Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about St. Ludvig,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Marraskuun 16, 1877, St. Louis Poliisi 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. Mies tunnistettiin myöhemmin Frank Randen tuli Wrightin Pawnshop noin 9:30 a.m. Wright lähetti yhden hänen avustajansa poliisille. As Officer White and Heffernan
Sisään 1934, Charles Arthur “pretty Boy” Floyd päättyi hänen rikollisen uran East Liverpool, Ohio maissi alalla jälkeen ampua ulos FBI ja paikallinen lainvalvontaviranomaiset. Kuitenkin, joulukuussa 1925, Hän oli vanki numero 29078 klo Missouri Penitentiary. 21-vuotias Floyd oli juuri tuomittu Kroeger Grocery and Baking Companyn pääkonttorin ryöstöstä.
Lokakuun 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, joka tappoi
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. Ludvig
Joulukuun 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
Marraskuun 10, 1924, Rouva. A.W. Stickney oli lähdössä St. Louis Country Club, kun kaksi afroamerikkalaista miestä lähestyi häntä. Vaalea iho kertoi Mrs. Stickney kääntää jalokivet tai hän ottaisi ne häneltä. Fearing for her safety, Rouva. Stickney ojensi miehelle korunsa, arvoltaan $17,000.00, ja $85.00 in cash. Rouva.
Syyskuun 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. Sinua
Syyskuun 15, 1919, St. 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. Vuosia, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Viime viikolla joulukuun 1902, William Rudolph, hiljattain palannut kaivosmies Franklin County, ja George Collins ryöstettiin Yhdyspankki Union, MO. He ryöstivät yön yli, kun kukaan ei ollut läsnä räjäyttämällä turvallinen. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.