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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
V poznih 1990-ih, moj dedek, Gilbert Ellis, je živel s teto in stricem Maureen Dale. Oni so se odločili, da imajo nameščen velika garaža / lopa, tako da bi dedek in stric ima delavnico. Imeli so lopa sestavljeni in se ukvarjajo z lokalno električno podjetje teči električne energije na delavnico. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
V 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’
Septembra 9, 1893, Frisco linija zaviralca James Pennock vkrcali na Frisco Line na Tower Grove v St. Louis. Na postajališču Cheltenham, Frisco zaviralca Sam Robertson in nekdanji zaviralca Muncie Ray tudi vkrcali. Moški se vkrcali na vlak z namenom, ropanjem vlak na Sandy Cut, dve milji vzhodno od Tihega oceana, MO. Ko se je vlak približal
Canary Murder Case (1929) je bil prvotno ustreljen kot nemi film. Vendar, Paramount Studio izvršni mislil, da bi bilo bolje kot v pogovoru slike. Studio zamudo sprostitev, dokler bi lahko dodali zvok v filmu. Dodajanje zvoka ni brez izzivov. Na žalost, eden izmed glavnih zvezd filma, Louise Brooks, imel
Septembra 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. Poslali so ga v washingtonski azil
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
Avgusta 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
Oktobra 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
Decembra 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 načelnik Detektivsko William Desmond ustvarila malo skrivnost v januarju 1903, ko se je poskušal izmuzniti in se poročiti. To naj bi bila prva poroka v 45-year-old Desmond je. Chief Desmond je bil, da se poroči Hannah McLaughlin, hči lokalnega graditelja. Par je bil na medenih tednih v južni Kaliforniji, preden se vrne v St. Louis