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Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Prieš skaitydami „Gangs of St. Louis: Pagarbos vyrai Daniel Waugh, Žinojau ir rašiau apie Robertą Creedą ir jo brolį Thomasą, nužudžiusį Šv. Luiso policijos pareigūnas George'as Geisleris Helovino dieną 1920. Nežinojau, kad Robertas Creedas buvo Cuckoo Gang narys, XX a. 2 dešimtmetyje veikusi itin smurtinė nusikalstama organizacija. Robertas Creedas buvo
Vasario 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. Louis Policijos departamentas. When the bank association turned over the
On January 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. Tačiau, 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, Misūris. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Jo unikali architektūra apima bokštinį balkoną antrame šiaurės rytų sienos aukšte. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Šiandien, 4200 Virėjas yra
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, arba 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,
Penktadienį, Spalis 14, and Saturday, Spalis 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
Trečiadienį, Gegužės 9, 1900, Antrą dieną iš St. Louis tramvajų Strike, benamių kulka nužudyti Frank Liebrecht. Frankas Liebrecht, ispanų-amerikiečių karo veteranas, buvo žiūrėti streiką mitingą prie Finney ir N kampe. Taylor Avenue. Per mitingą, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George'as Collins, Antrasis bankas plėšikas dalyvauja Europos Sąjungos, MO banko apiplėšimas gruodžio 26, 1902, bandė pabėgti st. Louis Jail sausio 1904. Be darbo su kitais kaliniais padaryti skylę kalėjimo sienos, 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. 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. On January
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. Rugsėjo 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.