Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Op November 10, 1924, Mev. A.W. Stickney was besig om die St. Louis Buiteklub, toe sy deur twee Afro-Amerikaanse mans genader is. Die ligter vel het aan mev. Stickney om haar juwele om te draai of hy sal dit by haar neem. Fearing for her safety, Mev. Stickney het haar juweliersware aan die man gegee, gewaardeer op $17,000.00, en $85.00 in cash. Mev.
Op 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. Vir jare, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
My oupa se eerste neef, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was een van St. Louis’ vliegtuig pioniers. Julius, wat in die familie bekend was as “Punks”, het in die middel-1920's by die Air National Guard aangesluit. Hy sou as luitenant aangewys word. Julius het vliegtuie vir beide die militêre en burgerlike lugkorps gevlieg. Meeste van die mans in sy eenheid, wat Charles ingesluit het
Gedurende die laaste week van Desember 1902, William Rudolph, 'n onlangs teruggekeer mynwerker Franklin County, en George Collins beroof die Unie Bank in Unie, MO. Hulle beroof dit oornag, wanneer niemand teenwoordig deur die blaas van die kluis was. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mnr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Op Woensdag, Januarie 10, 1900, St. Louis-polisiebeampte Paul Girard het op die hoek van S. Taylor en Lindell Boulevard, toe hy 'n man sien spring van die tweede verdieping van 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Bewus van onlangse inbrake in die ryk Central West End-woonbuurt, Girard het die man genader. Toe die mank man vir Girard sien, hy hardloop na S.
Oor syne 17 jaar loopbaan, St. William Desmond, speurhoof van Louis, het met baie misdadigers se familielede gehandel. Sommige familielede was so erg of erger as wat die kriminele hoof Desmond en sy manne toegesluit het. Egter, baie familielede was eerlik, hardwerkende mense, wat gesukkel het om te verstaan wat verkeerd gegaan het met hul geliefde. Vroeg in sy loopbaan
On the morning of Wednesday, Julie 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
Die Dinsdag-aand, Februarie 18, 1919, uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Bewus daarvan dat 'n winkeldiefstal ring is besig om 'n paar van die plaaslike juweliersware winkels, die St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let