Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Í lok 1990, afi minn, Gilbert Ellis, bjó með frænku Maureen mína og frænda Dale. Þau höfðu ákveðið að hafa stór bílskúr / varpa upp, svo afi og frændi minn myndi hafa verkstæði. Þeir höfðu úthellt saman og stunda staðbundin electric fyrirtæki til að keyra raforku til verkstæði. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
Í 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’
Á 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. Þegar lestin kom nálægt
The Canary Murder Case (1929) var upphaflega skot sem þögul kvikmynd. Þó, Paramount Studio framkvæmdastjóri hélt að það væri betra sem talandi mynd. Stúdíó seinkað út fyrr en þeir gætu að bæta hljóði við kvikmynd. The samlagning af hljóð var ekki án viðfangsefni hennar. Því miður, einn af helstu stjörnum myndarinnar, Louise Brooks, had
Á 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. Þeir sendu hann á hæli í Washington
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” kvikmynd. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
Ágúst 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, Missouri. 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
Á október 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
Á Desember 3, 1896, þrír menn inn á Home Brewery Office í St. Louis í kringum 2:30 p.m. Gjaldkeri Robert Hofferkamp nálgast mennina. 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 Chief lögreglumanna William Desmond skapað smá ráðgáta í janúar 1903, þegar hann reyndi að laumast burt og giftast. Það átti að vera fyrsta hjónaband 45 ára gamall Desmond er. Chief Desmond var að giftast Hannah McLaughlin, dóttir staðnum byggir. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis