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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Мисури, family history, and miscellaneous history.
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Уилям J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Походът 3, 1946 edition of
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Обаче, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
На Коледна нощ 1902, два малки градчета, малко време, грабители отвориха сейфа на Съюза, Мисури Банк. След като заплаши няколко граждани, те избягаха с над $15,000. Мъжете бяха в относителна безопасност за няколко месеца, докато не беше повикана детективската агенция Пинкертън. Пинкертън имаха национална агенция, което беше най-близкото нещо до Съединените щати
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
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
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
<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
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
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