Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Ich vorher über einen Vorfall schrieb, in dem ein Detective Sergeant für die St. Louis Polizei wurde bei einem Raubversuch erschossen. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis Geschichte, 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
An einem kalten Januarabend in 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polizei, 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 König war zu Fuß zu seinem Haus an 4973 Lotus Avenue über N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
Ich zum ersten Mal auf einem der Charlie Chan DVD-Sets gehört zu Chang Apana in einem Featurette. 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) am Dezember 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 Chans Geheimnis (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
Am Donnerstag,, Juni 12, 1919, Earl Hunter und Charles Bergman, Bewährung und ein Ex-Sträfling, hielt die Meramec Trust Company, kurz nachdem es bei geöffnetem 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. Die Ecke von Virginia Avenue und Meramec Street war einer der verkehrsreichsten Straßenbahnblöcke in der Stadt. 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
Mein Urgroßvater Parker war das Opfer eines der größten Naturkatastrophen nach Cape Girardeau getroffen, MO, die 1949 Tornado. Es traf die Stadt am Samstag,, Mai 21, 1949 bei 06:54 p.m. Von 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman war tot 74 Jahren. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon believed that the Lewis Brothers, who were auto and wire thieves, were responsible for McKenna’s death. 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
Before Friday, April 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis Police Officers, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, ein wertvolles Gut im Ersten Weltkrieg. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. Die St. Louis Police Department assigned
Die spanische Cape Geheimnis (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Zwei Cousins, Frederic Dannay und Manfred Lee, , die eine Reihe von Kriminalromanen unter dem Pseudonym der Titelfigur, schrieb. In diesem Film, Ellery Queen ist ein Urlaub nach Kalifornien mit seinem Freund Richter Macklin. Natürlich, they are not long into their