Pertaining To St. Louis
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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.
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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On May 31, 1903, Officer Hugh McCartney was attacked by a mob of men and women for unknown reasons while on patrol at 14th street and Clark Avenue.
The mob attacked him with pistols, bricks and razors. While struggling to protect himself, he was able to shoot and kill one of the suspects. He was seriously injured and succumbed to his wounds 15 days later.
SLMPDPosted 07-05-2021 at 07:22 AM by aliasfinn
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Officer Richard Delaney was shot and killed June 15, 1901 while he and another officer went to arrest a man for threatening his wife.
The woman had gone to the Fourth District station and made a report about her husband.
Delaney and another officer escorted the woman home with orders to arrest the husband. As Delaney entered the front door the suspect opened fire, killing him. The suspect was wounded in return fire and later apprehended in East St. Louis. He was sentenced to 10 years.
SLMPDPosted 07-05-2021 at 07:29 AM by aliasfinn
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Billy Taylor (1855-1900)
Pitched for the 1884 St. Louis Maroons and had a 25-4 record with a 1.68 ERA.
Njego Pesa
b. 1958
Played soccer for the St. Louis Steamers 1979-1980, 1983-1986.
Larry Giroux
b. 1951
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1973-1974, 1978-1980.
Fred Lewis (1858-1945)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1883-1884 and the St. Louis Maroons 1884-1885.
Pat McBride
b. St. Louis 1943
Played soccer for the St. Louis Stars 1967-1976. He is in the soccer Hall of Fame.Posted 07-05-2021 at 08:14 AM by aliasfinn
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Chase Causes Excitement
St. Louis, Aug 2, 1903
Detectives McCarthy and Dooley, with pistols in their hands, chased Harry Skropsky of No. 1447 Biddle street, from Broadway to Chestnut street to the alley on Olive, between Broadway and Sixth street yesterday afternoon.
E.J. Gildersleeve, a ticket broker at No. 104 North Broadway, charges Skropsky with petit larceny.
Gildersleeve was selling a ticket to a customer, who laid down $15 on the counter to pay for it. Skropsky, who was standing in the office, grabbed it and ran out the door. Gildersleeve gave chase and shouted for the police.
Detectives McCarthy and Dooley were in the vicinity and heard Gildersleeve's cries.
Drawing their revolvers they joined in the chase. Skropsky ran west on Chestnut street to the alley, and then turning north dashed toward Olive street. The detectives overtook him as he ran out on to Olive.Posted 07-05-2021 at 12:35 PM by aliasfinn
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Donn Arden (1915-1994)
b. St. Louis
Producer
Dorothy Yost (1899-1967)
b. St. Louis
Writer
Doug Glover
b. St. Louis 1970
Director
Drew DeFosset
b. St. Louis 1995
Cinematographer
Duke Johnson
b. St. Louis 1979
DirectorPosted 07-05-2021 at 12:40 PM by aliasfinn
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Frank Rande (1839-1884)
Notorious outlaw who killed between 5-18 men.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...05/frank-rande
One of his victims.
https://www.odmp.org/officer/14082-p...ylvester-whitePosted 07-05-2021 at 10:12 PM by aliasfinn
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Eva Novak (1898-1988)
b. St. Louis
Actress
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636834/
Billy Prout (1878-1947)
Played baseball for the 1913 St. Louis Terriers.
Orator Shafer (1851-1922)
Played baseball for the St. Louis Maroons 1884-1885.
Rod Seiling
b. 1944
Played For the St. Louis Blues 1976-1979
Lou Angotti
b. 1938
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1973-1974Posted 07-06-2021 at 04:05 AM by aliasfinn
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Officer Cornelius O'Keefe was shot and killed while searching for an assault suspect August 8, 1911.
During his search he encountered a man inside a candy store on Olive street. The man shot Officer O'Keefe in the chest. Due to thunderstorms, no other officers heard the shot and they did not find O'Keefe for 15 minutes. The suspect was later arrested and convicted of murder.
SLMPDPosted 07-06-2021 at 04:21 AM by aliasfinn
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$900 Accordion Stolen From Car 1957
Oliver W Whitlock, a salesman and musician of 2517 Tyrell street, told police an accordion and its brown case were taken from his station wagon early Sunday morning in the 500 block of De Baliviere avenue. He valued the instrument at $900.
Purse With $4600 In Gems Stolen At Church 1951
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2068...post-dispatch/Posted 07-06-2021 at 04:30 AM by aliasfinn
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Eagle I Berns (1941-2004)
b. St. Louis
Writer
Earl Ehret
b. St. Louis 1919
Art director
Ed Begley (1864-1933)
b. St. Louis
Actor
Eddie Kane (1889-1969)
b. St. Louis
Actor
War Sanders (1877-1962)
Pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals 1903-1904.Posted 07-06-2021 at 04:37 AM by aliasfinn
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Robbed Of His Roll
St. Louis, Dec. 8, 1904
Jacob Schmidt, of Lebanon, Kan., was robbed of $38 by St. Louis county confidence men near Delmar Garden within an hour after he arrived at the Union Station to visit the fair.
Shot By A Patrolman
St. Louis, Aug, 22, 1903
While trying to escape arrest, Thomas Haley was shot by Patrolman Henderson and probably fatally wounded with a bullet in the spine.Posted 07-06-2021 at 06:18 AM by aliasfinn
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Frank St. Marseille
b. 1939
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1967-1973.
John Cattanach (1863-1926)
Played baseball for the St. Louis Maroons 1884.
Wilf Tranter
b. 1945
Played soccer for the St. Louis Stars 1972.
Duncan MacEwan
b. 1958
Played soccer for the St. Louis Steamers 1983-1986.
Hi Bell (1897-1949)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1924-1930.Posted 07-06-2021 at 06:24 AM by aliasfinn
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On June 3, 1912, Officer Louis Schnarr was shot and killed while investigating a disturbance at a restaurant on Chouteau street.
A patron had been barred from the restaurant several days earlier for having several unpaid bills.
The man showed up with a revolver and started a commotion. The restaurant owner's wife pushed the man out the door and locked it. He then began banging on the door and yelling.
As Officer Schnarr approached to see what was happening, the suspect turned and shot him 3 times, killing him almost instantly. The suspect fled on a train but was later captured in Kimmswick, Mo. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life.
SLMPDPosted 07-06-2021 at 06:32 AM by aliasfinn
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Debaliviere Boulevard Overpass 1937
https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh45899/
13 Year Old Stabbing Victim 1903
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4142...lobe-democrat/Posted 07-06-2021 at 07:28 AM by aliasfinn
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Ed Konetchy (1885-1947)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1907-1913.
Steve Pecher
b. St. Louis 1956
Played soccer for the St. Louis Steamers 1979-1987.
Bob Matteson
b. St. Louis 1952
Played soccer for the St. Louis Stars 1974-1977.
Charlie Hodnett (1860-1890)
Played baseball for the St. Louis Browns 1883 and the St. Louis Maroons 1884.
Larry Hornung (1945-2001)
Played for the St. Louis Blues 1970-1972.Posted 07-06-2021 at 07:37 AM by aliasfinn
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Brass Thieves
St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1901
Brass thieves stripped the engines at the Watson quarries, above the city, of their brass fittings.
Within the last year a number of robberies of that nature have occurred in plants situated along the river front, the thieves making away with their plunder by means of skiffs.Posted 07-06-2021 at 07:43 AM by aliasfinn
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Officer Arthur Huddleston was shot and killed November 17, 1912, when he and another officer responded to a woman's screams on Washington street.
A recent parolee had just broken into a home and was threatening the woman with a knife. The officers split up and the other officer confronted the suspect and lost his gun in the struggle.
Huddleston came to his partner's assistance and was shot in the chest by the suspect. After a long manhunt the suspect was captured and sentenced to life.
SLMPDPosted 07-06-2021 at 08:06 AM by aliasfinn
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Delor Street Bridge 1963
https://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/delor-street/
Collapse
https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-jo...772e39ab4.htmlPosted 07-06-2021 at 08:50 AM by aliasfinn
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Elsie Greeson (1895-1995)
b. St. Louis
Actress
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339499/
Emily Haack
b. St. Louis 1975
Actress
Eric Fletcher
b. St. Louis 1965
Camera department
Erich Turner
b. St. Louis 1972
Special effects
F. Richard Jones (1893-1930)
b. St. Louis
DirectorPosted 07-06-2021 at 12:21 PM by aliasfinn
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Robbed Of His Weekly Pay $8 In 1898
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4235...post-dispatch/
Stole Trousers Beat Store Owner 1891
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1886...post-dispatch/Posted 07-06-2021 at 12:45 PM by aliasfinn
