Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts kuhusu St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Kabla ya kusoma Makundi ya St. Louis: Wanaume wa Heshima na Daniel Waugh, Nilijua na kuandika juu ya Robert Creed na kaka yake Thomas wakiua St. Afisa wa Polisi wa Louis George Geisler Siku ya Halloween 1920. Nisichojua ni Robert Creed alikuwa mwanachama wa Genge la Cuckoo, shirika la uhalifu la vurugu katika miaka ya 1920. Robert Creed alikuwa
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. Awali, 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. Louis Idara ya Polisi. When the bank association turned over the
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
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
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.