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Posts about St. Луїс,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
Before reading Gangs of St. Луїс: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. Що я не знав, що Роберт Крід був членом банди зозуль, надмірно насильницька злочинна організація у 1920-х роках. Robert Creed was the
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Луїс. Спочатку, 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. Департамент Louis поліції. When the bank association turned over the
Січень 7, 1903, Вулиця. 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. Однак, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, Санкт-. 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. Луїс, Міссурі. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Його унікальна архітектура включає балкон-башточку на другому поверсі північно-східної стіни. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Сьогодні, 4200 Кухар є
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, або 1904 Вулиця. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Луїс, 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,
У п'ятницю, Жовтень 14, and Saturday, Жовтень 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. Луїс, Міссурі. Вулиця. Louis was well-represented in
On Wednesday, Може 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
Джордж Коллінз, Другий грабіжник банків бере участь в Союзі, MO пограбування банку грудня 26, 1902, намагався уникнути St. Луї Тюрма в січні 1904. Крім роботи з іншими ув'язненими на зробивши отвір в стіні в'язниці, 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. Департамент Луї столичної поліції. 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. Січень
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, Вулиця. 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. Вересень 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.