Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis Metropolitan. 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. ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 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,

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 7, 1903, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St ໄດ້. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The House ໃຫຍ່​ປຸງ​ແຕ່ງ​ອາ​ຫານ Avenue

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ເຮືອນ brick A 122 ປີ​ອາ​ຍຸ dominates scene ຕາມ​ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ໃນ​ແຈ​ຂອງ Whittier Street ແລະ​ປຸງ​ແຕ່ງ​ອາ​ຫານ Avenue ໃນ St. Louis, ລັດ​ມີ​ເຊີ​ຣີ. ຜູ້​ສ້າງ​ຕັ້ງ​ຂຶ້ນ​ໃນ 2378 ບ້ານ​ຕີນ​ມົນ​ທົນ​ໃນ 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. ໃນ​ມື້​ນີ້, 4200 Cook is

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ຫຼື 1904 <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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,

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ສຸກ, ຕຸ​ລາ 14, and Saturday, ຕຸ​ລາ 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. ໄດ້ 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "761​" bbox_y = "745​" bbox_w = "23​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis was well-represented in

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Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim

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On Wednesday, ເດືອນ​ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ 9, 1900, the second day of St. Louis Streetcar Strike, a stray bullet killed Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American War veteran, was watching a strike rally at the corner of Finney and N. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

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ໄດ້ 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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George Collins, robber ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ​ຄັ້ງ​ທີ​ສອງ​ມີ​ສ່ວນ​ຮ່ວມ​ໃນ​ການ​ສະ​ຫະ​ພາບ, robbery ທະ​ນາ​ຄານ​ດ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ທັນ​ວາ 26, 1902, ພະ​ຍາ​ຍາມ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ຫນີ St ໄດ້. ຄຸກ Louis ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 1904. ນອກ​ຈາກ​ເຮັດ​ວຽກ​ຮ່ວມ​ກັບ​ນັກ​ໂທດ​ອື່ນໆ​ໃນ​ການ​ເຮັດ​ໃຫ້​ຮູ​ໃນ​ກໍາ​ແພງ​ຄຸກ​ໄດ້, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. St ໄດ້. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South

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<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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.

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