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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, 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. ea Sra. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 3, 1946 edición
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Porén, 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. Vovô Ellis ensinoume como substituír tomas eléctricas, arruelas en pías e construír moitas cousas con madeira. I put together lots of prefabricated
Na noite de Nadal 1902, dous cidade pequena, pequeno-time, homes atracos abriron a caixa forte da Unión, Banco de Missouri. Despois de ameazar a uns cantos cidadáns, saíron con over $15,000. Os homes estiveron relativamente seguros durante uns meses ata que se chamou á Axencia de Detectives Pinkerton. Os Pinkerton tiñan unha axencia a nivel nacional, que era o máis parecido ao United
En torno a 10 son o xoves, Abril 10, 1919, cinco homes fortemente armados irromperon no banco de Baden. Os bandidos enfrontáronse a M.W. Munzel, o caixeiro, e esixiu o acceso á bóveda. Reuniron aos outros catro empregados mentres Muntzel conducía o grupo á bóveda. Os ladróns levaban bandanas de cores para ocultar os seus trazos. Mentres que dous dos cinco homes
En agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. En 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. En 1847, o
En 1934, Charles Arthur “Neno guapo” Floyd rematou a súa carreira criminal nun Liverpool Leste, Ohio campo de millo tras un tiroteo con axentes do FBI e policías locais. Porén, en decembro 1925, el era o número preso 29078 no Missouri Penitenciaria. The 21-year-old Floyd acabara de ser condenado por roubar a oficina principal Kroeger Grocery e Baking Company
En outubro 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, que matou
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
En decembro de 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