罗伯特·克里德杀死杜鹃’ 领导
在读《圣帮》之前. 路易: 尊敬的人，丹尼尔·沃（Daniel Waugh）, 我知道并写过罗伯特·克里德（Robert Creed）和他的兄弟托马斯（Thomas）谋杀圣. 路易警官乔治·盖斯勒在万圣节那天 1920. 我不知道罗伯特·克里德（Robert Creed）是布谷鸟帮的成员, 1920年代的超暴力犯罪组织. 罗伯特·克里德（Robert Creed）是
Category: 圣. 路易历史
Posts about St. 路易,密苏里州和各种历史直到 1930 .
Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft
二月 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. 路易. 起初, 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. 路易警察局. When the bank association turned over the
Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)
一月 7, 1903, 圣. 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. 然而, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. 三月 1897, 圣. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
The Big House on Cook Avenue
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. 路易, 密苏里州. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. 其独特的建筑包括位于东北墙二楼的炮塔阳台. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. 今天, 4200 库克是
圣. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, 或 1904 圣. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. 路易, 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,
摔跤在 1904 夏季奥运会在圣. 路易
上周五, 十月 14, and Saturday, 十月 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. 该 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 世界博览会在圣. 路易, MO. 圣. Louis was well-represented in
Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim
周三, 五月 9, 1900, 圣的第二天. 路易斯电车罢工, 流弹打死弗兰克Liebrecht. 弗兰克Liebrecht, 西班牙 - 美国战争老兵, 看着罢工集会在芬尼和N的角落. 泰勒大道. 在集会期间, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
该 1904 圣未遂. Louis Jail Break
乔治·柯林斯, 参与联盟的第二个银行抢劫犯, 在十二月MO抢劫银行 26, 1902, 企图逃跑的圣. 一月路易斯监狱 1904. 除了与其他犯人上凿洞在监狱的墙上工作, 他还安排了狱警有锯走私到他. Collins intended to use
Detective Desmond Gets His Men
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. 路易·警视厅. 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. 一月
Hotel Sneak Thief Captured
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, 圣. 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. 在九月 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.