Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agost 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet

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Self-Defense Instruction

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The problem with too much martial arts’ self-defense instruction is that they are low percentage defenses against unrealistic attacks taught by some instructors, who have limited knowledge of street attacks. Alguns sistemes van ser creats per carrer o entrenament militar i són millors que altres. Però, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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The Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West va comprar els drets i va dirigir The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), una de les primeres “vella casa fosca” misteris per a United Artist a 1926. Arthur Edeson va ser el director de fotografia, tant per aquesta pel · lícula i El casalot de les ombres (1932), que comparteixen elements expressionistes similars. Ambdues pel · lícules es troben en grans mansions, que han vist dies millors. The key

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Semental”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Avi

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Lladres Auto matar un altre policia

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William Dillon estava responent als informes sobre l'assassinat de l'agent McKenna pels germans Lewis. Dillon creu que els germans Lewis, que eren automòbils i filferro lladres, van ser responsables de la mort de McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avinguda. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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A l'octubre 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.

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Els lladres de cables i maten un policia

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Abans de divendres, Abril 7, 1916 havia acabat, els germans Lewis matarien 2 St. Els oficials de policia Louis, John McKenna i William Dillon. McKenna va ser el primer a caure, quan va interrompre els germans intents de robar filferro, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon matarien investigant l'assassinat de McKenna. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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