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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Yanvar
Noyabr 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,
Yanvar 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Lakin, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Sankt. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Bugün, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, və ya 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
Cümə günü, Oktyabr 14, və şənbə, Oktyabr 15, 1904, 42 da güləşçiləri 7 çəki sərbəst güləş metodu etiraz ilk Olimpiya Oyunlarında bir araya gəldi. Əvvəl Olimpiya Oyunları güləş yunan-Roma güləşi etiraz edildi. The 1904 Summer Olympics ilə birlikdə keçirilib 1904 St Dünya Fair. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Çərşənbə günü, May 9, 1900, St ikinci gün. Louis tramvay Strike, bir sokak güllə Frank Liebrecht şəhid. Frank Liebrecht, İspan-Amerika müharibəsi veteranı, Finney və N küncündə bir tətil mitinq seyr. Taylor Avenue. Mitinq zamanı, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, Sankt qaçmağa cəhd. Yanvar Louis Jail 1904. Təcridxananın divar bir deşik edilməsi barədə digər məhbuslarla işləyən başqa, o da ona qaçaq testereleri üçün bir həbsxana gözətçi ilə təşkil. Collins intended to use
Sentyabrın 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. The St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
St. Louis Police Chief of Detectives William Desmond made many tough criminals talk over his career. John Huey, an Indiana murderer, was not one of these cases. Huey freely spoke with Desmond about his criminal past. Huey escaped from Indiana after serving 13 years for a murder in 1874. John Huey came to Lyon, Indiana in 1874 as a 22-year-old.