Pertaining To St. Louis
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.
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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Blair Atcheynum
b. 1969
Played for the Blues 1997-1999.
Lubos Bartecko
b. 1976
Played for the Blues 1998-2001
Marc Bergevin
b. 1965
Played for the Blues 1996-2002.
Pascal Rheaume
b. 1973
Played for the Blues 1997-2001, 2003-2004.
Marty Reasoner
b. 1977
Played for the Blues 1998-2001.Posted 07-20-2021 at 07:21 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Paul McCulloch was shot and killed July 2, 1964, after responding to a manhunt for a suspect who had shot and wounded another officer earlier in the day.
The earlier incident occurred when the officer stopped a suspicious car containing a man and a woman he abducted.
McCulloch and his canine began searching for the suspect. During the search, he encountered the man and was shot and killed at the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Development on Dickson street.
The suspect attempted to flee but was shot and wounded by other officers before being taken into custody.
SLMPDPosted 07-20-2021 at 07:27 AM by aliasfinn
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The Memphis Kid Captured 1915
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2008...captured-1915/
Watchmen Catch Robbery Suspect 1966
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1166...post-dispatch/Posted 07-20-2021 at 07:31 AM by aliasfinn
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Once Shot By Wife Is In Hospital Again 1906
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6732...post-dispatch/
Men In Flames Leap From Boat 1909
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1110...post-dispatch/Posted 07-21-2021 at 05:08 AM by aliasfinn
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Ray Bare (1949-1994)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1972, 1974.
Jerry Davanon
b. 1945
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1969-70, 74, 77.
Rich Folkers
b. 1946
Pitched for the Cardinals 1972-74.
Danny Godby
b. 1946
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1974.
Stan Papi
b. 1951
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1974.Posted 07-21-2021 at 05:14 AM by aliasfinn
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Detective Brian Graft was shot and killed May 6, 1969, while attempting to apprehend a shooting suspect at 1300 North Tenth street.
He and another officer were working an off-duty security job when they heard the shooting call on the radio.
Shortly thereafter, they spotted a man matching the description enter the lot where they were working and they went to investigate.
As they approached, the man pulled a .25 caliber handgun and shot Graft in the chest and his partner in the leg. Both officers returned fire but did not hit the suspect, who fled on foot. He was later captured after a gun battle with other officers.
SLMPDPosted 07-21-2021 at 05:21 AM by aliasfinn
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Knife Fight 1889
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7039...fe-fight-1889/
Deputy Warden Stabbed By Convict 1885
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1759...dbury-stabbed/Posted 07-21-2021 at 05:25 AM by aliasfinn
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John Barnhill
b. 1938
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1962-1966.
Zelmo Beatty
b. 1939
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1962-1968.
Bill Bridges
b. 1939
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1962-1968.
Barney Cable
b. 1935
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1961-1963.
Bob Duffy
b. 1940
Played basketball for the St. Louis Hawks 1962-1964.Posted 07-21-2021 at 05:30 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Sgt. Harry Oebels was shot and killed July 8, 1966, when he intervened in a robbery at a pharmacy at 4221 Bayless avenue in Lemay.
He had gone to the pharmacy to pick up his wife from work when two men entered and announced a holdup. When they ordered Sgt. Oebels to come closer, he drew his revolver and exchanged shots with the suspects. He was fatally wounded and one of his shots hit one of the suspects in the buttocks.
Two years later, the suspect was taken into custody on an unrelated charge and underwent surgery to have the slug removed because of the pain. The slug was used as evidence to Oebel's murder and the suspect was sentenced to life.
SLMPDPosted 07-21-2021 at 05:40 AM by aliasfinn
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Gibson Alba
b. 1960
Played baseball for the 1988 Cardinals.
Luis Alicea
b. 1965
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1988-1996.
Rod Booker
b. 1958
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1987-1989.
Tom Brunansky
b. 1960
Played baseball for the Cardinals 1988-1990.
Scott Arnold
b. 1962
Played baseball for the 1988 Cardinals.Posted 07-21-2021 at 05:44 AM by aliasfinn
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Brother Arrested For Killing Sister 2021
https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-...6f43fb00e66be9
James Greeves Stabbed 1885
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1761...eeves-stabbed/Posted 07-21-2021 at 06:19 AM by aliasfinn
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Abducted Doctor Killed By Police 1976
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5542...post-dispatch/
Holdup Suspect Killed, Policeman Wounded 1977
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2303...post-dispatch/Posted 07-21-2021 at 03:35 PM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Frank Dobler Sr. was shot and killed with his own gun December 2, 1972, by a cab driver he told to move.
Officer Dobler was directing traffic at the intersection of Sixth and Lucas streets when the cab stopped on a crosswalk to pick up passengers.
Dobler told the cab driver to move the cab to the curb, and shut the cab's door.
The driver got out of the cab and assaulted the officer, pulling his jacket over his head and pushing the officer to the ground. During the assault, the cab driver got control of Dobler's weapon and shot him once in the head.
The suspect fled the scene in his cab and during a shootout with police, crashed into a patrol car. He was arrested and later hanged himself in his cell.
SLMPDPosted 07-21-2021 at 07:00 PM by aliasfinn
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Poacher Chokes Swallowing Bird 1909
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3576...ispatch-louis/
St. Louis Men Charged With Kidnapping 1979
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2980...post-dispatch/Posted 07-21-2021 at 08:15 PM by aliasfinn
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William J Cannefax
Killed a judge in 1871.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5737...fter-escaping/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5738...ads-guilty-to/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3858...efax-pardoned/Posted 07-21-2021 at 09:03 PM by aliasfinn
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Ernie Broglio (1935-2019)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1959-1964.
Marshall Bridges (1931-1990)
Pitched for the Cardinals 1959-1960.
Jim Brosnan (1929-2014)
Pitched for Cardinals 1958-1959.
Duke Carmel
b. 1937
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1959-1960.
Bob Duliba
b. 1935
Pitched for the Cardinals 1959-1962.Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:12 AM by aliasfinn
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Dogs Track Down Robbery Suspects 1973
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3868...st-louis-city/
Suspect Arrested In Fatal Shooting 1974
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9978...post-dispatch/Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:15 AM by aliasfinn
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Detective Melvin Wilmoth was shot and killed February 23, 1971, while conducting a drug raid on a house at 6152 Waterman boulevard.
He entered the house behind a group of people who were visiting the location and identified himself.
An occupant of the home opened fire with a .22 caliber rifle, fatally wounding Detective Wilmoth. Wilmoth was able to return fire and kill the suspect.
SLMPDPosted 07-22-2021 at 06:20 AM by aliasfinn
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Cory Bailey
b. 1971
Pitched for the Cardinals 1995-1996.
Rich Batchelor
b. 1967
Pitched for the Cardinals 1993, 96, 97.
Tom Urbani
b. 1968
Pitched for the Cardinals 1993-1996.
Mike Difelice
b. 1969
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1996-1997, 2002.
Eric Ludwick
b. 1971
Pitched for the Cardinals 1996-1997.Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:25 AM by aliasfinn
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John McGann Old Time Thief 1894
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5718...-was-captured/
Police Capture Two Bad Women 1895
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7895...post-dispatch/Posted 07-22-2021 at 06:28 AM by aliasfinn
