Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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Грудня 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Після

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Шерлок Холмс’ Найвеличніший Справа (1932)

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In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) в головній ролі Артур Вонтнер Шерлок Холмс, двоє злочинців втекли з в'язниці. Вони шукають, щоб помститися на чоловіків, які двічі перетнув одну із злочинців, Джонатан Смолс. Смолс сказав два з наглядачів з в'язниці, де велике стан був прихованих. The wardens find the treasure, have a

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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Наприкінці 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Однак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луїс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. За 1902, Джордж

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Дік Трейсі проти. Cueball (1946)

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Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials

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Sam Langford Fights the Dixie Kid

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As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 і 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for theColored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. В результаті, the toughest challengers

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Шерлок Холмс’ Фатальна годину (1931)

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Також відомий в Сплячої кардинала, Шерлок Холмс’ Фатальна годину (1931) є першим Шерлок Холмс фільм за участю Артура Вонтнер у головній ролі. Фільм стосується молодої людини, хто був обман на мосту, щоб повернути собі втрачену багатство. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.

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Іра Купер Вирішує Jewel Пограбування

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Листопад 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Стикни залишає St. Louis Country Club, коли вона підійшла два афро-американських чоловіків. Запальничка шкірки людина сказала місіс. Stickney перевернути її коштовностями, або він би їх від неї. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney передав людині свої коштовності, оцінюється в $17,000.00, і $85.00 in cash. Mrs.

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Sam McVey Puts Pressure on the Champ

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Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. Він почав 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a

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