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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Around 10 ujutro u četvrtak, Travanj 10, 1919, pet do zuba naoružanih ljudi upalo je u Baden Bank. Banditi su se sukobili s M.W. Munzel, blagajnik, i zahtijevao pristup trezoru. Okupili su četvero drugih zaposlenika dok je Muntzel vodio grupu do trezora. Pljačkaši su nosili šarene marame kako bi prikrili svoje lice. Dok su dvojica od pet muškaraca
Kolovoza 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. U 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. U 1847, the
Studeni 16, 1877, St. 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 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
U 1934, Charles Arthur “Lijep dečko” Floyd je svoju kriminalnu karijeru završio u istočnom Liverpoolu, Polje kukuruza u Ohiju nakon pucnjave s agentima FBI-a i lokalnim službenicima za provođenje zakona. Međutim, u prosincu 1925, bio je zatvorenik broj 29078 u kaznionici Missouri. 21-godišnji Floyd upravo je bio osuđen za pljačku glavnog ureda Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Prvog listopada 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, which killed
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
U prosincu 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
Studeni 10, 1924, Gospođa. A.W. Stickney je napuštao St. Louis Country Club, kad su joj prišla dva Afroamerikanca. Muškarac svjetlije puti rekao je gđi. Stickneyju da preda svoje dragulje ili bi joj ih uzeo. Fearing for her safety, Gospođa. Stickney je čovjeku pružila svoj nakit, procijenjen na $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Gospođa.
On 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. You
On September 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. Godinama, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate