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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
Pak ngjarje e tronditën St. Louis i pëlqente vdekja në krye të detyrës së Lt. Sidney Sears në qershor 1924. Për pothuajse 30 vjet, Lt. Sears u konsiderua si gjuajtja më e mirë me pistoletë në St. Departamenti i policisë Louis. Në 1904, Sears ishte gjithashtu kampion kombëtar i pistoletës i Shteteve të Bashkuara. Që dikush të vrasë Lt. Sears në një shkëmbim zjarri u konsiderua i pamundur.
Kate Chopin, bijë e një familje të shquar francez dhe në kohën autorit lokale, shembur në St. Louis 1904 Panairi Botërore më August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ishte vetëm 54 vjeç dhe pësoi një hemoragji të trurit apo aneurizëm. Ajo vdiq në shtëpinë e saj në McPherson Avenue më August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Të martën, Korrik 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. Nuk është e qartë nëse veprimet e Charles Sanders tërhoqën vëmendjen e Printz, ose Printz sapo u ndesh me Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz iu afrua Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Më dhjetor 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. Burrat morën $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. Megjithatë, 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. tha shefi Desmond
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. 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. Këto foto janë
Të enjten, Shtator 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. Pas përpjekjes për pagesë të paligjshme, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, caktuar për të
For the Sunday, Qershor 24, 1900 Edicioni i St. Louis Republika, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Pas 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Shefi Desmond u ankua për dhunën në rritje që po shihte