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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Prije čitanja Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect Daniel Waugh, Znao sam i pisao o tome da su Robert Creed i njegov brat Thomas ubili St. Louis policajac George Geisler na Noć vještica 1920. Ono što nisam znao jest da je Robert Creed bio član Cuckoo Ganga, ultra nasilna kriminalna organizacija 1920-ih. Robert Creed je bio
U veljači 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, 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. Odjel Louis policije. When the bank association turned over the
Siječnja 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. Međutim, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. 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. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Njegovu jedinstvenu arhitekturu čini balkon tornjić na drugom katu sjeveroistočnog zida. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Danas, 4200 Cook je
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ili 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,
U petak, Listopad 14, and Saturday, Listopad 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. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
U srijedu, Svibanj 9, 1900, Drugi dan sv. Louis Streetcar Strike, zalutali metak ubio Franka Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španjolski-američki ratni veteran, gledao štrajk rally na uglu Finney i N. Taylor Avenue. Tijekom relija, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, Drugi pljačkaš banaka koji su uključeni u Uniji, MO pljačke banke na dan 26, 1902, pokušao pobjeći st. Louis zatvor u siječnju 1904. Osim rada s ostalim zatvorenicima na izradu rupu u zidu zatvora, 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. Odjel Louis Metropolitan policije. 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. Siječnja
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. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.