Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
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. Januari
Novemba 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,
Januari 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. Hata hivyo, 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. 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. Leo, 4200 Cook is
Maonyesho ya Ununuzi wa Louisiana, au 1904 St. Louis World Fair kama inavyojulikana zaidi, ni tukio muhimu zaidi huko 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,
Siku ya Ijumaa, Oktoba 14, na Jumamosi, Oktoba 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers katika 7 madarasa uzito walikutana katika kwanza Michezo ya Olimpiki kugombea katika njia freestyle mieleka. Kabla ya Michezo ya Olimpiki walikuwa kugombea katika style Greco-Roman kumenyana. The 1904 Olimpiki ya ulifanyika kwa kushirikiana na 1904 Dunia Fair katika St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Siku ya Jumatano, Mei 9, 1900, siku ya pili ya St. Louis Streetcar mgomo, risasi kupotea kuuawa Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, Mkongwe Kihispania-American vita, ilikuwa kuangalia mgomo mkutano wa hadhara katika kona ya Finney na N. Taylor Avenue. Wakati wa mkutano wa hadhara, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
George Collins, pili Benki ya `anyi kushiriki katika Umoja wa, MO benki wizi Desemba 26, 1902, walijaribu kutoroka St. Louis Jela Januari 1904. Licha ya kufanya kazi na wafungwa wengine juu ya maamuzi ya shimo katika ukuta wa jela, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. 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. St. 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.