Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about St. Louis,Missouri and miscellaneous history until 1930 .
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In Die lyn van die reg: St. Louis polisiebeamptes wat die hoogste offer gemaak deur Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath en groot Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. With his hair parted down the middle and a big mustache, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Op November 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,
William T.”Willie” Egan oorgeneem “Egan se rotte” oor die dood van sy ouer broer Tom in 1919. Thomas “Slang” Kinney en sy kinderjare vriend en broer-in-wet Tom Egan gevorm St. Louis’ kriminele organisasie in die laat 1800's. Beide Kinney en Tom Egan was salon wagte en die Demokratiese politici. Hulle diens “die rotte” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas
Op Donderdag nag, Mei 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, 'n staking simpatiseerder met 'n geskiedenis van geestesongesteldheid, doodgeskiet gendarme Dennis Crane. Gendarme Crane en verskeie ander beamptes het gereageer op die gebied as gevolg van die verslae van Koenig dreigende ander burgers. Koenig aangegaan Eas en Seuns Saloon by die suidwestelike hoek van S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Die 1900 St. Louis Streetcar staking was 'n skietery oorlog tussen die werkersklas en die boonste klas. Dit het begin as 'n werk optrede deur trem werkers van die nuwe gekonsolideer tram lyne. Egter, it quickly divided the city with the working class supporting the strike while the upper and professional classes defied the strike. The result was a deadly
Op 'n koue nag in Januarie 1904, toe die stad van St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Dit was 5:45 namiddag. op 13 Januarie by die ou Brown Shoe Company fabriek op die hoek van Washington Avenue en Noord Elfdestraat. Time for the men to
Die lot van baie van St. Louis’ historiese geboue bewys dat die ou gesegde Real Estate. Dit gaan alles oor ligging, plek, plek. As die gebou is in die Suid-St. Louis, dit het 'n beter kans om gered as 'n gebou aan die noordekant. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
Op Vrydag, Maart 13, 1903, die Franklin County Regter William Davidson teregstaan William Rudolph en George Collins vir die roof van die Unie Bank en die moord van Pinkerton Detective Charles Schumacher. Rudolph en Collins pleit “onskuldig”. Regter Davidson opgedra drie prokureurs Rudolph en Collins te verteenwoordig. William Rudolph gave a confession to the St. Louis media, which was
Op Desember 10, 1920, 'n agtste St. Louis polisieman sy lewe verloor, die mees beamptes om te sterf in die lyn van die reg in die geskiedenis van die St. Louis Police Department. Vier van die beamptes’ moorde in 1920 sou nooit opgelos word. Hierdie laaste moord een van die vier moorde nooit opgelos moet word sou wees. Charles M.
Op Vrydag, Oktober 21, 1904, five St. Louis Police Officers went to a rooming house at 1324 Pine Street, site of today’s Soldier Memorial, to arrest three men suspected of an Illinois train robbery in July of the same year. What occurred next would be one of the most storied shootouts in St. Louis Polisie geskiedenis. During the World’s Fair,