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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. 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. 월 1 일에
11 월 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,
월 1 일에 7, 1903, 생. 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. 그러나, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, 세인트. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
122 년 된 벽돌 집은 세인트에서 티어 거리와 쿡 도로의 모퉁이에 거리 장면을 지배. 루이, 미주리. 빌더가 건립 2378 에 평방 피트의 집 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. 오늘, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, 또는 1904 생. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. 루이, 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,
금요일에, 10월 14, and Saturday, 10월 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. 루이, MO. 생. Louis was well-represented in
수요일에, 할 수있다 9, 1900, 세인트의 두 번째 날. 루이 전차 타격, 유탄 프랭크 Liebrecht 사망. 프랭크 Liebrecht, 스페인 - 미국 전쟁 베테랑, 피니와 N의 모퉁이에 파업 집회를보고 있었다. 테일러 애비뉴. 집회 중, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
조지 콜린스, 연합에 포함 된 두 번째 은행 강도, 12 월 MO 은행 강도 26, 1902, 세인트에게 탈출을 시도. 월 루이 감옥 1904. 감옥의 벽에 구멍을 만드는 다른 죄수들과 함께 일하고 있습니다, 그는 또한 그에게 몰래 톱을 가지고 감옥 가드 배치. Collins intended to use
On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. 루이’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. 세인트. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. 루이’ South
생. 루이 경찰서장 형사의 윌리엄 데스몬드 많은 힘든 범죄자들이 자신의 경력에 걸쳐 이야기했다. 존 휴이, 인디애나 살인자, 이러한 경우 아니었다. 휴이는 자유롭게 자신의 범죄 과거에 대해 데스몬드와 통화. 휴이 처리 한 후 인디애나에서 탈출 13 살인에 대한 년 1874. 존 휴이는 리옹에 온, 인디애나 1874 22 세 등.