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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Studeni 10, 1924, Gospođa. A.W. Stickney je napuštao St. Louis Country Club, kad su joj prišla dva Afroamerikanca. Muškarac svjetlije puti rekao je gđi. Stickneyju da preda svoje dragulje ili bi joj ih uzeo. Fearing for her safety, Gospođa. Stickney je čovjeku pružila svoj nakit, procijenjen na $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Gospođa.
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. Godinama, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Prvi rođak mog djeda, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bio je jedan od sv. Louis’ pioniri aviona. Julius, koji je u obitelji bio poznat kao “Punks”, pridružio se Zračnoj nacionalnoj gardi sredinom 1920-ih. Dobio bi čin poručnika. Julius je upravljao avionima i za vojni i za civilni zrakoplovni korpus. Većina ljudi u njegovoj jedinici, koja je uključivala Charlesa
U zadnjem tjednu prosinca 1902, William Rudolph, Nedavno se vratio rudar Franklin županiji, i George Collins opljačkao Union banke u Uniji, MO. Je opljačkali su tijekom noći, kada nitko nije bio prisutan puhanjem po sigurnost. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
U veljači 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. G.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
U srijedu, Siječanj 10, 1900, St. Louis policajac Paul Girard stajao je na uglu S. Bulevar Taylor i Lindell, kada je vidio čovjeka koji je skočio s drugog kata 4511 Bulevar Lindell. Svjestan nedavnih provala u bogatoj četvrti Central West End, Girard je prišao čovjeku. Kad je šepavi čovjek ugledao Girarda, potrčao je prema S.
Preko njegove 17 godinu karijere, St. Louis, šef detektiva William Desmond bavio se mnogim članovima obitelji kriminalaca. Neki članovi obitelji bili su jednako loši ili gori od zločinca kojeg su šef Desmond i njegovi ljudi zatvorili. Međutim, mnogi članovi obitelji bili su pošteni, vrijedni ljudi, koji su se trudili shvatiti što nije u redu s njihovim voljenim. Na početku svoje karijere
On the morning of Wednesday, Srpanj 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.
The Tuesday Evening, Veljača 18, 1919, izdanje St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, 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