Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Αύγουστος 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 μ.μ. 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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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes (affiliate link) produced by Universal Pictures. Βασίλειος Rathbone επιστρέφει ως Holmes στην ενδέκατη δεκατεσσάρων γυρίζει σαν το αγγλικό λαγωνικό. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” ταινία. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women.

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Union President Stabbed In 1900 Απεργία

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In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by

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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. Μερικά συστήματα έχουν δημιουργηθεί για το δρόμο ή στρατιωτική εκπαίδευση και είναι καλύτερα από άλλα. Ωστόσο, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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Η νυχτερίδα (1926)

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Roland V. West αγόρασε τα δικαιώματα και κατεύθυνε το Bat (1926) (affiliate link), ένα από τα πρώτα “παλαιό σκοτεινό σπίτι” μυστήρια για τις Ηνωμένες Καλλιτέχνης σε 1926. Arthur Edeson ήταν ο κινηματογραφιστής τόσο για αυτή την ταινία και το παλαιό σκοτεινό σπίτι (1932), τα οποία μοιράζονται παρόμοια στοιχεία εξπρεσιονιστικές. Και οι δύο ταινίες που σε μεγάλα αρχοντικά, τα οποία έχουν δει καλύτερες μέρες. 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 “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Stud”, 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. Παππούς

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Auto Thieves Kill Another Policeman

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William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon believed that the Lewis Brothers, who were auto and wire thieves, were responsible for McKenna’s death. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. 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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Τον Οκτώβριο του 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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Wire Thieves Kill Policeman

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Before Friday, Απρίλιος 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis Αστυνομίας, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon would be killed investigating McKenna’s murder. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

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Η περιπέτεια του Σέρλοκ Χολμς (1939) είναι η δεύτερη και τελευταία από τις δύο ταινίες του Σέρλοκ Χολμς έκανε από Twentieth-Century Fox στην 1939. Basil Rathbone αστέρια όπως ο Σέρλοκ Χολμς και Nigel Bruce παίζει ο Δρ. Watson. Η ταινία βρίσκεται σε 1894 και Holmes είναι για άλλη μια φορά επιδιώκουν τον καθηγητή Moriarty, παίζεται από τον Γιώργο Zucco. Moriarty tells Holmes after once again escaping

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