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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. Robert Creed was the
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. I ddechrau, 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. Adran Heddlu Louis. When the bank association turned over the
Ar Ionawr 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. Fodd bynnag,, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, yr St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
Mae 122-mlwydd-oed tŷ brics yn dominyddu y stryd ar gornel Stryd y Whittier ac Cook Avenue yn St. Louis, Missouri. Adeiladwyr codi y 2378 tŷ troedfedd sgwâr mewn 1892. Mae ei bensaernïaeth unigryw yn cynnwys balconi tyred ar ail lawr y wal ogledd-ddwyreiniol. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Heddiw, 4200 Cogydd yn
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, neu 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,
Ar ddydd Gwener, Hydref 14, and Saturday, Hydref 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. Mae'r 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Ar ddydd Mercher, Mai 9, 1900, yr ail ddiwrnod Sant. Louis Streetcar Streic, bwled sy'n crwydro lladd Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, gyn-filwr Rhyfel Sbaeneg-Americanaidd, yn gwylio rali streic ar gornel Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. Yn ystod y rali, 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, ceisio i ddianc rhag y St. Louis Jail ym mis Ionawr 1904. Ar wahân i weithio gyda'r carcharorion eraill ar wneud twll yn y wal y carchar, bu hefyd yn trefnu gyda gard carchar i gael llifiau smyglo iddo. 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. Adran Heddlu Metropolitan Louis. 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. Ar Ionawr
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. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.