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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
წლის 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. კაცები $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, წმინდა. 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. On September 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. Louis Streetcar გაფიცვა 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. საოცრად, their victims were young and attractive
წმინდა. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 წმინდა. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. Louis’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, წმინდა. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or
In 1904, წმინდა. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 წმინდა. Louis’ Worlds Fair. While the Fair brought lots of tourists to town, criminals also made their way to the Gateway City. The man tasked with taking care of the security at the Fair and dealing with the increased criminal element in town was St. Louis’
On September 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
On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. 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. როდესაც მატარებელი ახლოს
უილიამ Desmond დაკავებულებმა ქურდების დროს 17 წლიანი კარიერის St. Louis მთავარი დეტექტივების. მან შეიმუშავა ქვეყნის რეპუტაციას, როგორც “ქურდი მოგირავნისათვის”. ორშაბათს, ოქტომბერი 15, 1900, მთავარი Desmond დაკავებულებმა შარვალი ქურდი, მაგრამ არა ქურდი თავად. Jonas Washington შევიდა ეზოში Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
აგვისტოს 31, 1901, ღამის დარაჯი William Doherty აღმოაჩინეს Willis Garner burglarizing ოფისში Schickle, Harrison და ჰოვარდ Iron კომპანია 912 S. მეთორმეტე ქუჩაზე St. Louis, Missouri. რკინის დასაქმებული Garner, ვინც ესროლა ჩაქუჩი at Doherty ხელმძღვანელი. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
ოქტომბერი 6, 1890, ადგილობრივი საპარიკმახერო Luther Duncan და ბობ Henderson გადააბიჯეს წლის N. 11ე ქუჩაზე დასახლდნენ ჩხუბი. ამ სფეროში St. Louis ცნობილი იყო, როგორც “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, ფლოპი სახლები და უმძიმესი აფრიკის ამერიკელები სალონი ქალაქში, ძლიერი’ სალონი. ორივე Duncan და Henderson იყო შავი საპარიკმახერო, who worked in