Wabash Safe Burglary

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On a chilly night, Lub ib hlis ntuj 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped tawm tus westbound Delmar plas streetcar txog 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Taug kev ntawm lub Wabash kev tsheb ciav hlau qhov chaw nres tsheb Delmar muas, uas nyob hauv qhov tsaus ua tiav. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night

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Chief Desmond uas tau tsav ntawm chaw ua hauj lwm

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“Rau lub tuam tsev zoo ntawm lub tuam tsev”. Nrog cov neeg uas muaj cov 6 lo lus, cov me nyuam. Louis Board of tub ceev xwm Commissioners tshem tawm St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond ntawm txoj hauj lwm nws tuav rau 17 xyoo. Lawv hloov nws nrog Desmond tus ex-pab James Smith, Uas yog dhau los tso los ntawm lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib yav dhau los. Ua li cas ib qhov loj tshaj, yog hais tias tsis yog tus loj tshaj, detectives hauv

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Muldoon tau cawm tawv Tilt nrog Whistler

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Tus haib William Muldoon twb yog invincible li Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib. Tsuas yog ib tug txiv neej tiag sib tw Muldoon thaum nws dominant reign. Lub 165 phaus Clarence Whistler li qhia siv kuj muab Muldoon nws txoj kev sib tw toughest. Muldoon thiab Whistler ntsib rau hnub plaub, Kaum ib hlis 1, 1883 nyob San Francisco, California nyob rau hauv ib qhov yuam kev ntau qhov yuam kev. William Muldoon yog yuav luag ib lub taub hau taller thiab weighed

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Fred Beell Unimpressive rau 1903

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Fred Beell tsim ib lub koob npe nrov rau thaum ntxov 20th xyoo pua ua haib thiab yus wrestler. Nws lub koob npe nrov yog tsis ua raws nws 1903 kev sib tw. Beell puas muaj coob-profile xwb li yeej loj heev. Beell pib nyob rau hnub tim 1903, thaum nws tua yeej St. Paul AAU Wrestling tau zus ib James McAuley. McAuley yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj hauv 22 feeb. Beell yeej lub beell yeej

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“Me dab” Yeej Whistler tsis tau

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Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-phaus Acton mus dhau lub Askiv middleweight ranks ua ntej plowing los ntawm cov heavyweights. Tom qab beating lub Askiv zoo yuav tsum muab nrog rau Tom Cannon, Acton txiav txim los ntsuam xyuas nws lub peev xwm ua nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Joe Acton pib Philadelphia ntawm Arthur Chamber Champions so thaum lub caij ntuj sov ntawm

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Cornelius O’Keefe Stops Burglar

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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis tub ceevxwm. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready

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St. Louis Wrestler Surprises Gotch

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Frank Gotch tuas cov npe ntawm America cov loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler. Gotch competed nyob tseeb feem coob txojkev uas muaj ob peb tug tos txheej txheem ntawm los “ua haujlwm” qhov yuam kev ces muab pov tseg rau hauv cov ntse. Los ntawm 1904 los sis 1905, tsis muaj leej twg yuav yeej tuav Gotch yog tias nws pub nws. Nyob rau thaum xyoo nws cov hauj lwm, Gotch yog tsis li ntawd, hom. Nws poob qhov yuam kev rau nws saib,

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Peter Jackson Fights Frank Slavin

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Hnub Monday, Tej zaum 30, 1892, Tus poj Peter Jackson boxed ib bout gloved bout nrog tus protégé Frank Slavin. Leej txiv neej nyob thiab fought nyob Australia, Txawm hais tias kiv cua txaus siab coj Jackson ncig xyuas lub ntiaj teb coj kom zoo dua cov nyiaj txiag hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab hais. Raws li nyob rau Australia, Jackson feem ntau pom dawb boxers unwilling mus tua nws. mentsis

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Abe Attell xwb Forbes

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St. Louis, Thaum pib lub xyoo pua 20th, Muaj ib tug mas professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, Txawm hais tias yug hauv San Francisco, raws li nyob rau hauv St. Louis. Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 1, 1904, Attell defended nws ntiaj teb Featherweight Boxing Championship tiv thaiv rival Harry Forbes. Forbes no kuj yog ib tug mus tsis tu ncua rau lub St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes tua yeej Danny Dougherty rau lub

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Londos Defeats Kolov

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Jim Londos sawv los ntawm cov ranks ntawm kev wrestling ua lub biggest box office hnub qub uas tsis zoo xwb lub 1930s tab sis ntawm all-time. Txawm li cas los, Yog Londos twb tsis tuaj rau St. Louis hauv lub 1920s thaum ntxov, Zaj dabneeg yuav tau sib txawv heev. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during

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