羅伯特信條殺死杜鵑’ 領導
在閱讀《聖幫》之前. 路易: 丹尼爾沃 (Daniel Waugh) 的《受人尊敬的人》, 我知道並寫過羅伯特·克里德和他的兄弟托馬斯謀殺聖. 聖路易斯警官喬治蓋斯勒在萬聖節當天 1920. 我不知道羅伯特·克里德是布穀鳥幫的成員, 1920年代的極端暴力犯罪組織. 羅伯特·克里德是
Category: 聖. 路易歷史
Posts about St. 路易,密蘇裡州和各種歷史直到 1930 .
艾拉庫珀揭開匯票盜竊,en
On February 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, 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
大宅門庫克大道
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. 其獨特的建築包括位於東北牆二樓的砲塔陽台. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. 今天, 4200 庫克是
聖. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair
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,
摔跤在 1904 夏季奧運會在聖. 路易
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
Streetcar Strike Claims First Victim
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
該 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break
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
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
Hotel Sneak Thief Captured
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, 聖. 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9月 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.