Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Často se píše jako Edward, ale vyslovuje se jako skládání pomoci a ochrany, Eduard was as unique as his name. Snažil jsem se o něm hodně psát, protože jsem o něm slyšel příběhy
Pokud jde o obráběcí politiky a organizovaného zločinu, Kansas City se vždy zastínil St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City byl také domov pro několik vysoce postavených gangsterských přestřelek. St. Louis’ poslední vůdce organizovaného zločinu byl zatčen za hrací karty. 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, Duben 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell byl zaměstnán jako mechanik v
před týdny, Hledal jsem kopii Ivanhoe od sira Waltera Scotta ze staré knihovny mého dědečka. Děda Gilbert P. Ellis měl knihovnu, kterou mi dal na začátku 90. let. Tyto knihy a jeho stůl jsou poklady, které mi zůstanou až do dne, kdy zemřu. Jako dítě, Seděl jsem v něm
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 Police history, 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
On the morning of Saturday, Duben 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
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Já
Budovy jsou jen hromady desek a cihel bez příběhů, které jsou s nimi spojeny. V průběhu listopadu 1912, St. Louis policejní důstojník Arthur Huddleston byl zabit paroled vrah Albert Whitefielda. Whitefield překvapil svou družku, který byl zábavný další gentleman volajícího. Whitefield pokusil zabít ji před dvěma St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
V úterý, Listopad 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,