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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. เมื่อวันที่
ที่พฤศจิกายน 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,
เมื่อวันที่ 7, 1903, เซนต์. 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, เซนต์. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
บ้านอิฐ 122 ปี dominates ฉากถนนที่มุมของ Whittier ถนนและถนนในคุกเซนต์. หลุยส์, รัฐมิสซูรี่. ผู้สร้างสร้างขึ้น 2378 บ้านตารางฟุตใน 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. วันนี้, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, หรือ 1904 เซนต์. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. หลุยส์, 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,
ในวันศุกร์ที่, ตุลาคม 14, and Saturday, ตุลาคม 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. หลุยส์, MO. เซนต์. Louis was well-represented in
On Wednesday, พฤษภาคม 9, 1900, the second day of St. Louis Streetcar Strike, a stray bullet killed Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, a Spanish-American War veteran, was watching a strike rally at the corner of Finney and N. Taylor Avenue. During the rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
จอร์จคอลลิน, โจรปล้นธนาคารที่สองมีส่วนร่วมในสหภาพ, MO ปล้นธนาคารเมื่อวันที่ 26, 1902, พยายามที่จะหลบหนีเซนต์. คุกหลุยส์ในเดือนมกราคม 1904. นอกจากนี้ยังทำงานร่วมกับนักโทษคนอื่น ๆ ในการทำหลุมในผนังของห้องขัง, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
กันยายน 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. หลุยส์’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. เซนต์. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. หลุยส์’ South
เซนต์. 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.