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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. Storia 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
On a cold January night in 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis polizia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Dipartimento di Polizia di Louis. 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) dicembre 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
Giovedi ', Giugno 12, 1919, Earl Hunter e Charles Bergman, un parolee ed ex-galeotto, tenuto il Meramec Trust Company poco dopo l'apertura a 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. L'angolo della Virginia Avenue e Meramec Street è stato uno dei più attivi blocchi auto strada in città. The robbers had
Chester Gould ha creato il fumetto di Dick Tracy in 1931. Originariamente pubblicato attraverso il Detroit Metro, la striscia spostato al Chicago Tribune in cui ha fatto la carta e Gould ricco attraverso syndication. Era solo una questione di tempo prima che Dick Tracy ha fatto il suo debutto sul grande schermo. Ralph Byrd giocato Dick Tracy in quattro 15 chapter serials
Mio bisnonno Parker è stato vittima di uno dei più grandi disastri naturali a colpire Cape Girardeau, MO, il 1949 tornado. Ha colpito la città il Sabato, Maggio 21, 1949 a 06:54 p.m. Da 7:00 pm, Parker Zimmerman era morto a 74 anni. 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 ritiene che i Fratelli Lewis, che erano auto e filo ladri, erano responsabili della morte di McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Viale. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Before Friday, Aprile 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Ufficiali di polizia Louis, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. Il St. Louis Police Department assigned
The Cape mistero spagnolo (1935) è un adattamento di uno dei romanzi di Ellery Queen. Due cugini, Frederic Dannay e Manfred Lee, che ha scritto una serie di romanzi gialli con lo pseudonimo del protagonista. In questo film, Ellery Queen sta prendendo una vacanza in California con il suo amico giudice Macklin. Naturalmente, non sono da molto tempo nel loro