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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 blynyddoedd, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Adran Heddlu Louis. Yn 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
Kate Chopin, merch o deulu Ffrengig amlwg ac ar y pryd awdur lleol, cwympo yn y St. Louis 1904 Ffair y Byd ar Awst 20, 1904. Roedd Madame Chopin yn unig 54 mlwydd oed ac dioddef hemorrhage ymennydd neu aneurism. Bu farw yn ei chartref ar McPherson Avenue ar Awst 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Gorffennaf 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Nid yw'n glir a ddenodd gweithredoedd Charles Sanders sylw Printz, neu mae Printz newydd faglu ar Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Cerddodd Printz i fyny i Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Ar Ragfyr 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Fodd bynnag,, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Dywedodd y Prif Desmond
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue yn fflat dwy teulu a adeiladwyd yn 1890 a leolir yn y St. Louis Place cymdogaeth. Ysgrifennais yn wreiddiol am yr adeilad yn 2013 ond cafodd ei ddymchwel rywbryd cyn mis Mawrth 2015. Mae'r adeilad yn rhan o ardal sy'n cael ei ddatblygu ar gyfer cymhleth llywodraeth yng St. Louis, felly nid oedd yn gallu cael eu cadw. Mae'r lluniau hyn yn
Ar ddydd Iau, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Ar ôl ceisio gwneud taliad anghyfreithlon, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, neilltuo i'r
For the Sunday, Mehefin 24, 1900 argraffiad y Santes. Louis Gweriniaeth, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Roedd y Prif Desmond yn galaru am y trais cynyddol yr oedd yn ei weld