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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Często pisane jako Edward, ale wymawiane jak połączenie pomocy i ochrony, Eduard was as unique as his name. Miałem trudności z napisaniem o nim zbyt wiele, ponieważ słyszałem o nim historie
Jeśli chodzi o politykę maszyn i przestępczością zorganizowaną, Kansas City zawsze przyćmił St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City był także domem dla wielu głośnych strzelanin Gangland. St. Louis’ ostatni przywódca przestępczości zorganizowanej został aresztowany za karty do gry. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Kwiecień 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell był zatrudniony jako mechanik w firmie
Tygodnie temu, Szukałem egzemplarza Ivanhoe Sir Waltera Scotta ze starej biblioteki mojego dziadka. Dziadek Gilbert P. Ellis miał bibliotekę, którą podarował mi na początku lat 90. Te książki i jego biurko to skarby, które zostaną ze mną aż do śmierci. Jako dzieciak, Siedziałam w jego
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Historia Louis Policji, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
On the morning of Saturday, Kwiecień 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Czas
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Ja
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
We wtorek, Listopad 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,