Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
No final de 1990, meu avô, Gilbert Ellis, estava morando com minha tia Maureen e tio Dale. Eles haviam decidido a ter uma grande garagem / galpão instalado, tão vovô e meu tio teria uma oficina. Eles tiveram o barracão montado e acoplado a companhia elétrica local para executar eletricidade para a oficina. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
Em 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’
Em 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
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. However, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. Infelizmente, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had
Em 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” filme. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
Em agosto 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty descoberto Willis Garner burglarizing o cargo de Schickle, Harrison e Companhia Ferro Howard em 912 S. Twelfth Street em St. Louis, Missouri. A empresa de ferro empregada Garner, que jogou um martelo na cabeça de Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Em outubro 6, 1890, barbeiros locais Luther Duncan e Bob Henderson saiu para a N. 11th Street para resolver uma briga. Esta área de St. Louis foi conhecido como “Profundo Morgan”. “Profundo Morgan” was home to bordello, falhanço casas e as mais difíceis saloon Africano-americanos na cidade, Forte’ Salão. Ambos Duncan Henderson e eram barbeiros negros, who worked in
Em dezembro de 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 Chief of Detectives William Desmond created a bit of a mystery in January 1903, quando ele tentou fugir e se casar. 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