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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 let. Dodeljen utripu v bližini naravnega mostu in avenij Vandeventer, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Policist Anderson je hodil po Vandeventerju južno od
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet napaden
Četrtek, Januar 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, eden od St. Louis’ najbogatejših, lasti stanovanjskih nepremičnin in druga sredstva v vrednosti 2 Milijon dolarjev. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell je bil zaposlen kot mehanik pri
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Policija Zgodovina, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
V torek, November 5, 1901, St. Louis Policija ujeli Ben KILPATRICK in Laura Bullion za svoj del v Great Northern železniške ropa v Montani na julij 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick bi služil 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
On the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Čas
Zgradbe so le kupi desk in opek brez zgodb, ki so nanje vezane. During November 1912, St. Louisovega policista Arthurja Huddlestona je ubil pogojni morilec Albert Whitefield. Whitefield je presenetil svojo zunajzakonsko ženo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
V 1877, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi. St. Louis Police dealt with the typical problems of a major city. St. Louis Police Officers responded to reports of murder, rape and robbery. On the morning of December 12, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer Daily responded to the report of a bear on the Downtown St. Louis