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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Misūris, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Vasario 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. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Kovo 3, 1946 edition of
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Tačiau, 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
Vienu metu, kol aš nusipirkau savo namus, Maniau, namų remontas buvo vienas iš mano įgūdžių. I helped my grandfather, Gilbertas Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Senelis Ellis išmokė mane, kaip pakeisti elektros lizdai, poveržlės apie kriauklės ir statyti daug dalykų, kurių medienos. I put together lots of prefabricated
Kalėdų naktį 1902, du maži miesteliai, mažalaikis, sulaikyti vyrai susprogdino Sąjungos seifą, Misūrio bankas. Pagrasinus keliems piliečiams, jie išsisuko su per $15,000. Vyrai buvo gana saugūs keletą mėnesių, kol buvo iškviesta Pinkertono detektyvų agentūra. Pinkertonai turėjo visoje šalyje veikiančią agentūrą, kuri buvo artimiausia Jungtinių
Around 10 am on Thursday, Balandis 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
Rugpjūčio 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Į 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. Į 1847, the
Į 1934, Charlesas Artūras “Gražus berniukas” Floydas kriminalinę karjerą baigė Rytų Liverpulio komandoje, Ohajo kukurūzų laukas po susišaudymo su FTB agentais ir vietos teisėsaugos pareigūnais. Tačiau, gruodį 1925, jis buvo kalinio numeris 29078 Misūrio įkalinimo įstaigoje. 21 metų Floydas ką tik buvo nuteistas už „Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company“ pagrindinio biuro apiplėšimą.
Spalio 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, kuris nužudė
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
Gruodžio 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