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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
In giro 10 sono giovedì, Aprile 10, 1919, cinque uomini pesantemente armati irruppero nella Banca del Baden. I banditi affrontarono M.W. Munzel, il cassiere, e ha chiesto l'accesso al caveau. Hanno radunato gli altri quattro dipendenti mentre Muntzel guidava il gruppo al caveau. I ladri indossavano bandane colorate per nascondere i loro lineamenti. Mentre due dei cinque uomini
Agosto 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, il
Novembre 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
In 1934, Carlo Arturo “Bel ragazzo” Floyd ha concluso la sua carriera criminale in un East Liverpool, Campo di mais dell'Ohio dopo una sparatoria con agenti dell'FBI e agenti delle forze dell'ordine locali. Tuttavia, a dicembre 1925, era il numero del detenuto 29078 al penitenziario del Missouri. Il ventunenne Floyd era stato appena condannato per aver rapinato la sede principale della Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Ottobre 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, che ha ucciso
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
Dicembre 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
Novembre 10, 1924, Sig.ra. A.W. Stickney stava lasciando il St. Louis Country Club, quando è stata avvicinata da due uomini afroamericani. L'uomo dalla pelle più chiara disse alla Sig. Stickney di consegnarle i gioielli altrimenti glieli avrebbe portati via. Temendo per la sua incolumità, Sig.ra. Stickney ha consegnato all'uomo i suoi gioielli, valutato a $17,000.00, e $85.00 in cash. Sig.ra.
Nel settembre 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. Voi
Nel settembre 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. Per anni, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate