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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Timpeall 10 am on Thursday, Aibreán 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
Ar Lúnasa 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 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. In 1847, an
Ar Samhain 16, 1877, St. Oifigeach Póilíní Louis 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. An fear a aithníodh ina dhiaidh sin mar Frank Rande isteach pawnshop Wright ag thart 9:30 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
In 1934, Charles Artúr “Buachaill Pretty” Chuir Floyd deireadh lena ghairm bheatha choiriúil i Learpholl Thoir, Réimse arbhar Ohio tar éis lámhaigh amach le gníomhairí FBI agus oifigigh forfheidhmithe dlí áitiúla. Mar sin féin, i mí na Nollag 1925, bhí sé ina líon príosúnach 29078 ag an Missouri Penitentiary. Ciontaíodh Floyd, 21 bliain d'aois, as príomhoifig Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company a robáil.
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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, a mharaigh
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
Ar Nollaig 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
Ar Samhain 10, 1924, Bean. A.W. Bhí Stickney ag fágáil na St. Louis Country Club, nuair a tháinig beirt fhear Afracach-Mheiriceánach chuici. Dúirt an fear níos éadroime craiceann Mrs. Stickney chun a seoda a iompú nó thógfadh sé uaithi iad. Fearing for her safety, Bean. Thug Stickney a jewelry don fhear, meas ag $17,000.00, agus $85.00 in cash. Bean.
Meán Fómhair 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. Tá tú
Meán Fómhair 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. For years, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate