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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
November 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney forlot St. Louis Country Club, da hun ble oppsøkt av to afroamerikanske menn. Den lysere mannen fortalte Mrs. Stickney for å overlate juvelene hennes, ellers ville han ta dem fra henne. Av frykt for hennes sikkerhet, Mrs. Stickney ga mannen hennes smykker, verdsatt til $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
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. For år, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Min bestefars første fetter, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en av St. Louis’ flypionerer. Julius, som var kjent i familien som “Punks”, sluttet seg til Air National Guard på midten av 1920-tallet. Han ville få oppdrag som løytnant. Julius fløy fly både for det militære og det sivile luftkorpset. De fleste mennene i enheten hans, som inkluderte Charles
I løpet av den siste uken i desember 1902, William Rudolph, en nylig returnert miner å Franklin County, og George Collins ranet Union Bank i Union, MO. De ranet den over natten, når ingen var til stede ved å blåse opp safen. 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 sto på hjørnet av S. Taylor og Lindell Boulevard, da han så en mann hoppe fra andre etasje i 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Oppmerksom på nylige innbrudd i det velstående nabolaget Central West End, Girard nærmet seg mannen. Da den haltende mannen så Girard, han løp mot S.
Over hans 17 års karriere, St. Louis detektivsjef William Desmond tok seg av mange kriminelles familiemedlemmer. Noen familiemedlemmer var like ille eller verre enn den kriminelle sjefen Desmond og hans menn hadde sperret inne. However, mange familiemedlemmer var ærlige, hardtarbeidende mennesker, som slet med å forstå hva som gikk galt med deres kjære. Tidlig i karrieren
On the morning of Wednesday, July 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, February 18, 1919, utgave av 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