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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Sula léann tú Gangs of St. Louis: Fir Meas le Daniel Waugh, Bhí aithne agam agus scríobh mé faoi Robert Creed agus a dheartháir Thomas ag dúnmharú St. Oifigeach Póilíní Louis George Geisler ar Lá Oíche Shamhna 1920. An rud nach raibh a fhios agam go raibh Robert Creed ina bhall den Cuckoo Gang, eagraíocht choiriúil an-fhoréigneach sna 1920idí. Ba é Robert Creed an
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. Ar dtús, 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. Póilíní Roinn Louis. When the bank association turned over the
Ar Eanáir 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. Mar sin féin, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Naomh. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
Cionn teach bríce 122-bliain d'aois ar an ardán sráide ag an choirnéal Shráid Whittier agus Cook Ascaill i St. Louis, Missouri. Tógálaithe in airde an 2378 Teach troigh cearnach i 1892. Áirítear ar a ailtireacht uathúil BALCÓIN turret ar an dara hurlár den bhalla oirthuaisceart. Nuair dtús tógtha, 4200 Ní mór Cook bheith ina láithreán mórthaibhseach. Sa lá atá inniu, 4200 Tá Cook
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, nó 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 Dé hAoine, Deireadh Fómhair 14, and Saturday, Deireadh Fómhair 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. An 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Ar Dé Céadaoin, Bealtaine 9, 1900, an dara lá de Naomh. Louis streetcar Stailc, le piléar fáin maraíodh Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, veteran Cogadh na Spáinne-Mheiriceánach, bhí ag breathnú rally stailc ar an choirnéal Finney agus N. Taylor Ascaill. I rith na rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, an dara robÚlaí banc a bhfuil baint acu leis an Aontas, Robáil bainc MO ar December 26, 1902, iarracht chun éalú ó na Naomh. Louis príosún i mí Eanáir 1904. Chomh maith le bheith ag obair le na príosúnaigh eile ar a dhéanamh poll sa bhalla an phríosúin, 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. 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. Ar Eanáir
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. Meán Fómhair 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.