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关于圣的遗留帖子. 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. 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
上月 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,
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
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. 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. 今天, 4200 Cook is
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,
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
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
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
在九月 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. 路易’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. 圣. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. 路易’ South
圣. 路易警察局长侦探威廉·德斯蒙德提出了许多艰难的罪犯谈话在他的职业生涯. 约翰·休伊, 印第安纳凶手, 是不是这些情况之一. 休伊畅所欲言与德斯蒙德有关他过去的犯罪. 休伊来自印第安纳州逃出后，服 13 年的谋杀案 1874. 约翰·休伊来到里昂, 在印第安纳州 1874 as a 22-year-old.