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הודעות וועגן סט. לוי,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 יאָרן, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. לוי פּאָליצייַ דעפּאַרטמענט. אין 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
קייט טשאָפּין, טאָכטער פון אַ באַוווסט פראנצויזיש משפּחה און אין דער צייַט היגע מחבר, קאַלאַפּסט אין די סט. לוי 1904 וועלט ס פער אויף אויגוסט 20, 1904. מאַדאַם טשאָפּין איז געווען בלויז 54 יאר אַלט און געליטן אַ מאַרך כעמראַדזש אָדער אַנעוריסם. זי איז געשטארבן אין איר היים אויף מקפערסאָן אַווענוע אויף אויגוסט 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
אויף דינסטאג, יולי 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, דזשוניער. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. פֿאַר 17 years from 1890
On the evening of June 1, 1879, סט. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. לוי’ South Side. עס איז נישט קלאָר אויב טשאַרלעס סאַנדערס אַקשאַנז געצויגן די ופמערקזאַמקייט פון פּרינץ, אָדער פּרינץ נאָר סטאַמבאַלד אויף סאַנדערס. Whatever the circumstances, פּרינץ איז צוגעגאַנגען צו סאַנדערס, who had a revolver in his right hand. ווען
אויף דעצעמבער 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 אַ.ם. and surprised Harding,
סט. 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. אָבער, 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. טשיף דעסמאָנד האט געזאגט
1802 ען. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. לוי אָרט קוואַרטאַל. 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. לוי, so it was not able to be saved. די בילדער זענען
אויף דאנערשטאג, 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. נאָך טריינג צו ומלעגאַל צאָלונג, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, אַסיינד צו די
For the Sunday, יוני 24, 1900 אויסגאבע פון די סט. לוי רעפובליק, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. נאָך 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, דער טשיף דעסמאָנד האָט געקלאָגט די ינקריסינג גוואַלד וואָס ער האָט געזען