Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Eu já escrevi sobre um incidente no qual um sargento detetive para o St. Louis Polícia foi baleado durante uma tentativa de assalto. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. História 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
Em uma noite fria de janeiro, em 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polícia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Departamento de Polícia. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
Eu primeiro ouvi falar Chang Apana em uma featurette em um dos conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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) em 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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
Na quinta-feira, Junho 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, uma liberdade condicional e ex-presidiário, levantou o Meramec Trust Company, logo após aberto no 07:00 A.M. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. O canto da Virginia Avenue e Meramec Street era um dos mais movimentados blocos carro rua na cidade. The robbers had
Chester Gould criou a história em quadrinhos Dick Tracy em 1931. Originalmente publicado através do Metro Detroit, a faixa mudou-se para o Chicago Tribune, onde fez o papel e Gould rico através syndication. Era só uma questão de tempo antes de Dick Tracy fez sua estréia no cinema. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Meu bisavô Parker foi vítima de um dos maiores desastres naturais para bater Cape Girardeau, MO, o 1949 tornado. Ele atingiu a cidade no sábado, Maio 21, 1949 em 06:54 p.m. Por 7:00 da tarde, Parker Zimmerman estava morto a 74 anos de idade. 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 acredita que os irmãos Lewis, que eram automóveis e fios ladrões, foram responsáveis pela morte de McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Ele observou dois dos irmãos Lewis entrarem na garagem do Ford. Dillon entrou na garagem
Before Friday, Abril 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Oficiais Louis Polícia, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, uma mercadoria valiosa durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. O St. Louis Police Department assigned
O Mistério do Cabo Espanhol (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Dois primos, Frederic Dannay e Manfred Lee, que escreveu uma série de romances policiais sob o pseudônimo da personagem-título. Neste filme, Ellery Queen é tirar umas férias para a Califórnia com seu amigo Juiz Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their