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Pertaining To St. Louis

Posted 02-13-2021 at 07:05 AM by aliasfinn
Updated 01-31-2022 at 05:08 AM by aliasfinn

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.

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	Manny Legacy b. 1973 Played for the Blues 2006-2009. Jamal Mayers b. 1974 Played for the Blues 1996-2008. Jay McClement b. 1983 Played for the Blues 2005-2011. Jay McKee b. 1977 Played for the Blues 2006-2009. Glen Metropolit b. 1974 Played for the Blues 2006-2007.
	Posted 07-31-2021 at 06:35 AM by aliasfinn

	Chauffeur Lost Control Of Limo 1918 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78252189/accident/ Streetcar Accident 1919 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5619...-in-streetcar/
	Posted 07-31-2021 at 06:38 AM by aliasfinn

	Prisoners See The Ghost Of John Jones 1913 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4875...post-dispatch/ Judge Noonan's Docket 1887 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1138...t-24-jun-1887/
	Posted 07-31-2021 at 10:39 AM by aliasfinn

	The Boathouse At Forest Park https://boathousestl.com/ Our Lady Of The Rivers Shrine https://aboutstlouis.com/local/attra...e-rivers-63373 https://ourladyoftheriversshrine.org/
	Posted 07-31-2021 at 04:01 PM by aliasfinn

	Outlaws To Be Hanged In St. Louis 1881 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2468...-be-hanged-in/ Going To The Pen 1882 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3509...post-dispatch/
	Posted 07-31-2021 at 04:06 PM by aliasfinn

	Muhammad Ali came to East St. Louis October 10, 1983, to promote a book. Hanson Herne and John Herne, from Missouri, were two of the passengers who perished on the SS Central America in 1857. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Central_America
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:26 AM by aliasfinn

	Ivan Barbashev b. 1995 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2016-2021. Samuel Blais b. 1996 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2017-2021 Robert Bortuzzo b. 1989 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2014-2021. Jay Bouwmeester b. 1983 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2012-2020. Jakub Jerabek b. 1991 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2018-2019.
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:32 AM by aliasfinn

	Lawyer Curses Judge, Goes To Jail https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...fd217a7e0.html Man And Son Jailed For Murder 1913 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3797...atch-st-louis/
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:37 AM by aliasfinn

	Stabbed With Pruning Knife 1887 https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...-abel-wounded/ Stabbed In Saloon Fight 1892 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3037...nded-in-fight/
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:41 AM by aliasfinn

	Steven Baron b. 1990 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2018. John Brebbia b. 1990 Pitched for the Cardinals 2017-2019. Giovanny Gallegos b. 1991 Pitched for the Cardinals 2018-2021. Austin Gomber b. 1993 Pitched for the Cardinals 2018, 2020. Adolis Garcia b. 1993 Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 2018.
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:46 AM by aliasfinn

	Committed To Jail 1880 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1561...post-dispatch/ Stabbed In A Saloon 1880 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4067...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 06:48 AM by aliasfinn

	Missourians At Andersonville Prison 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (US) - Andersonville Prison Lineman Cuts Photographer In Fight 1936 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1337...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 08:11 AM by aliasfinn

	1958 Scuffle And Car Crash https://img6.newspapers.com/clip/227...post-dispatch/ Photograph Of Charleston Dance Contest In Front Of St. Louis City Hall November 13, 1925. https://www.stltoday.com/online/medi...8a1a98088.html
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 12:38 PM by aliasfinn

	Todd Wellemeyer b. 1978 Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 2007-2009. Jess Todd b. 1986 Pitched for the Cardinals 2009. Nick Stavinoha b. 1982 Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 2008-2010. Dennys Reyes b. 1977 Pitched for the Cardinals 2009-2010. Joel Pineiro b. 1978 Pitched for the Cardinals 2007-2009.
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 12:43 PM by aliasfinn

	Two Brothers Injured In Plane Crash 1961 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8025...post-dispatch/ 1963 Truck Accident Chippewa Street https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1247...ruck-accident/
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 12:46 PM by aliasfinn

	" My Mother Used To Burn The Babies " https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1669...d-to-burn-the/ Julia Fortmeyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Fortmeyer Unknown Gender History: Julia Etta Fortmeyer, St. Louis Serial “Baby Burner” - 1875
	Posted 08-01-2021 at 02:14 PM by aliasfinn Updated 08-01-2021 at 02:53 PM by aliasfinn

	Billy Earle (1867-1946) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1890. Shorty Fuller (1867-1904) Pitched for the Browns 1889-1891. Billy Hart (1866-1944) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1890. Gus Creely (1870-1934) b. St. Louis Played for the St. Louis Browns 1890. Jim Adams (1868-?) b. St. Louis Played for the 1890 St. Louis Browns.
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 04:17 AM by aliasfinn

	St. Louis Opera House Fire 1884 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2228...story-when-it/ Pictures & Illustrations St. Louis History (Click on the titles) https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandor...-twain%3A10982
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 04:22 AM by aliasfinn

	Veiled Prophet Ball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veiled_Prophet_Ball Heidbrink's Hall Destroyed By Fire 1907 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7254...ink-hall-1907/
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 04:28 AM by aliasfinn

	First Person In St. Louis History To Go To Prison For Arson 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1443...d-for-burning/ The Man who built the first house in Chicago is buried in St. Charles Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4358...post-dispatch/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_B...Point_du_Sable
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 04:36 AM by aliasfinn

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