Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
A finais de 1990, meu avó, Gilbert Ellis, estaba vivindo coa miña tía Maureen e tío Dale. Eles habían decidido a ter unha gran garaxe / galpón instalado, tan Vovô e meu tío tería un taller. Eles tiveron o barracão montado e axustado a compañía eléctrica local para realizar electricidade para o taller. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
En 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’
En setembro de 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
O caso Canary Murder (1929) foi orixinalmente filmado como un filme mudo. Porén, o executivo da Paramount Estudo penso que sería mellor como unha película falada. O estudo atrasou o lanzamento ata que puidesen engadir son á película. A adición de son non era sen os seus retos. Desafortunadamente, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had
En setembro de 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” película. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
En agosto 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty descuberto Willis Garner burglarizing o cargo de Schickle, Harrison e Compañía Ferro Howard en 912 S. TWELFTH Street en St. Louis, Missouri. A empresa de ferro empregada Garner, que xogou un martelo na cabeza de Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
En outubro 6, 1890, barbeiros locais Luther Duncan e Bob Henderson saíu á N. 11th Street para resolver unha pelexa. Esta área de St. Louis foi coñecido como “Profundo Morgan”. “Profundo Morgan” was home to bordello, fracaso casas e as máis difíciles saloon africano-americanos na cidade, Forte’ Salón. Ambos Duncan Henderson e eran barbeiros negros, who worked in
En decembro de 3, 1896, tres homes entraron en Office Home Brewery en St. Louis en torno 2:30 p.m. Caixa Robert Hofferkamp achegouse dos homes. Os homes producido revólveres e dixo Hofferkamp eo seu asistente de vomitar as súas mans. Os homes levaron $10,000 a partir da oficina no que sería un asalto varios millóns de dólares hoxe. The robbers tied up and
St. Louis Xefe de Detectives William Desmond creou un pouco de misterio en xaneiro 1903, cando intentou escapar e casar. Era para ser a primeira voda a 45-year-old de Desmond. Xefe Desmond foi casar con Hannah McLaughlin, a filla dun constructor local. A parella estaba de lúa de mel no sur de California, antes de regresar a San. Louis