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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The Maniacs Are Loose 1971 Newspaper Ad For Drive-Ins.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4670...post-dispatch/
Boy Dies After Stepping On Needle 1909
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3621...post-dispatch/Posted 07-27-2021 at 04:18 PM by aliasfinn
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Dog Owner Seeks Hit-Run Driver 1930
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4626...tar-and-times/
5 Years For Killing Man In Brawl 1932
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6460...post-dispatch/Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:11 AM by aliasfinn
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Channing Ward
b. 1992
Played football for the 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks.
Lenard Tillery
b. 1993
Played football for the 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks.
Taylor Russolino
b. 1989
Played football for the 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks.
Trovon Reed
b. 1990
Played football for the 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks.
Bruno Reagan
b. 1996
Played football for the 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks.Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:16 AM by aliasfinn
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Midnight Prowler At Saloon 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2691...post-dispatch/
Meadowbrook Country Club Fire 1957
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2275...ub-house-fire/Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:20 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Daryl Anthony Hall was shot and killed April 24, 2011, when he confronted two gunmen outside a nightclub on South Fourth street at 2:45 am.
Officer Hall was at the nightclub when he heard gunshots outside.
When he went outside to investigate he encountered at least one gunman. Shots were exchanged between the officer and gunman in which the officer was struck three times. He was taken to the hospital where he died from his wounds.
One of the gunmen was killed during the shooting and the other remains at large.
SLMPDPosted 07-28-2021 at 06:27 AM by aliasfinn
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Rich Sutter
b. 1963
Played hockey for the Blues 1989-1993.
Ron Sutter
b. 1963
Played hockey for the Blues 1991-1994.
Brian Sutter
b. 1956
Played hockey for the Blues 1976-1988.
Yan Stastny
b. 1982
Played hockey for the Blues 2007-2010.
Paul Stastny
b. 1985
Played hockey for the Blues 2014-2018.
Peter Stastny
b. 1956
Played hockey for the Blues 1993-1995.Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:32 AM by aliasfinn
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Man Getting Out Of Car Is Hit By Motorcycle 1912.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4588...saturday-june/
Kicks Him Almost To Death 1890
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7025...post-dispatch/Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:38 AM by aliasfinn
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Gene DeMontreville (1873-1935)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1904.
Charlie Hemphill (1876-1953)
Played baseball for the 1899 St. Louis Perfectos and the 1902-1907 Browns.
Hunter Hill (1879-1959)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1903-1904.
Mike Kahoe (1873-1949)
Played baseball for the 1902-1904 Browns.
Joe Sugden (1870-1959)
Played for the St. Louis Browns 1898, 1902-1905.Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:44 AM by aliasfinn
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1902 Street Brawl
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1442...311902-fitter/
Saloon Fight 1904
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2691...ight-st-louis/Posted 07-28-2021 at 06:52 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Norvelle Brown was shot and killed August 15, 2007, in an ambush in an alley in the 1600 block of Semple avenue by a 15-year-old suspect who had intended to kill a police officer.
The bullet entered through the arm opening of his bullet proof vest and caused the fatal wound.
He was able to radio for assistance and was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Two days later the 15-year-old male and an 18-year-old accomplice were arrested and charged with his murder and were sentenced to life without parole.
SLMPDPosted 07-28-2021 at 06:58 AM by aliasfinn
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Meanest Man Of The Week Stole Bike From Boy 1947.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1991...bike-from-boy/
Pet Beauty Shop 1947
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9035...t-beauty-shop/Posted 07-28-2021 at 07:02 AM by aliasfinn
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Cop Catches Six-Legged Frog 1907
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1532...post-dispatch/
Gangster Hangout Shut Down 1925
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7423...post-dispatch/Posted 07-28-2021 at 07:05 AM by aliasfinn
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Humor Quickly Turned To Agony 1901 St. Louis Summer.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/archiv...7774b0767.html
More about the house where the hotdog was created at 615 South Second street.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...f85bcb76d.html
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1718...e-to-be-razed/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1718...use-torn-down/
https://missourilife.com/dog-days/Posted 07-28-2021 at 02:46 PM by aliasfinn
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Police Court March 1967
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3432...lius-hemphill/
Auto Crashes Into Streetcar 1931
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6565...air-fatal-car/Posted 07-29-2021 at 05:31 AM by aliasfinn
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Survivor Of Car Race Charged 1964
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1056...17-jun-1964st/
Fatally Wounded When Pistol Discharged 1964
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3042...post-dispatch/Posted 07-29-2021 at 05:37 AM by aliasfinn
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Mirko Castillo
b. 1962
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1991-1992 and the St. Louis Ambush 1999-2000.
Ted Eck
b. 1966
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1991-1992 and the St. Louis Ambush 1993-1994.
Waad Hirmez
b. 1961
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1991-1992.
Preki
b. 1963
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1990-1992.
Branko Segota
b. 1961
Played soccer for the St. Louis Storm 1991-1992.Posted 07-29-2021 at 05:45 AM by aliasfinn
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Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon was shot August 30, 2020, when he and other officers were ambushed in the 3700 block of Hartford street at about 6:00 pm.
He died the following night.
He and other officers were dispatched to reports of a shooting in the area. They were searching for a victim when a man opened fire on them, striking Bohannon in the head and a second officer in the leg.
The man then forced two residents out of their home and barricaded himself inside. He was taken into custody the following morning.
SLMPDPosted 07-29-2021 at 05:51 AM by aliasfinn
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He Beat Up A Masher 1901
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9769...ouis-republic/
4-Car Accident On Bridge 1965
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1824...accident-1965/Posted 07-29-2021 at 05:54 AM by aliasfinn
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15-Year-Old Arrested For Store Robbery 1970
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2254...post-dispatch/
Women Selling Silk Hose Arrested 1911
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3055...-rose-johnson/Posted 07-29-2021 at 05:58 AM by aliasfinn
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Mike Tyson
b. 1950
Played baseball for Cardinals 1972-1979.
Tony Scott
b. 1951
Played baseball for Cardinals 1977-1981.
Larry Dierker
b. 1946
Pitched for the 1977 Cardinals.
Rawly Eastwick
b. 1950
Pitched for the 1977 Cardinals.
John Denny
b. 1952
Pitched for the Cardinals 1974-1979.Posted 07-29-2021 at 06:02 AM by aliasfinn
