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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
ديسمبر 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 صباحا إلى. and surprised Harding,
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, الحادي و. 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. في أيلول 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
I have always said the St. لويس عربة إضراب 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, their victims were young and attractive
الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 الحادي و. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. لويس’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, الحادي و. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or
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في أيلول 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum
في أيلول 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. لويس. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. When the train got close
القبض وليام ديزموند العديد من اللصوص أثناء ه 17 السنة مهنة سانت. الرئيس لويس مباحث. وقال انه وضعت سمعة البلاد كما “اللص الآخذ”. يوم الاثنين, أكتوبر 15, 1900, اعتقلت رئيس ديزموند السراويل من لص ولكن ليس اللص نفسه. دخلت جوناس واشنطن ساحة Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
آب 31, 1901, اكتشف الليل حارس وليام دوهرتي ويليس غارنر السطو مكتب Schickle, هاريسون وشركة هوارد الحديد في 912 S. شارع الثاني عشر في سانت. لويس, ميسوري. شركة الحديد المستخدمة غارنر, الذي رمى المطرقة على رأسه دوهرتي ل. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
في الأول من أكتوبر 6, 1890, الحلاقين المحلي لوثر دنكان وبوب هندرسون صعد بها إلى N. 11عشر شارع لتسوية مشاجرة. هذا المجال القديس. كان من المعروف لويس كما “عميق مورغان”. “عميق مورغان” was home to bordello, بالتخبط المنازل واصعب الأمريكيين من أصل أفريقي الصالون في المدينة, قوي البنية’ سيارة صالون. وكان كل من دنكان وهندرسون الحلاقين الأسود, who worked in