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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. On jaanuar
On November 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,
On jaanuar 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. Siiski, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. Märtsis 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
122-aastane telliskivimaja domineerib tänavapilt nurgal Whittier Street ja Cook Avenue St. Louis, Missouri. Puidust püstitatud 2378 ruutmeetril maja 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. Kui esimene ehitatud, 4200 Cook pidi olema muljetavaldav site. Täna, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, või 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri ajalugu. Kuigi St. Louis oli suurim linn Lääne Mississippi jõe, maailma Fair panna see rahvusvahelise kaart. Kuigi õiglane tooks tuntuse, turistid ja suurenenud tulud linna,
Reedel, Oktoober 14, ja laupäeval, Oktoober 15, 1904, 42 maadlejate 7 kaalukategooriate kohtusid esimest olümpiamängude vaidlustada vabamaadluse meetod. Enne olümpiamänge vaidlustas kreeka-rooma stiilis maadlus. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
On Wednesday, Mai 9, 1900, the second day of St. Louis Streetcar Strike, a stray bullet killed Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American War veteran, was watching a strike rally at the corner of Finney and N. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, teine pangaröövel kaasatud liidu, MO pangaröövi detsember 26, 1902, üritas põgeneda St. Louis vangi jaanuaris 1904. Lisaks koostööd teiste vangide tegemise auk seina vangi, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
On September 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. 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.