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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. لوئس میٹروپولیٹن پولیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ. 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. جنوری
نومبر 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,
جنوری 7, 1903, سینٹ. 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. تاہم, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, سینٹ. 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. لوئس, مسوری. 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. آج, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, یا 1904 سینٹ. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. لوئس, 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,
جمعہ, اکتوبر 14, اور ہفتہ, اکتوبر 15, 1904, 42 میں پہلوانوں 7 وزن کی کلاس فری اسٹائل کشتی کے طریقہ کار میں لڑا پہلی اولمپک گیمز میں ملاقات کی. پہلے اولمپک کھیل کشتی کے گریکو رومن انداز میں لڑا گیا. The 1904 اولمپکس کے ساتھ مل کر میں منعقد کیا گیا تھا 1904 سینٹ میں دنیا کے میلے. لوئس, MO. سینٹ. Louis was well-represented in
On Wednesday, مئی 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
جارج کولنز, یونین میں شامل دوسری بینک ڈاکو, دسمبر MO بینک ڈکیتی 26, 1902, سینٹ فرار ہونے کی کوشش کی. جنوری میں لوئس جیل 1904. جیل کی دیوار میں ایک سوراخ بنا پر دوسرے قیدیوں کے ساتھ کام کرنے کے علاوہ, انہوں نے یہ بھی آری اس سے اسمگل کر دی ہے ایک جیل گارڈ ساتھ اہتمام. 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. لوئس’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. سینٹ. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. لوئس’ South
سینٹ. لوئس پولیس کے سربراہ جاسوس کے ولیم ڈیسمنڈ بہت سے مشکل مجرموں اپنے کیریر کے دوران بات کرتے ہیں بنا دیا. جان ہیوئی, ایک انڈیانا قاتل, ان مقدمات میں سے نہیں تھے. Huey کی آزادانہ طور پر اپنی مجرمانہ ماضی کے بارے ڈیسمنڈ سے بات چیت. Huey کی خدمت کرنے کے بعد انڈیانا سے فرار 13 ایک قتل میں کے لئے سال 1874. جان ہیوئی لیون کے پاس آیا, میں انڈیانا 1874 as a 22-year-old.