Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Před čtením Gangy sv. Louis: Muži respektu od Daniela Waugha, Věděl jsem a psal o tom, že Robert Creed a jeho bratr Thomas zavraždili St. Louis policejní důstojník George Geisler na Halloweenský den 1920. Nevěděl jsem, že Robert Creed byl členem Kukaččího gangu, ultra násilná zločinecká organizace ve 20. letech 20. století. Robert Creed byl
Dne 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Zpočátku, 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. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the
Ledna 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. Však, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. V březnu 1897, St. 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. Jeho unikátní architektura zahrnuje věžový balkon ve druhém patře severovýchodní stěny. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Dnes, 4200 Cook je
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, nebo 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,
V pátek, Říjen 14, and Saturday, Říjen 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Ve středu, Květen 9, 1900, Druhý den sv. Louis Tramvaj Strike, zbloudilá kulka zabila Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španělsko-americká válka veterán, se díval na stávku rally na rohu Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. V průběhu rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, Druhá bankovní lupič zapojeni do Evropské unie, MO bankovní loupež prosince 26, 1902, pokoušel se uniknout St. Louis Jail v lednu 1904. Kromě práce s ostatními vězni na díru ve zdi vězení, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Police Department Louis Metropolitan. 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. Ledna
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. Září 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.