Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agosto 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 (link di affiliazione) 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 “La” 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. Alcuni sistemi sono stati creati per strada o addestramento militare e sono meglio di altri. Tuttavia, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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La Bat (1926)

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Roland V. Ovest ha acquistato i diritti e diretto The Bat (1926) (link di affiliazione), uno dei primi “vecchia casa buia” misteri per United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson era il direttore della fotografia sia per questo film e The Old Dark House (1932), che condividono elementi espressionisti simili. Entrambi i film si trovano in grandi palazzi, 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 “Sottovento” 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. Nonno

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Ladri Auto uccidere un altro poliziotto

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William Dillon was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon ritiene che i Fratelli Lewis, che erano auto e filo ladri, erano responsabili della morte di McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Viale. 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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Ottobre 12, 1853, 23 anni, John Morrissey avrebbe incontrato 40 anni “Yankee” Sullivan per l'americano e, eventualmente, World Heavyweight Championship pugilato. Sullivan era stato considerato il campione dal Tom Hyer, che aveva battuto in precedenza Sullivan, in pensione invece di combattere Sullivan in un rematch. Sullivan ha sostenuto il titolo ed è stata sostenuta da Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.

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Wire Thieves Kill Policeman

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Before Friday, Aprile 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Ufficiali di polizia Louis, 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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