Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Kolovoz 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 poslije podne. 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. 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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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. Neki sustavi su stvoreni za ulicu ili vojne obuke i bolji od drugih. Međutim, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West kupio prava i režirao Šišmiš (1926) (affiliate link), jedan od prvih “stara mračna kuća” tajne za United Artist u 1926. Arthur Edeson je snimatelj i za ovaj film, a stari mračna kuća (1932), koji dijele slične ekspresionističkih elemenata. Oba filma su postavljena u velikim vilama, 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 “Zavjetrina” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, 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. Deda

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Auto Lopovi ubiti još jedan policajac

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William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon vjeruje da Lewis Brothers, koji su bili auto i žičane lopovi, bili odgovorni za McKenna smrti. 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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Prvog listopada 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, Travanj 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis policijskih službenika, 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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