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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
On Christmas Night 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Kate Chopin, bijë e një familje të shquar francez dhe në kohën autorit lokale, shembur në St. Louis 1904 Panairi Botërore më August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ishte vetëm 54 vjeç dhe pësoi një hemoragji të trurit apo aneurizëm. Ajo vdiq në shtëpinë e saj në McPherson Avenue më August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Më gusht 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Në 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. Në 1847, the
Të hënën në mbrëmje, Korrik 16, 1917, St. Zyrtari i policisë Louis Julius H. Petring caktuar për Divizionin e Tregut të Veriut hyri në një shtëpi rooming në 2301 N. Rruga e Tregut. Petring pyeti pronarin William Dietrich të marrësh me qira një dhomë për të dhe gruan e tij. E tij “grua” ishte e dashura e tij e divorcuar kohët e fundit Freda Hagenmeyer. Zyrtar Petring kishte qenë duke parë Freda Hagenmeyer, që
Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Over his 17 year career, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. Megjithatë, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career
Në dhjetor 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 vjet. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
Më dhjetor 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
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet assaulted