September 4 1809 The governor of the Louisiana Territory, Meriweather Lewis, left St. Louis for Washington. Ailing and facing money problems, he hoped to convince the federal government to repay expenses from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lewis would die under mysterious circumstances on the Natchez Trace. His death was ruled a suicide--even though he took a bullet in the back. 1847 Jesse James was born near Kearney, Missouri. The James Gang struck several times in Southeast Missouri. The gang robbed the Bank of Ste. Genevieve on May 27, 1873. They held up a train at Gad’s Hill, near Piedmont on January 31, 1874. Jesse is said to have looked at the male passenger’s hands so he would not rob any workingmen. Decades later, Meramec Caverns owner Lester Dill concocted a legend that Jesse used the cave as a hideout. 1906 University City was incorporated. Edward Garner Lewis, the flamboyant publisher of Womens Magazine, bought 85 acres for his model city in 1902. The building that now serves as city hall was the magazines headquarters. Lewis went broke defending himself on fraud charges and left his first planned city to found another in Atascadero, California. 1927 Thomas Eagleton was born. He was only 21 when he was elected to the job of city circuit attorney. He served as Missouris attorney general, and lieutenant governor. Winning a senate seat in 1968. He made a bid for the vice-presidency in 1972, and was later instrumental in bringing the Rams here. Eagleton died on March 4, 2007. 1981 Mayor Vince Scheomehl announced an agreement to purchase the Admiral from Pittsburgh businessman John Connelly. Connelly had paid $600,000 for the Admiral after the city rejected a plan to save it. Connelly sold it back to the city for $1.4 million--and kept the engines. 1987 One of the worst multiple murders in St. Louis history took place. Two gunmen entered the National Supermarket at 4331 Natural Bridge after the store closed. The robbers ordered seven workers to lie face down and shot them in the head. Five of them died; Rose Brown, 49, head cashier; Kenneth Bass, 27, a cleaning man; Michael Beam, 34, a stock manager; Michael Marr, 16, a bag boy, and David Spahn, 27, a security guard. Marvin Jennings and Donnie Blankenship were later convicted of the murders.
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