Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about the history of St. Ludvig, Missouri, family history, and miscellaneous history.
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Ludvig, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Usein kirjoitettu nimellä Edward, mutta se lausutaan avun ja osaston yhdistämisenä, Eduard was as unique as his name. Minulla oli vaikeuksia kirjoittaa hänestä paljon, koska kuulin hänestä tarinoita
Kun se tulee koneen politiikan ja järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden, Kansas City on aina loisti St. Ludvig. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City oli myös useita korkean profiilin gangland ampumista. St. Ludvig’ viime järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden johtaja pidätettiin pelikortit. 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, Huhtikuu 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell työskenteli mekaanikkona osoitteessa
Viikkoa sitten, Etsin kopiota Sir Walter Scottin Ivanhoesta isoisäni vanhasta kirjastosta. Isoisä Gilbert P. Ellisillä oli kirjasto, jonka hän antoi minulle 1990-luvun alussa. Nämä kirjat ja hänen työpöytänsä ovat aarteita, jotka pysyvät kanssani kuolemaani asti. Lapsena, Istuin hänen sisällään
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Ludvig”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Poliisi historia, 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, Huhtikuu 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. Aika
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. Ludvig, 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. Minä
Rakennukset ovat vain kasoja lautoja ja tiiliä ilman niihin kiinnitettyjä tarinoita. During November 1912, St. Louisin poliisi Arthur Huddleston tappoi ehdonalaiseen vapautettu murhaaja Albert Whitefield. Whitefield oli yllättänyt avovaimonsa, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Tiistaina, Marraskuu 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,