλικό λαγωνικό. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” ταινία. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Αφού
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Μιζούρι. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Τον Οκτώβριο του 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
Τον Δεκέμβριο 3, 1896, τρεις άνδρες μπήκαν το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών Ζυθοποιία στο St. Louis περίπου 2:30 μ.μ. Ταμίας Robert Hofferkamp πλησίασε τους άνδρες. Οι άνδρες που παράγονται περίστροφα και είπε Hofferkamp και τον βοηθό του να ρίξει τα χέρια τους. Οι άνδρες πήραν $10,000 από το γραφείο σε ό, τι θα ήταν μια ληστεία πολλών εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων σήμερα. The robbers tied up and
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond created a bit of a mystery in January 1903, όταν προσπάθησε να φύγει κρυφά και να παντρευτεί. It was to be the 45-year-old Desmond’s first marriage. Chief Desmond was to marry Hannah McLaughlin, the daughter of a local builder. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis