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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Fuq Novembru 10, 1924, Sinjura. A.W. Stickney kien qed iħalli l-St. Louis Country Club, meta ġiet avviċinata minn żewġt irġiel Afrikani-Amerikani. Ir-raġel ta’ ġilda ħafifa qal lil Mrs. Stickney biex idawwar il-ġojjelli tagħha jew kien jeħodhom mingħandha. Fearing for her safety, Sinjura. Stickney ta lir-raġel il-ġojjellerija tagħha, stmat għal $17,000.00, u $85.00 in cash. Sinjura.
Dwar Settembru 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. Għal snin, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
L-ewwel kuġin tan-nannu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, kien wieħed minn St. Louis’ pijunieri tal-ajruplan. Julius, li kien magħruf fil-familja bħala “Punks”, ingħaqad mal-Gwardja Nazzjonali tal-Ajru f’nofs is-snin għoxrin. Kien jiġi kkummissjonat bħala Logutenent. Julius tajjar ajruplani kemm għall-korp tal-ajru militari kif ukoll ċivili. Ħafna mill-irġiel fl-unità tiegħu, li kien jinkludi lil Charles
Matul l-aħħar ġimgħa ta 'Diċembru 1902, William Rudolph, minatur lura riċentement biex Franklin County, u George Collins insterqu l-Unjoni Bank fl-Unjoni, MO. Huma insterqu matul il-lejl, meta l-ebda wieħed kien preżenti mill blowing up-periklu. 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.
Nhar l-Erbgħa, Jannar 10, 1900, St. L-Uffiċjal tal-Pulizija ta’ Louis Paul Girard kien wieqaf fil-kantuniera ta’ S. Taylor u Lindell Boulevard, meta ra raġel jaqbeż mit-tieni sular ta 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Konxju ta’ serq riċenti fil-viċinat għani ta’ Central West End, Girard resaq lejn ir-raġel. Meta r-raġel izappap ra lil Girard, hu ġera lejn S.
Fuq tiegħu 17 sena karriera, St. Louis Kap tad-Ditektifs William Desmond ittratta ma 'ħafna membri tal-familja tal-kriminali. Xi membri tal-familja kienu ħżiena jew agħar mill-Kap kriminali Desmond u l-irġiel tiegħu kienu maqfula. Madankollu, ħafna membri tal-familja kienu onesti, nies li jaħdmu iebes, li tħabtu biex jifhmu x’mar ħażin mal-maħbub tagħhom. Kmieni fil-karriera tiegħu
On the morning of Wednesday, Lulju 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, Frar 18, 1919, edizzjoni tal-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, San. 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