Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

סבא רבא-מוסבלך-עד

Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. לואיס, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. נכתב לעתים קרובות בשם אדוארד אך מבוטא כמו להרכיב סיוע ומחלקה, Eduard was as unique as his name. נאבקתי לכתוב עליו הרבה בגלל הסיפורים ששמעתי עליו

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הבוס באטלר וסנט. לואיס מכונת

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כשזה מגיע לפוליטיקה מכונה ופשע מאורגן, קנזס סיטי תמיד outshone סנט. לואיס. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. קנזס סיטי הייתה גם ביתם של כמה כנופיות ירי פרופיל גבוה. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". לואיס’ מנהיג פשע מאורגן שעבר נעצר על משחקי קלפים. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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Morris Packing Co. Robbers Caught

מרל-אנד-פינקלי

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, אפריל 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. מרל הועסק כמכונאי ב

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A Found Family Treasure

סבתא רבא-סבא-אליס

לפני שבועות, חיפשתי עותק של Ivanhoe מאת סר וולטר סקוט מהספרייה הישנה של סבי. סבא גילברט פ. לאליס הייתה ספרייה שהוא נתן לי בתחילת שנות ה-90. הספרים האלה ושולחן העבודה שלו הם אוצרות שיישארו איתי עד יום מותי. בתור ילד, נהגתי לשבת אצלו

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

אדים-גרן

Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. לואיס”, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, 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

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, אפריל 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. The time

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Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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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. לואיס, 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. <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "359" = bbox_w "1462" = bbox_h "4" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "

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Murder at 2912 וושינגטון

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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ביום שלישי, נובמבר 5, 1901, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". 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

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

אמנדה-ו-ג'ורג-Steen

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, אילינוי, 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,

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