Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
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 historie, 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
Na chladné noci lednové 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis policie, 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
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) 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 Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
Ve čtvrtek, Červen 12, 1919, Earl Hunter a 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
Můj pradědeček Parker se stal obětí jednoho z největších přírodních katastrof zasáhnout Cape Girardeau, MO, the 1949 tornádo. Je to hit město v sobotu, Květen 21, 1949 na 06:54 p.m. Podle 7:00 odpoledne, Parker Zimmerman byl mrtev 74 let. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
William Dillon reagoval na zprávy o vraždě policisty McKenna strany Lewis Brothers. Dillon věřil, že Lewis Brothers, kteří byli auto a drátěné zloději, byl zodpovědný za McKenna smrti. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Do pátku, Duben 7, 1916, bylo více než, bratři Lewis by zabil dvě St. Louis policistů, John McKenna a William Dillon. McKenna byl první k pádu, když přerušil bratři pokusí ukrást drát, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. St. Louis Police Department assigned
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. V tomto filmu, Ellery královna bere dovolenou do Kalifornie se svým přítelem Judge Macklin. Samozřejmě, they are not long into their