Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, August 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. Unele sisteme au fost create pentru strada sau de instruire militară și sunt mai bune decât altele. Totuși, 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. Vest a cumpărat drepturile și regizat The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), unul dintre primii “casă veche întuneric” mistere pentru United Artist în 1926. Arthur Edeson a fost cineast atât pentru acest film și The Old închis Casa (1932), care împărtășesc elemente expresioniste similare. Ambele filme sunt stabilite în vile mari, 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 “Sub vânt” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Herghelie”, 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. Bunic

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Hoți Auto Kill un alt polițist

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William Dillon a răspuns la rapoarte cu privire la uciderea de Ofițer McKenna de frații Lewis. Dillon a crezut că Brothers Lewis, care au fost auto și sârmă hoți, au fost responsabili pentru moartea lui McKenna. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. A observat că doi dintre frații Lewis intrau în garaj cu Ford. Dillon entered the garage

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Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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Octombrie 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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Hoții de sârmă Kill Polițistul

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Înainte de vineri, Aprilie 7, 1916 a fost de peste, frații Lewis ar ucide doi St. Ofițerii de poliție Louis, John McKenna și William Dillon. McKenna a fost primul de a cădea, când a întrerupt frații încearcă să fure sârmă, 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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