Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Novembrī 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney atstāja Sv. Luisa lauku klubs, kad viņu uzrunāja divi afroamerikāņu vīrieši. Vieglāka āda vīrietis teica Mrs. Stickney, lai apgāztu viņas dārglietas, pretējā gadījumā viņš tos viņai atņems. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney pasniedza vīrietim savas rotaslietas, novērtēta at $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Septembrī 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. Jau gadiem, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Mana vectēva pirmais brālēns, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bija viens no Sv. Louis’ lidmašīnu pionieri. Julius, kurš ģimenē bija pazīstams kā “Punks”, 20. gadu vidū iestājās Gaisa nacionālajā gvardē. Viņu iecels par leitnantu. Jūlijs lidoja ar lidmašīnām gan militārajam, gan civilajam gaisa korpusam. Lielākā daļa vīriešu viņa vienībā, kurā ietilpa Čārlzs
Pagājušajā nedēļā decembrī 1902, William Rudolph, nesen atgriezies kalnraču Franklin County, un George Collins aplaupīja Savienības banka Savienībā, MO. Viņi aplaupīti to nakti, kad neviens nebija klāt ar putu drošu. 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.
Trešdien, Janvāris 10, 1900, St. Luisas policists Pols Žirārs stāvēja pie S. stūra. Teilora un Lindela bulvāris, kad viņš ieraudzīja vīrieti izlecot no otrā stāva 4511 Lindela bulvāris. Zināms par nesenajām zādzībām bagātajā Centrālās Vestendas apkaimē, Žirārs piegāja pie vīrieša. Kad klibojošais vīrietis ieraudzīja Žirāru, viņš skrēja pretī S.
Pāri viņam 17 gada karjera, St. Luisa detektīvu nodaļas priekšnieks Viljams Desmonds nodarbojās ar daudziem noziedznieka ģimenes locekļiem. Daži ģimenes locekļi bija tikpat slikti vai sliktāki par noziedznieku priekšnieku Desmondu un viņa vīriem. Tomēr, daudzi ģimenes locekļi bija godīgi, strādīgi cilvēki, kuri cīnījās, lai saprastu, kas notika nepareizi ar viņu mīļoto. Savas karjeras sākumā
On the morning of Wednesday, Jūlijs 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, Februāris 18, 1919, izdevums 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