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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Jeg skrev tidligere om en hendelse der en Detective Sergeant for St. Louis Politiet ble skutt under et ransforsøk. 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
På en kald januarnatt i 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Politiet, 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 Politiet Detective Sergeant James Martin Kongen gikk til sitt hjem på 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kings Boulevard, when two
Første gang jeg hørte om Chang Apana i en featurette på en av Charlie Chan DVD-systemer. 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) desember 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
On Thursday, June 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 skapte Dick Tracy tegneserien i 1931. Opprinnelig publisert gjennom Detroit Metro, stripen flyttet til Chicago Tribune der det gjorde papiret og Gould rik gjennom syndikering. Det var bare et spørsmål om tid før Dick Tracy debuterte på lerretet. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
My great grandfather Parker was the victim of one of the largest natural disasters to hit Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. It hit the city on Saturday, May 21, 1949 på 06:54 p.m. Av 7:00 pm, Parker Zimmerman was dead at 74 år. 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 mente at Lewis Brothers, som var auto og wire tyver, var ansvarlig for McKenna død. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Han observerte to av Lewis-brødrene gå inn i garasjen i Forden. Dillon gikk inn i garasjen
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, en verdifull vare under første verdenskrig. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. The St. Louis Police Department assigned
Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. To fettere, Frederic Dannay og Manfred Lee, som skrev en rekke krimromaner under pseudonymet tittelen karakter. I denne filmen, Ellery Queen tar en ferie til California med sin venn Dommer Macklin. Selvfølgelig, they are not long into their