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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Union President Stabbed In 1900 Welga

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In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, 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. Ang ilang mga sistema ay nilikha para sa kalye o pagsasanay militar at ay mas mahusay kaysa sa iba. Gayunman, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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Ang Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West binili ang mga karapatan at nakadirekta Ang Bat (1926) (affiliate link), isa sa mga unang “lumang madilim na bahay” misteryo para sa United Artist sa 1926. Arthur Edeson ay ang cinematographer para sa parehong mga ito film at ang Lumang Madilim House (1932), na ibahagi ang mga katulad na mga elemento Expressionist. Ang parehong pelikula ay naka-set sa malaking Mansions, na nakita mas mahusay na araw. Ang susi

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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 “Taguan mula sa hangin” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Palahing kabayo”, 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. Grandpa

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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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Noong Oktubre 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, Abril 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Opisyal Louis Police, 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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