Category: 聖. 路易和其他歷史

十二月 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. 該男子拿了 $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 比前收市價. and surprised Harding,

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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.

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I have always said the St. 路易電車罷工 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. 令人驚訝, their victims were young and attractive

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聖. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 聖. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. 路易’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, 聖. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “聖喬” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or

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在 1904, 聖. Louis hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition better known as the 1904 聖. 路易’ 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. 路易’

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在9月 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. 路易. 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. 火車接近時

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威廉·德斯蒙德在抓獲小偷多了 17 年的職業生涯為聖. 偵探路易首席. 他開發了一個全國性的聲譽 “小偷刺輥”. 週一, 十月 15, 1900, 首席德斯蒙德抓獲小偷的褲子，但不是小偷自己. 喬納斯·華盛頓進入Shickle的院子, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets

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八月 31, 1901, 守夜人威廉·多爾蒂發現威利斯加納burglarizing Schickle辦公室, 哈里森和霍華德鐵公司在 912 Ş. 第十二街聖. 路易, 密蘇里州. 採用加納鐵公司, 誰扔錘子在Doherty的頭. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his

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十月 6, 1890, 當地的理髮師·路德·鄧肯和鮑勃·亨德森走出上為N. 11日街定居的爭吵. 聖這個區域. 路易斯被稱為 “摩根深”. “摩根深” was home to bordello, 翻牌的房子和最棘手的非裔美國人轎車在城市, 強’ 轎車. 無論鄧肯和亨德森是黑人理髮師, who worked in

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