格鬥運動史學家和武術家
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. 路易·警視廳. 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
十一月 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, 聖. 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, 聖. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122歲的磚房佔主導地位的街景惠蒂爾街和庫克大街的聖一角. 路易, 密蘇里州. 建設者在架設 2378 平方英尺的房子 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 聖. 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,
上週五, 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. 該 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. 路易, MO. 聖. Louis was well-represented in
週三, 五月 9, 1900, 聖的第二天. 路易斯電車罷工, 流彈打死弗蘭克Liebrecht. 弗蘭克Liebrecht, 西班牙 - 美國戰爭老兵, 看著罷工集會在芬尼和N的角落. 泰勒大道. 在集會期間, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
喬治·柯林斯, 參與聯盟的第二個銀行搶劫犯, 在十二月MO搶劫銀行 26, 1902, 企圖逃跑的聖. 一月路易斯監獄 1904. 除了與其他囚犯在做一個洞在監獄的牆上工作, 他還安排了獄警已經鋸走私到他. Collins intended to use
在9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. 在ST. 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
聖. 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.