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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Jo ja vaig escriure sobre un incident en què un sergent detectiu per St. Policia Louis va rebre un tret durant un intent de robatori. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Història Louis, 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
En una freda nit de gener a 1920, the deadliest year for St. Policia Louis, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Departament de Policia de Louis. St. Detectiu de la Policia Louis sergent James Martin King caminava cap a casa a 4973 Avinguda Lotus via N. KINGSHIGHWAY bulevard, when two
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. 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) al desembre 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’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
On Thursday, Juny 12, 1919, Earl Hunter i Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 A.M. 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, la 1949 tornado. It hit the city on Saturday, Maig 21, 1949 en 06:54 p.m. Per 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman was dead at 74 anys d'edat. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
William Dillon estava responent als informes sobre l'assassinat de l'agent McKenna pels germans Lewis. Dillon creu que els germans Lewis, que eren automòbils i filferro lladres, van ser responsables de la mort de McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avinguda. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Abans de divendres, Abril 7, 1916, havia acabat, els germans Lewis matarien 2 St. Els oficials de policia Louis, John McKenna i William Dillon. McKenna va ser el primer a caure, quan va interrompre els germans intents de robar filferro, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. El St. Louis Police Department assigned
El Misteri del cap espanyol (1935) és una adaptació d'una de les novel·les d'Ellery Queen. Dos cosins, Frederic Dannay i Manfred Lee, qui va escriure una sèrie de novel · les policíaques sota el pseudònim de el personatge del títol. En aquesta pel · lícula, Ellery Queen està prenent unes vacances a Califòrnia amb el seu amic el jutge Macklin. Per descomptat, no tenen gaire temps en el seu