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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Ja sam ranije pisao o incidentu u kojem detektiv narednik za St. Louis Policija je ubijen tijekom pokušaja pljačke. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis povijest, 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 hladnom siječanjske noći u 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis policije, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Odjel Louis policije. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard, when two
Prvi put sam čuo o Chang Apana u featurette na jednom od Charlie Chan DVD seta. 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 Apàça (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’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
On Thursday, Lipanj 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and 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
Moj pradjed je Parker bio žrtva jedne od najvećih prirodnih katastrofa pogoditi Cape Girardeau, MO, the 1949 tornado. Pogodio je grad u subotu, Svibanj 21, 1949 na 06:54 poslije podne. Po 7:00 uvečer, Parker Zimmerman bila mrtva 74 godina. 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 vjeruje da Lewis Brothers, koji su bili auto i žičane lopovi, bili odgovorni za McKenna smrti. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Promatrao je kako dvojica braće Lewis ulaze u garažu u Fordu. Dillon je ušao u garažu
Before Friday, Travanj 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis policijskih službenika, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, vrijedna roba tijekom Prvog svjetskog rata. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. St. Louis Police Department assigned
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) je adaptacija jednog od romana Ellery Queen. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. U tom filmu, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Naravno, nisu dugo u svom