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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Police Sgt. Adolph Kreidler was shot and killed September 28, 1931, when he attempted to intervene in a robbery on a city bus at Grand boulevard and Osceola street.
He had just gotten off duty when another man got on and sat down.
When the bus conductor attempted to collect the man's fare the man pulled a revolver and quietly held the conductor at gunpoint. Sgt. Kreidler overheard the transaction and decided to try to overpower the man. As he attempted to disarm the suspect the man shot him in the leg and head.
The suspect jumped from the bus but was later arrested. The 30-year-old man confessed and was sentenced to life in prison where he died of pneumonia November 7, 1937.
SLMPDPosted 07-18-2021 at 06:07 AM by aliasfinn
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Security Guard Found Shot To Death 1975
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6724...post-dispatch/
Charged In Shooting Death 1975
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3831...post-dispatch/Posted 07-18-2021 at 06:10 AM by aliasfinn
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Thompson Usiyan
b. 1956
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-91, 92-93.
Diego Mandagaran
b. 1963
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990.
Gus Mokalis
b. 1956
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1990.
Marcio Leite
b. 1959
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1991.
Fernando Clavijo
b. 1957
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1989-1992.Posted 07-18-2021 at 06:16 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer George Schrameyer was shot and killed April 16, 1932, after responding to a scene of a shooting involving an off-duty officer.
The off-duty officer had heard gunshots in the alley behind his house on Aldine avenue, near Sarah street, and went to investigate.
When he got there a man shot and wounded him.
Officer Schrameyer and several other officers responded to the scene and as they exited their patrol cars the man opened fire, killing Schrameyer and wounding two other officers.
The man was finally apprehended after being shot 6 times. He was returned to a sanatorium from which he had escaped 4 previous times.
SLMPDPosted 07-18-2021 at 06:31 AM by aliasfinn
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William Stanford Davis
b. St. Louis 1951
Actor
William Rankin (1900-1966)
b. St. Louis
Writer
William Lowery (1885-1941)
b. St. Louis
Actor/director
Woodruff H Clarke (1912-1988)
b. St. Louis
Sound department
William T Cartwright (1920-2013)
b. St. Louis
Editor/writerPosted 07-18-2021 at 06:35 AM by aliasfinn
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Centerville Shooting Suspect Arrested 1977
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7496...post-dispatch/
Fleeing Suspect Shot After Robbery 1979
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3441...post-dispatch/Posted 07-18-2021 at 06:38 AM by aliasfinn
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Eddie Ainsmith (1890-1981)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1921-1923.
Reuben Ewing (1899-1970)
Played for the 1921 St. Louis Cardinals.
Cliff Heathcote (1898-1939)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1918-1922.
Ferdie Schupp (1891-1971)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1919-1921.
Bill Pertica (1898-1967)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1921-1923.Posted 07-18-2021 at 06:43 AM by aliasfinn
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Alfredo Cabrera (1881-1964)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1913.
Ted Cather (1889-1945)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1912-1914.
Larry McLean (1881-1921)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1904 and 1913.
Charley O'Leary (1875-1941)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1913 and the St. Louis Browns 1934.
Finners Quinlan (1887-1966)
Played for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals.Posted 07-18-2021 at 08:41 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Sgt. William Cullen died March 3, 1936, after being shot the night before by a man who attempted to rob him of his gun.
His partner had just run into a drugstore at the corner of Warne and West Florissant avenues to buy medicine. While inside he heard shots fired and ran out to find Sgt. Cullen wounded on the street.
Cullen stated that a man had approached the car and ordered him to hand over his gun. When Cullen refused and attempted to exit the patrol car the suspect shot him twice and fled down an alley.
Sgt. Cullen was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the next morning.
SLMPDPosted 07-18-2021 at 08:48 AM by aliasfinn
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Bill Steele (1886-1949)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1910-1914.
Jimmy Sheckard (1878-1947)
Played for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals.
Skipper Roberts (1888-1963)
Played for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals.
Harry Trekell (1892-1965)
Played for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals.
Walt Marbet (1890-1956)
Played for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals.Posted 07-18-2021 at 08:52 AM by aliasfinn
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1940 Saloon Shooting
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7921...post-dispatch/
Man found shot to death in Chain of Rocks Park and mongrel dog bites two boys in 1965.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5765...post-dispatch/Posted 07-18-2021 at 01:23 PM by aliasfinn
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Grant's Farm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_Farm
August A Busch Memorial Conservation Area
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August...servation_AreaPosted 07-18-2021 at 04:12 PM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Henry Dekeersgieter died March 23, 1936, from a stab wound he received 10 days earlier when he arrested a man for auto theft.
He had observed the man attempting to steal the car on LaSalle street and took him into custody.
He walked the suspect to a call box at Grattan and Chouteau. As he was calling the incident in the man pulled a knife and cut the officer's face before fleeing. Dekeersgieter was able to shoot at the suspect before collapsing.
Officer Dekeersgieter was treated at a hospital and released after several days. However, as a result of the wound he contacted pneumonia and died at his home. The suspect was apprehended and charged with murder.
SLMPDPosted 07-18-2021 at 06:56 PM by aliasfinn
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1913 Murder Incident
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6368...rder-incident/
The Little World Series of 1922
https://sabr.org/journal/article/the...eball-history/Posted 07-19-2021 at 04:02 AM by aliasfinn
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Gene Moore
b. St. Louis 1945
Played basketball for the Spirits of St. Louis 1974-1975.
Goo Kennedy
b. 1949
Played basketball for the Spirits of St. Louis 1974-1975.
Tom Ingelsby
b. 1951
Played basketball for the Spirits of St. Louis 1974-1975.
Milt Williams
b. 1945
Played basketball for the Spirits of St. Louis 1974-1975.
Bernie Fryer
b. 1949
Played basketball for the Spirits of St. Louis 1974-1975.Posted 07-19-2021 at 04:08 AM by aliasfinn
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Detective Sgt. Thomas Sullivan died February 26, 1937, after being shot 5 times the day before while he and his partner investigated a rash of robberies in the area of Pine and Olive streets.
Although their shift had ended, the two detectives had continued their investigation and had gone to a local hotel at 3222 Olive street to ask the clerk if he had seen anyone fitting the descriptions of the two suspects.
The clerk took the detectives to a room where two such men were staying. The men in the room cracked the door open, slammed it, and then began shooting through it.
The detectives returned fire and then kicked the door in. One of the suspects was killed and Officer Sullivan was mortally wounded.
The second suspect fled but was shot and killed by other officers as he attempted to escape in a stolen car.
The two suspects were escapees from Michigan and had committed approximately 15 robberies.
SLMPDPosted 07-19-2021 at 04:18 AM by aliasfinn
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Woman Slain Through Jealousy 1911
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2593...spatch-aug-18/
Killed Wife In Quarrel 1951
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5635...a-killed-wife/Posted 07-19-2021 at 04:22 AM by aliasfinn
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Zach Callison
b. St. Louis 1997
Actor
Zach Swyers
b. St. Louis 1986
Actor/director
Kyle Brodziak
b. 1984
Played for the St. Louis Blues 2015-2018.
Chris Butler
b. St. Louis 1986
Played for the St. Louis Blues 2014-2019.
Robby Fabri
b. 1996
Played for the St. Louis Blues 2015-2020.Posted 07-19-2021 at 04:35 AM by aliasfinn
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Detective Sgt. James Mobrak was shot and killed February 3, 1937, during a burglary investigation at 5406 Rhodes avenue.
He and his partner had just placed two burglary suspects in their squad car, as his partner went to check the residence where the two were taken into custody, one of the suspects pulled a gun from his shoe and began firing, killing Mobrak. Responding officers killed the assailants.
SLMPDPosted 07-19-2021 at 04:43 AM by aliasfinn
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Shooting At Clayton Restaurant 1971
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2522...post-dispatch/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2522...post-dispatch/Posted 07-19-2021 at 04:47 AM by aliasfinn
