Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Pretty Boy Floyd St.. Louis Robbery

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Sisään 1934, Charles Arthur “pretty Boy” Floyd päättyi hänen rikollisen uran East Liverpool, Ohio maissi alalla jälkeen ampua ulos FBI ja paikallinen lainvalvontaviranomaiset. Kuitenkin, joulukuussa 1925, Hän oli vanki numero 29078 klo Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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Tiistai-iltana, Helmikuu 18, 1919, painos St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Tietoinen siitä, että myymälävarkaudet rengas työskenteli pari paikallista Koruliikkeet, St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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Joulukuun 1, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939), the second film in the three film series. Gordon Harker starred as Scotland Yard Inspector Hornleigh. The film opens in Brighton-on-the-Sea, where a storm has kept Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham, played by Alastair Sim, inside for their first few vacation days. Following the rule in

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Chief Desmond Gets a Confession

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let

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