Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Pred čítaním Gangy sv. Louis: Muži rešpektu od Daniela Waugha, Vedel som a písal som o Robertovi Creedovi a jeho bratovi Thomasovi, ktorí zavraždili St. Louis policajný dôstojník George Geisler na Halloweensky deň 1920. To, čo som nevedel, bolo, že Robert Creed bol členom Kukučkovej skupiny, ultranásilná zločinecká organizácia v 20. rokoch 20. storočia. Robert Creed bol
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Spočiatku, 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. Police Department Louis. 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. Však, 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, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Jeho unikátna architektúra zahŕňa vežový balkón na druhom poschodí severovýchodnej steny. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Dnes, 4200 Cook je
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, alebo 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,
V piatok, Október 14, and Saturday, Október 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
V stredu, Máj 9, 1900, Druhý deň sv. Louis Električka Strike, zablúdená guľka zabila Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Španielsko-americká vojna veterán, sa pozeral na štrajk rally na rohu Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. V priebehu rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, attempted to escape the St. Louis Jail in January 1904. Besides working with the other prisoners on making a hole in the wall of the jail, 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. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.