Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agustus 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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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. Beberapa sistem diciptakan untuk jalan atau pelatihan militer dan lebih baik daripada yang lain. However, 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 bought the rights and directed The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), one of the first “old dark house” mysteries for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was the cinematographer for both this film and The Old Dark House (1932), which share similar Expressionist elements. Both films are set in large mansions, 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 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. Kakek

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Pencuri Auto Membunuh Polisi lain

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William Dillon menanggapi laporan tentang pembunuhan Petugas McKenna oleh Lewis Bersaudara. Dillon percaya bahwa Lewis Bersaudara, yang otomatis dan kawat pencuri, yang bertanggung jawab atas kematian McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Street. 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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Pada Oktober 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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Pencuri kawat Bunuh Polisi

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Sebelum Jumat, April 7, 1916 sudah berakhir, saudara Lewis akan membunuh dua St. Polisi Louis, John McKenna dan William Dillon. McKenna adalah orang pertama yang jatuh, ketika ia memotong saudara mencoba untuk mencuri kawat, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon akan dibunuh menyelidiki pembunuhan McKenna. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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