An Address to the Shipwrights, House Carpenters, Bricklayers, Wheelwrights, Finishers, Tailors, Shoemakers, Blacksmiths, Printers, Stonecutters, Moulders, Machinists, Saddlers, Pavers, Stonebrakers, Cartmen, Draymen, Wagoners, Woodsawers, Hodcarriers, Pasterers, Sawyers, Millers, all Classes of River Men, Cooks, Firemen, Deckhands, Mates, Engineers, Carpenters, Pilots, Coopers, Milliners, Sempstresses, Housekeepers, and Washerwomen of the City and County of St. Louis
"For days after the fire, police maintained special details to keep the curious from the ruins. Then eight days later, the proud structure, once hailed for its graceful architectural lines and fort-like appearance, claimed six more lives when a wall fell on the adjoining St. Louis Seed Company building. Rest of walls were then levelled by dynamite."
Her search for a home ended yesterday when Mrs. Fred G. Brown, wife of an apartment just completed as part of the emergency veterans' housing project at Jefferson Barrcks.
Markings made by the Southwest Bank bandits are shown on this map discovered by police in a room rented by Fred W. Bowerman, the gang leader. Marking (A) is the rooming house at 3503 Park Ave., where Bowerman stayed. The large circle (B) encloses the area of the of the holdup attempt at Southwest Ave. and S. Kingshighway. (C)are neighborhoods where the four robbers lived prior to the holdup. (C) and (D) also denote places where the gang's automobiles were left. Other circles mark important intersections, viaducts and possible get-away routes.