Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis geskiedenis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
Op 'n koue nag in Januarie 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polisie, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Police Department. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard, when two
Ek het eers gehoor van Chang Apana in 'n featurette op een van die Charlie Chan DVD stelle. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan se geheime (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
On Thursday, Junie 12, 1919, Earl Hunter en Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 voormiddag. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. The corner of Virginia Avenue and Meramec Street was one of the busiest street car blocks in the city. The robbers had
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
My great grandfather Parker was the victim of one of the largest natural disasters to hit Cape Girardeau, MO, die 1949 tornado. It hit the city on Saturday, Mei 21, 1949 op 06:54 namiddag. Deur 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman was dead at 74 jaar oud. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
William Dillon het gereageer op berigte oor die moord Beampte McKenna deur die Lewis Brothers. Dillon het geglo dat die Lewis Brothers, wat die motor en draad diewe, was verantwoordelik vir die McKenna se dood. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Hy het gesien hoe twee van die Lewis-broers die motorhuis in die Ford binnekom. Dillon entered the garage
Voor Vrydag, April 7, 1916, was oor, die Lewis-broers sou doodmaak twee St. Louis Polisiebeamptes, John McKenna en William Dillon. McKenna was die eerste om te val, toe hy onderbreek die broers probeer draad om te steel, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. Die St. Louis Police Department assigned
Die Spaanse Cape Mystery (1935) is 'n verwerking van een van die Ellery Queen-romans. Twee neefs, Frederic Dannay en Manfred Lee, wat 'n aantal speurder romans onder die skuilnaam van die titel karakter geskryf. In hierdie film, Ellery Queen neem 'n vakansie na Kalifornië saam met sy vriend Regter Macklin. Natuurlik, hulle is nie lank in hul