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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
På November 10, 1924, Fru. A.W. Stickney forlod St. Louis Country Club, da hun blev opsøgt af to afroamerikanske mænd. Den lysere hud fortalte Mrs. Stickney til at vende hendes juveler, ellers ville han tage dem fra hende. Fearing for her safety, Fru. Stickney rakte manden hendes smykker, vurderet til $17,000.00, og $85.00 in cash. Fru.
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. I årevis, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Min bedstefars første fætter, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en af St. Louis’ flypionerer. Julius, der var kendt i familien som “Punks”, sluttede sig til Air National Guard i midten af 1920'erne. Han ville blive ansat som løjtnant. Julius fløj fly for både det militære og civile luftkorps. De fleste af mændene i hans enhed, som omfattede Charles
I den sidste uge af december 1902, William Rudolph, et nyligt hjemvendt minearbejder til Franklin County, og George Collins røvet Union Bank i EU, MO. De berøvet det natten, da ingen var til stede ved at sprænge sikker. 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. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
På onsdag, Januar 10, 1900, St. Louis politibetjent Paul Girard stod på hjørnet af S. Taylor og Lindell Boulevard, da han så en mand springe fra anden sal af 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Kender til de seneste indbrud i det velhavende Central West End-kvarter, Girard nærmede sig manden. Da den haltende mand så Girard, han løb mod S.
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. Men, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Tidligt i sin karriere
On the morning of Wednesday, Juli 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.
Tirsdag aften, Februar 18, 1919, udgave af St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Opmærksom på, at butikstyveri ring arbejdede et par af de lokale smykker butikker, 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