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Pertaining To St. Louis

Posted 02-13-2021 at 06:05 AM by aliasfinn
Updated 01-31-2022 at 04:08 AM by aliasfinn

Interesting Things To Google.

A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.

Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.

The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.

Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.

John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.

The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.

Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.

Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.

Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.

Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.

Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.

The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.

The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.

The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.

Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.

Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.

John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.

Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.

Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.

Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.

Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.

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	Two Man Crime Wave 1945 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2051...sher-p-krasow/ Redel's https://losttables.com/redels/redels.htm General Crowder (1899-1972) Pitched for the St. Louis Browns 1927-1930. Jerry Rector b. St. Louis 1958 Actor/producer Specs Toporcer (1899-1989) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1921-1928.
	Posted 06-30-2021 at 04:56 AM by aliasfinn

	Prowler Wounded By Watchman 1959 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1800...post-dispatch/ Possum Whitted (1890-1962) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1912-1914. Jonathan P Hicks (1955-2014) b. St. Louis Actor Morrie Critchley (1850-1910) Pitched for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings. Sandy Petersen b. St. Louis 1955 Writer
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	Hero Medals To St. Louisans 1913 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3957...-drowning-man/ Eddie Fusselback (1856-1926) Played for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings. John Holly b. St. Louis 1944 Actor/director Wellington Avenue River Bridge 1931 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh45715/ Snuffy Stirnweiss (1918-1958) Played for the 1950 St. Louis Browns.
	Posted 06-30-2021 at 05:17 AM by aliasfinn

	Widow Of Lawyer Killed By Train Enters Asylum 1913 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1716...post-dispatch/ Steve Stoliar b. St. Louis 1954 Writer/actor John Shoupe (1851-1920) Played for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings. Crazy Fish https://losttables.com/crazyfish/crazyfish.htm Tony Stevens b. St. Louis 1948 Actor
	Posted 06-30-2021 at 05:26 AM by aliasfinn

	Burglar Steals Ostrich Plumes From Woman's Hat 1910 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1475...umes-from-mrs/ 5 Children Killed In House Fire 1962 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6352...mo-house-fire/ Michael Gershman b. St. Louis 1944 Cinematographer Stubby Overmire (1919-1977) Played for the St. Louis Browns in 1950 and 1952. Kevin Kline b. St. Louis 1947 Actor
	Posted 06-30-2021 at 05:38 AM by aliasfinn

	Captured Cracking A Safe In 1903 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2296...ouis-republic/ Schneithorst's https://losttables.com/schneithorst/schneithorst.htm Joe Crotty (1860-1926) Played for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings. Stealing On The Job 1892 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4319...er-theft-1892/ Steve Gerber (1947-2008) b. St. Louis Comic book writer
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	Geologist's Body Found In River 1895 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2887...post-dispatch/ John Schappert (1853-1917) Pitched for the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings. Waterman Avenue Overpass 1936 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh45898/ Jack De Wolf (1950-2016) b. St. Louis Assistant director 94th Aero Squadron https://losttables.com/94th/94th.htm
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	Fire Damages Rope Factory 1903 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3171...c-20-feb-1903/ Rick Atwell b. St. Louis 1949 Choreographer City Cousin https://losttables.com/citycousin/citycousin.htm Peggy Pettit b. St. Louis 1950 Actress Johnnie Mac McHaynes (1947-1989) b. St. Louis Actor
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	Cop Fights With A Burglar In 1911 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2027...tar-and-times/ Sharon Madden b. St. Louis 1947 Actress Lesperance Trestle 1952 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh42901/ Kimmer Ringwald (1947-2011) b. St. Louis Producer Seventh Inn https://losttables.com/seventhinn/seventhinn.htm
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	Sentenced By Judge Claiborne 1892 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34945546/stolen-hay/ Todd Susman b. St. Louis 1947 Actor Chippewa Street Overpass 1936 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis...a-street-uprr/ Tom Dischert (1947-2001) b. St. Louis Camera department Gravois Avenue Overpass 1939 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis...s-avenue-uprr/
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	Stole His Wife And His Home 1901 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13417908/theft-1901/ Elam Vangilder (1896-1977) Pitched and played all positions for the St. Louis Browns 1919-1927. Sloppy Thurston (1899-1973) Pitched for the 1923 Browns. Tea Rooms https://losttables.com/tearooms/tearooms.htm Ted Kubiak b. 1942 Played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971.
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	Girl Drowns Herself When Forced To Attend School 1917 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1655...sser-drowning/ Johnny Lush (1885-1946) Pitched for the Cardinals 1907-1910. Terry Crisp b. 1943 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1972. Riverview Boulevard Overpass 1933 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh44418/ Prentice Gautt (1938-2005) Played for the football Cardinals 1961, 63 and 65.
	Posted 06-30-2021 at 11:32 AM by aliasfinn

	12 More Accused Of Looting Police Fund 1910 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634...-dispatch-pg1/ Rebel Oakes (1883-1948) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1910-1913. Edgar L Davis (1962-2016) b. St. Louis Actor Mike Sensibaugh b. 1949 Played for the football Cardinals 1976-1977 Blue Water Grill https://losttables.com/bwg/bwg.htm
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	Vaporizer Sets Her Clothing On Fire 1953 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7796...post-dispatch/ Fran Huck b. 1945 Played for the Blues 1970-1973. Taz Anderson (1938-2016) Played for the football Cardinals 1961-1964. Peter Nissen b. St. Louis 1964 Producer Chouteau Avenue Viaduct 1918 https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh45923/
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	Cars Catch Fire After Crash 1948 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2230...post-dispatch/ Joe Noris b. 1951 Played for the Blues 1972-1973 Bambi Blitz b. St. Louis 1962 Producer/actress Ferguson Unrest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest Stan Yerkes (1874-1940) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1901-1903
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St. Louis Convict Escaped In Prison Sewer 1929

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2590...-and-colorado/

Hal Haid (1897-1952)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1919 and the Cardinals 1928-1930.

Gravois Avenue Ramp West 1939

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Fred Hucul
b. 1931
Played for the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues.

1955 Gift Shop Fire

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5787978/9-may-1955/

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	Dog Helps Capture Car Thief 1965 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1765...post-dispatch/ Kathy Long b. St. Louis 1964 Actress Ed McQuarters b. 1943 Played for the 1965 football Cardinals. Duff's https://losttables.com/duffs/duffs.htm Lee Shelton And William Wedley Held For Burglary 1911 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4116...on-e-arrested/
	Posted 07-01-2021 at 06:14 AM by aliasfinn

	House Catches Fire As Men Burn Off Paint 1967 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7792...post-dispatch/ Al Gettel (1917-2005) Played for the 1955 St. Louis Cardinals. Davis Guggenheim b. St. Louis 1963 Producer Sergio Albert b. 1951 Kicker for the 1974 football Cardinals. Ribs Raney (1923-2003) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1949-1950.
	Posted 07-01-2021 at 06:22 AM by aliasfinn

	FBI Arrest Student In Fire Incident 1968 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1001...atch-thursday/ Tom Alston (1926-1993) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1954-1957. Kevin Townsend b. St. Louis Producer Jerry Priddy (1919-1980) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948-1949. Andre Boudrias (1943-2019) Played for the St. Louis Blues 1969-1970.
	Posted 07-01-2021 at 06:29 AM by aliasfinn

	Slain Men Riddled With Machine Gun Bullets 1932 Dead Guys In Suits: March 2019 Ossee Schrecongost (1875-1914) Played for the St. Louis Perfectos 1899. Si Johnson (1906-1994) Pitched for the Cardinals 1936-1938) Robbie Irons b. 1946 Played for the 1968-69 St. Louis Blues. Jerry Dranen b. 1944 Played for the football Cardinals 1968-1970.
	Posted 07-01-2021 at 06:37 AM by aliasfinn

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