Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
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
Vähesed sündmused šokeeritud St. Louis nagu line tollimaks surma Lt. Sidney Sears juunis 1924. Peaaegu 30 aastat, Lt. Sears peeti parimaks püstol tulistas St. Louis politseijaoskond. Sisse 1904, Sears oli ka National püstol Champion USA. Sest keegi tappa Lt. Searsi tulistamises peeti võimatuks.
Kate Chopin, tütar tuntud prantsuse pere ja ajal kohaliku autor, varises St. Louis 1904 World Fair augustil 20, 1904. Madame Chopin oli ainult 54 Sina ja kandis aju verejooks või aneurüsm. Ta suri oma kodus edasi McPherson Avenue augustil 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Teisipäeval, Juuli 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. Pole selge, kas Charles Sandersi teod äratasid Printzi tähelepanu, või Printz lihtsalt komistas Sandersi otsa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz astus Sandersi juurde, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
On detsember 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. Siiski, 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. ütles pealik Desmond
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place naabruses. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. Louis, so it was not able to be saved. Need pildid on
Neljapäeval, 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. Pärast ebaseadusliku makse üritamist, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, määratud
For the Sunday, Juuni 24, 1900 trükk St. Louis Vabariik, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Pärast 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Pealik Desmond kahetses kasvavat vägivalda, mida ta nägi