Zgodovinar borilnih športov in borilni umetnik
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Pred branjem Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect Daniel Waugh, Vedel sem in pisal o tem, da sta Robert Creed in njegov brat Thomas umorila St. Louis Policist George Geisler na noč čarovnic 1920. Nisem pa vedel, da je bil Robert Creed član skupine Cuckoo Gang, ultra nasilna kriminalna organizacija v dvajsetih letih prejšnjega stoletja. Robert Creed je bil
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. Najprej, 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. Policija Louis. When the bank association turned over the
Januarja 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. Vendar, 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. Njena edinstvena arhitektura vključuje stolpni balkon v drugem nadstropju severovzhodne stene. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Danes, 4200 Cook je
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ali 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 petek, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 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 sredo, Lahko 9, 1900, Drugi dan sv. Louis Streetcar Strike, potepuške bullet ubil Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, veteran špansko-ameriški vojni, Gledal stavko shod na vogalu Finney in N. Taylor Avenue. Rallya, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, Drugi ropar bank, vključenih v Uniji, MO ropa banke decembra 26, 1902, poskušal pobegniti St. Louis Jail januarja 1904. Poleg tega deluje z drugimi zaporniki na izdelavo luknjo v steni zapor, je urejeno tudi z zaporniškega paznika, da imajo žage pretihotapljene z njim. 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. Januarja
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. Septembra 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.