Rats Rob Baden Bank in 1919

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Around 10 am on Thursday, Април 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Years

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На August 17, 1891, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. В 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. В 1847, на

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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От ноември 16, 1877, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 А.М. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Луис Обир

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В 1934, Чарлз Артър “Красиво момче” Флойд приключи престъпната си кариера в Източен Ливърпул, Царевично поле в Охайо след престрелка с агенти на ФБР и местни служители на реда. Обаче, през декември 1925, той беше номер на затворник 29078 в затвора в Мисури. 21-годишният Флойд току-що беше осъден за обира на главния офис на Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company

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Suspects But No Murderers

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<Педя bbox_x = "244" bbox_y = "690" bbox_w = "74" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = " 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, което уби

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Detective Desmond Closes Pawn Shop

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Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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От декември 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office

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Айра Купър разрешава обир на бижута

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От ноември 10, 1924, Г-жа. А.В. Стикни напускаше St. Кънтри клуб Луис, когато към нея се приближили двама афро-американци. Мъжът с по-светла кожа каза на Mrs. Стикни да й предаде бижутата или щеше да й ги вземе. Fearing for her safety, Г-жа. Стикни подаде бижутата си на мъжа, оценен на $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Г-жа.

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A Day in Judge Cady’s Court

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На September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. Ти

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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На September 15, 1919, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. В продължение на години, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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