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Pertaining To St. Louis

Posted 02-13-2021 at 06:05 AM by aliasfinn
Updated 01-31-2022 at 04:08 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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	Jake Wells (1863-1927) Played baseball for the Browns 1890 Dusty Miller (1868-1945) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1890 and the St. Louis Perfectos 1899. John Kerins (1858-1919) Played for the 1890 Browns. Joseph Herr (1865-1936) b. St. Louis Played for the St. Louis Browns 1888, 1890. Ed Pabst (1867-1940) b. St. Louis Played for the 1890 Browns.
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 07:23 AM by aliasfinn

	Clayton Inn Hotel Fire 1977 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3575...post-dispatch/ Youth Convicted Of Manslaughter In Crash 1981 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5255...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 12:02 PM by aliasfinn

	Early Days Of St. Louis Golf Early Days of St. Louis Golf 17-Year-Old Jockey Killed 1954 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/u...d7b0493466015a
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 12:05 PM by aliasfinn

	Eric Boguniecki b. 1975 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2000-2006. Aris Brimanis b. 1972 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2003-2004. Reinhard Divis b. 1975 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2001-2006. Jeff Heerema b. 1980 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2003-2004. Reed Low b. 1976 Played for the St. Louis Blues 2000-2004.
	Posted 08-02-2021 at 12:10 PM by aliasfinn

	1931 Frankenstein Advertisement Post-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7491...post-dispatch/ Watch Thief Hangs Himself 1937 https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...tar-and-times/
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	Landslide In St. Louis 2017 https://fox2now.com/news/concerns-at...ter-landslide/ Stabbed A Family With Screwdriver 1983 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3481...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-03-2021 at 04:39 AM by aliasfinn

	Dave Hrechkosy (1951-2012) Played for the Blues 1975-1977. Claude Larose b. 1943 Played for the Blues 1974-1978. Chuck Lefley b. 1950 Played for the Blues 1974-1981. Derek Sanderson b. 1946 Played for the Blues 1975-1977. Larry Patey b. 1953 Played for the Blues 1975-1984.
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	Charged With Manslaughter 1983 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3400...auto-accident/ Shooting Over Drugs 1986 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3454...post-dispatch/
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	Mike Coolbaugh b. 1972 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2002. So Taguchi b. 1969 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2002-2007. Gene Stechschulte b. 1973 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2000-2002. Woody Williams b. 1966 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2001-2004. Jason Simontacchi b. 1973 Played baseball for the Cardinals 2002-2004.
	Posted 08-03-2021 at 04:54 AM by aliasfinn

	Stabbed By A Stranger 1949 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1741...tar-and-times/ The Life & Death Of The Arena https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hock...1c4c031d9.html
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	Politician Chases Wife Beats Her With Hammer 1908 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3183...post-dispatch/ Chased Two Pickpockets Caught One 1911 https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...post-dispatch/
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	Harry Belafonte At The Chase Club 1953 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2917...ase-club-1953/ Two Purse Snatchers Caught 1924 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45897880/duty/
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	A Pig To The Slaughter John " Piggy " Weller Dead Guys In Suits: A pig to the slaughter 2 Widows Claim Body Of Gangster 1928 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4340...post-dispatch/
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	Babe Ruth's Last Visit To A Ballpark 1948 https://www.stltoday.com/sports/colu...8716786fc.html https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1432...t-to-st-louis/
	Posted 08-04-2021 at 06:07 AM by aliasfinn

	Hit Policeman With Brick 1901 https://img7.newspapers.com/clip/345...November-1901/ 2 Youths Capture Robber 1955 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3459...post-dispatch/
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	Movie Advertisements In The Post-Dispatch Dracula 1931 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6720...-the-st-louis/ American Graffiti 1973 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6254...post-dispatch/
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	Patrolman On Motorcycle Killed In Crash 1926 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4397...post-dispatch/ Wife Of Slain Steel Worker Released 1934 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1693...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-05-2021 at 04:16 AM by aliasfinn

	Fritz Dorish (1921-2000) Played for the 1950 St. Louis Browns. Russ Bauers (1914-1995) Pitched for the Browns 1950. Frankie Gustine (1920-1991) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1950. Sid Schacht (1918-1991) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1950-1951. Leo Thomas (1923-2001) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1950, 1952.
	Posted 08-05-2021 at 04:21 AM by aliasfinn

	Chased Bus Driver With Knife 1948 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2205...tar-and-times/ Cops Chase Calves 1940 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3408...post-dispatch/
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