Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لوئس. ابتدائی طور پر, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. لوئس پولیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ. When the bank association turned over the

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1802 ن. Jefferson Gone

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1802 ن. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. لوئس پلیس پڑوس. 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. لوئس, so it was not able to be saved. These pictures are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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جمعرات, ستمبر 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. After trying to illicit payment, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, assigned to the

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Abe Attell and St. Louis Boxing

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میں 2010, سینٹ. لوئس امریکہ میں 58th سب سے بڑا شہر اور 19th سب سے بڑا میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ تھا. صدی کے موڑ کے ارد گرد, یہ امریکہ میں پانچویں یا چھٹے سب سے بڑا شہر اور مسیسپی دریا کا سب سے بڑا مغربی تھا. سینٹ. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in

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Strange Case of “Toddy” Dillon

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In May 1925, the lifeless body of Dr. William Dillon was found on a walking path. The divorcee was a prominent St. Louis physician, who lived hard and was a known lady’s man. سینٹ. Louis Police initially suspected a rival of Dillon’s shot the physically and socially powerful Dillon rather than fight him. تاہم, suspicion eventually settled on Dillon’s 19-year-old

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ڈاکٹر. ڈلن قتل

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مئی 1, 1925, واشنگٹن یونیورسٹی میں ایک محافظ کے ارد گرد کام کی جگہ پر پہنچے 6:00 بجے. Looking towards the gravel path to Francis Field, he spied what he thought was a bundle of laundry. Figuring a careless student dropped his laundry, the custodian walked down the path to the bundle. As he got closer, he realized it wasn’t clothing but a

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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جمعرات, جنوری 23, 1902, سینٹ. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, سینٹ میں سے ایک. لوئس’ امیر مردوں, ملکیت رہائشی ریل اسٹیٹ کی اور قدر دیگر اثاثوں 2 ملین ڈالر. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. لوئس. انہوں نے کہا کہ

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110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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On Wednesday, نومبر 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. The 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 بجے. and continuing until 5 دوپہر, Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. تاہم, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. تاہم, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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