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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, 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
W 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’
Września 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. Kiedy pociąg był już blisko
Canary Murder Case (1929) został zastrzelony w niemym filmie. Jednak, wykonawczym Paramount Studio, że byłoby lepiej, jak rozmawia obrazu. Studio opóźnione uwalnianie do czasu można dodać dźwięk do filmu. Dodanie dźwięku nie obyło się bez problemów. Niestety, jednym z głównych gwiazdy filmu, Louise Brooks, had
Września 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. Wysłali go do azylu w Waszyngtonie
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
Na sierpień 31, 1901, Stróż nocny William Doherty odkrył Willis Garner burglarizing urząd Schickle, Harrison i Howard metalowe Firma na 912 S. Dwunasta Ulica w St. Louis, Missouri. Firma żelaza zatrudniony Garner, który rzucił młotkiem w głowę Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Październik 6, 1890, lokalne fryzjerzy Luter i Bob Duncan Henderson wyszedł na N. 11th Ulica osiedlić kłótni. Ten obszar St. Louis był znany jako “Głębokie Morgan”. “Głębokie Morgan” was home to bordello, flop domów i najtrudniejszych Afroamerykanie saloon w mieście, Silny’ Salon. Zarówno Duncan Henderson były czarne fryzjerzy, who worked in
Grudzień 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 szef William Desmond Detektywi tworzony trochę tajemnicy w styczniu 1903, kiedy próbował wymknąć się i ożenić. To miało być pierwsze małżeństwo przez 45-letniego Desmonda. Główny Desmond był poślubić Hannah McLaughlin, córka lokalnego producenta. Para miała miesiąc miodowy w południowej Kalifornii przed powrotem do St.. Louis