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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. 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. Од јануари
Ноември 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,
Од јануари 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. Сепак, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Ст. 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, Мисури. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 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. Денес, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, или 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Историја Мисури. Додека свети. Луис беше најголемиот град западно од реката Мисисипи, Саемот на светот го стави на меѓународната мапа. Додека на саемот ќе донесе озлогласеност, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
Во петокот, Октомври 14, and Saturday, Октомври 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. На 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Во средата, Мај 9, 1900, На вториот ден од Свети. Луис Трамвајот штрајк, заскитан куршум уби Френк Liebrecht. Френк Liebrecht, шпански-американската војна ветеран, гледав штрајк митинг на аголот на Фини и N. Тејлор авенија. За време на митингот, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
Џорџ Колинс, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, се обиде да избега од Свети. Луис затвор во јануари 1904. Покрај работата со другите затвореници за правење на дупка во ѕидот на затвор, тој, исто така, наредени со затворски чувари да имаат пили шверцувани во него. 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. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Сент. 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
St. 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.