Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Di akhir 1990-an, datuk saya, Gilbert Ellis, tinggal dengan Mak Cik Maureen saya dan Uncle Dale. Mereka telah membuat keputusan untuk mempunyai garaj / bangsal besar dipasang, jadi datuk dan bapa saudara saya akan mempunyai bengkel. Mereka mempunyai kandang dipasang dan terlibat sebuah syarikat elektrik tempatan untuk menjalankan elektrik ke bengkel yang. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
Dalam 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’
Pada 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
Kes Pembunuhan Canary (1929) pada asalnya ditembak sebagai filem senyap. Walau bagaimanapun, eksekutif Paramount Studio fikir ia akan menjadi lebih baik sebagai gambar bercakap. Studio ditangguhkan pembebasan sehingga mereka boleh menambah bunyi untuk filem. Penambahan bunyi bukan tanpa cabaran. Malangnya, salah satu bintang utama filem, Louise Brooks, had
Pada 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” filem. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
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, 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
Pada bulan Oktober 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
Pada Disember 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 sore. 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 Ketua Detektif William Desmond dicipta sedikit misteri pada bulan Januari 1903, apabila dia cuba menyelinap dan berkahwin. Ia adalah untuk menjadi perkahwinan pertama yang Desmond berusia 45 tahun ini. Ketua Desmond adalah untuk berkahwin dengan Hannah McLaughlin, anak perempuan kepada seorang pembina tempatan. Pasangan ini adalah untuk berbulan madu di Selatan California sebelum kembali ke St. Louis