Détective amateur captures dynamiteurs

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Dimanche matin, Août 12, 1900, St. Louis La police a arrêté quatre anciens travailleurs de tramway ligne de transport pour souffler jusqu'à la ligne Olive Street sur l'avenue Maryland entre N. Taylor et N. Euclid Avenue sur la nuit précédente à 11:00 p.m. La police a arrêté Maurice Brennan, Et Fred. Northway, James Schwartz et James Finnesey. La police a trouvé 30 livres de dynamite et 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. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women.

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Union President Stabbed In 1900 La Grève

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Dans un de ces étranges coïncidences de l'histoire, l'Union tramway Président Sherman C. Patterson a été poignardé par un machiniste de l'union nommé Edward Canty après un désaccord berline. À un moment où plusieurs de ses adversaires dans le 1900 St. Louis tramway grève aimerait avoir vu lui a envoyé dans un train hors de la ville, 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. Certains systèmes ont été créés pour la route ou la formation militaire et sont mieux que d'autres. Cependant, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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La chauve-souris (1926)

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Roland V. Ouest a acheté les droits et réalisé The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), l'un des premiers “vieille maison sombre” mystères pour United Artist dans 1926. Arthur Edeson était le directeur de la photographie à la fois pour ce film et The Dark House Vieux (1932), qui partager des éléments expressionnistes similaires. Les deux films sont dans de grandes demeures, which have seen better days. 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 “Jules”, Julius Johann Peter. 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. Grand-père

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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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On October 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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Les voleurs de câbles Tuez policier

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Avant le vendredi, Avril 7, 1916 était plus, les frères Lewis tueraient deux St. Les agents de police Louis, John McKenna et William Dillon. McKenna a été le premier à tomber, quand il a interrompu les frères tente de voler fil, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon serait tué enquête sur la assassiner de McKenna. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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