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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. લૂઇસ મેટ્રોપોલિટન પોલીસ વિભાગ. 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. જાન્યુઆરી પર
નવેમ્બર પર 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,
જાન્યુઆરી પર 7, 1903, સ્ટ્રીટ. 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. તેમ છતાં, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, સેન્ટ. 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. લૂઈસ, મિઝોરી. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. આજ, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, અથવા 1904 સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. લૂઈસ, Missouri history. સેન્ટ જ્યારે. 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,
શુક્રવારે, ઑક્ટોબર 14, and Saturday, ઑક્ટોબર 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. આ 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. લૂઈસ, : MO. સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis was well-represented in
બુધવાર પર, કરી શકે છે 9, 1900, સ્ટ્રીટ બીજા દિવસે. લૂઇસ સ્ટ્રીટકાર સ્ટ્રાઈક, એક સ્ટ્રે બુલેટ ફ્રેન્ક Liebrecht હત્યા. ફ્રેન્ક Liebrecht, સ્પેનિશ અમેરિકન યુદ્ધ પીઢ, ફીની અને એન ખૂણા પર હડતાલ રેલી જોયું હતું. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
જ્યોર્જ કોલિન્સ, યુનિયન સાથે સંકળાયેલા બીજા બેન્ક લૂંટારાની, ડીસેમ્બર MO બેંક લૂંટ 26, 1902, સેન્ટ ભાગી પ્રયાસ કર્યો. જાન્યુઆરી લૂઇસ જેલ 1904. જેલ ના દિવાલ એક છિદ્ર બનાવવા પર અન્ય કેદીઓ સાથે કામ ઉપરાંત, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
સપ્ટેમ્બર પર 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. લૂઈસ’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. આ સ્ટ્રીટ. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. લૂઈસ’ South
સ્ટ્રીટ. 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.