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Old 10-01-2018, 02:00 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Southeast Missourian Jan. 28, 1930

WARRANTS FOR THREE ISSUED IN HOTEL FIRE

St. Louis, Jan. 28.---Warrants charging arson and murder in the first degree were issued today against three of four men arrested in a revived investigation into the burning of the Hotel Buckingham annex Dec. 5, 1927, in which seven persons perished.
The possibility of additional arrests in an alleged plot to burn the Hotel Buckingham Annex, which was destroyed by fire Dec. 5, 1927, with the loss of seven lives, was seen today by authorities as they continued their investigation into the reopened case.
One development promised today by Joseph A. Lennon, assistant circuit attorney, was the filing of murder and arson charges against three of four men already in custody. The investigation was continued on the theory that others may have been involved in the alleged conspiracy.
The three facing murder and arson charges are : Andrew B. Meadows, night watchman at the Annex, who admitted he fired the building in a plot for collection of insurance: Robert H. Cothan, night clerk, who admitted hiring Meadows to set fire to the building, and Ralph Pierson, minority owner of the Buckingham properties at the time of the fire.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7726...kingham_hotel/




That hotel had a lot of history, including a famous brawl between a baseball player and a manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Hotel


Some of the victims of the fire

https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-c...1#sr-146651275
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Old 10-02-2018, 07:26 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Southeast Missourian April 1, 1920

LOOTED RAILROAD CAR, IS CHARGE

John A Ervin of Perkins, Stoddard County, was brought to Cape Girardeau Wednesday afternoon and lodged in the city jail to be held for Federal Court on a charge of breaking into a railroad car at Perkins las Monday night. The arrest was made by Halleck Wilson, special agent for the Cotton Belt railroad.
Ervin is alleged to have stolen several rugs, some cigarettes, a talking machine, a number of records and several other things from the car. When arrested at his home the missing things were found there.






Pumpkin Thieves Busted In Maryland Heights 2017

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nati...179693986.html
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Old 10-02-2018, 11:55 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Pair Arrested For City Museum Burglary 2016

https://fox2now.com/2016/05/20/pair-...ary-vandalism/







On September 2, 1920, Monroe Ates, of Cape Girardeau, was arrested for burglarizing Banks Department Store in Oran, Mo. He had removed a cracked section of glass from the display window and removed several articles of clothing.
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Old 10-02-2018, 08:11 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Southeast Missourian January 14, 1970

Cape Girardeau---Police today were investigating two break-ins which occurred over the weekend. Officers said thieves took three portable 20-inch television sets from separate rooms at the Ramada Inn, Interstate 55 and Route K, and about $44.71 in cash from an unlocked safe at Campbell Mattress Co., 6 South Hanover. Police said the mattress company building was entered through an unlocked window.






Southeast Missourian July 15, 1920

TRAPS MAN, HELD AS FORNFELT BURGLAR

Cape Girardeau----Awakened by a noise at a downstairs window at 9 am today, E.J. Ross, who was alone in his house at Fornfelt, investigated, revolver in hand. He caught a man who gave his name as F.S. Pair in the act of breaking into the house, captured him handily and held him at the point of his revolver until the constable arrived.
Ross came to Cape Girardeau to get a search warrant that will permit him to hunt for articles he has missed from his home and which, he says can be found.
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Old 10-03-2018, 07:14 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Quantrill's Raiders In Texas

The Missourians were welcomed with open-arms in the town of Sherman Texas but soon wore out their welcome because of their thieving and killing. One raider began wearing the watch of a man he murdered. Reminds me of the Three Stooges where Moe asked Curly " Did you see the nice watch that gentleman was wearing? " and Curly replied, " See it?, I got it."
Looking at the pictures of some of those raiders I wouldn't want them in my house, or even my town.

Quantrill's Raiders in Texas.
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Old 10-03-2018, 05:35 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Mountain Meadows Massacre & The "Missouri Wildcats" 1857
Mormons slaughter a wagon train of 140 people, mostly from Arkansas and accuse Missourians of being the instigators.

"Horrible Massacre of Emigrants!!" The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Public Discourse


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre





A couple of Missouri victims of the massacre.

Joel Dyer Mitchell (1834-1857)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...-dyer-mitchell



James K Huff (1849-1857)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/.../james_K._Huff
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Old 10-03-2018, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Alamogordo, NM
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Mountain Meadows Massacre & The "Missouri Wildcats" 1857
Mormons slaughter a wagon train of 140 people, mostly from Arkansas and accuse Missourians of being the instigators.

"Horrible Massacre of Emigrants!!" The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Public Discourse


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre


The part in bold above is pretty tough to agree with. They slaughtered 140 people and blamed it on Missourians? Anyone else see a huge moral compass diswaver there?
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Old 10-03-2018, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Mountain Meadows Massacre & The "Missouri Wildcats" 1857
Mormons slaughter a wagon train of 140 people, mostly from Arkansas and accuse Missourians of being the instigators.

"Horrible Massacre of Emigrants!!" The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Public Discourse


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre


The part in bold above is pretty tough to agree with. They slaughtered 140 people and blamed it on Missourians? Anyone else see a huge moral compass diswaver there?
The Haun's Mill Massacre was a pretty interesting event, too. Looks like there are bad folks in all religions.

On October 30 at approximately 4 p.m., the militia rode into the community. David Evans, a leader in the community, ran towards the militia, waving his hat and calling for peace. Alerted to the militia's approach, most of the Latter-day Saint women and children fled into the woods to the south, while most of the men headed to the blacksmith shop. Unfortunately, the building was a particularly vulnerable structure as the widely spaced logs made it easy for the attackers to fire inside. The shop became a deathtrap, since the militia gave no quarter, discharging about 100 rifles into the building.[12] Grand River Township Justice of the Peace Thomas McBride, wounded while escaping the blacksmith shop, surrendered his gun to Jacob S Rogers Jr. who shot him, then hacked his body with a corn knife (scythe blade). According to their own account they fired seven rounds making upwards of 1,600 shot during the attack of Haun's Mill.[24] The attack lasted 30 to 60 minutes. The sun set at 5:16 p.m.[25]

After the initial attack, several of those who had been wounded or had surrendered were shot dead. Members of the militia entered the shop and found 10-year-old Sardius Smith, 7-year-old Alma Smith (sons of Amanda Barnes Smith), and 9-year-old Charles Merrick hiding under the blacksmith's bellows. Alma and Charles were shot (Charles later died), and a militia man known as "Glaze, of Carroll county", killed Sardius when he "put his musket against Sardius's skull and blew off the top of his head."[26] Later, a William Reynolds would justify the killing by saying, "Nits will make lice, and if he had lived he would have become a Mormon."[8] William Champlin who was "playing possum" heard the conversations, was discovered, held captive a few days, then released.
~ Source: wiki ~
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Old 10-03-2018, 06:58 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Mountain Meadows Massacre & The "Missouri Wildcats" 1857
Mormons slaughter a wagon train of 140 people, mostly from Arkansas and accuse Missourians of being the instigators.

"Horrible Massacre of Emigrants!!" The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Public Discourse


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre

The part in bold above is pretty tough to agree with. They slaughtered 140 people and blamed it on Missourians? Anyone else see a huge moral compass diswaver there?
I didn't say they blamed Missourians for the slaughter, they accused them of instigating it. I came to that conclusion in the second paragraph on the first link.

" ...a long with them went a rough and reckless set of men calling themselves " Missouri Wild Cats." The latter were a boisterous lot, and their conduct was probably one of the chief causes of the calamity that came upon them and their betters."

It kind of sounds like they're saying the reason the wagon train was attacked was because of the loud Missourians.
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Old 10-03-2018, 07:00 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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The Haun's Mill Massacre was a pretty interesting event, too. Looks like there are bad folks in all religions.

On October 30 at approximately 4 p.m., the militia rode into the community. David Evans, a leader in the community, ran towards the militia, waving his hat and calling for peace. Alerted to the militia's approach, most of the Latter-day Saint women and children fled into the woods to the south, while most of the men headed to the blacksmith shop. Unfortunately, the building was a particularly vulnerable structure as the widely spaced logs made it easy for the attackers to fire inside. The shop became a deathtrap, since the militia gave no quarter, discharging about 100 rifles into the building.[12] Grand River Township Justice of the Peace Thomas McBride, wounded while escaping the blacksmith shop, surrendered his gun to Jacob S Rogers Jr. who shot him, then hacked his body with a corn knife (scythe blade). According to their own account they fired seven rounds making upwards of 1,600 shot during the attack of Haun's Mill.[24] The attack lasted 30 to 60 minutes. The sun set at 5:16 p.m.[25]

After the initial attack, several of those who had been wounded or had surrendered were shot dead. Members of the militia entered the shop and found 10-year-old Sardius Smith, 7-year-old Alma Smith (sons of Amanda Barnes Smith), and 9-year-old Charles Merrick hiding under the blacksmith's bellows. Alma and Charles were shot (Charles later died), and a militia man known as "Glaze, of Carroll county", killed Sardius when he "put his musket against Sardius's skull and blew off the top of his head."[26] Later, a William Reynolds would justify the killing by saying, "Nits will make lice, and if he had lived he would have become a Mormon."[8] William Champlin who was "playing possum" heard the conversations, was discovered, held captive a few days, then released.
~ Source: wiki ~
I agree with you about religions.
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