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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Misūris, 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 istorija, 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
Šaltą Gruodis Naktis į 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis policijos, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Policijos departamentas. 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 paslaptis (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
On Thursday, Birželis 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, Atleidimas po sąžiningai žodį ir ex-nuteistajam, pakėlė MERAMEC Trust Company netrukus po to, kai atidarytas 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. Virginia Avenue ir MERAMEC gatvės kampe buvo viena iš judriausių gatvių automobilių blokų mieste. 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
Mano prosenelis Parkeris buvo viena iš didžiausių stichinių nelaimių auka nukentėjo Cape Girardeau, MO, the 1949 tornadas. Jis trenkė į miestą šeštadienį, Gegužės 21, 1949 į 06:54 p.m. Pagal 7:00 p.m., Parkeris Zimmerman buvo negyvi 74 metų. 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 tikėjo, kad Lewis Broliai, kurie buvo auto ir vielos vagys, buvo atsakingas už McKenna mirties. 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, Balandis 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis Policijos pareigūnai, John McKenna ir William Dillon. McKenna buvo pirmieji, kurie, kai jis nutraukiamas broliai bando pavogti viela, 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) yra vieno iš Ellery Queen romanų adaptacija. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. Šiame filme, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Of course, jie ilgai nesidomi