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Кастрычнік 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, які забіваў
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Луіс
Сьнежня 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
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. Пасля
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,
У канцы 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. Аднак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луіс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Па 1902, George
Жнівень 11, 1915, цяперашні чэмпіён свету па боксе ў цяжкай вазе сярод каляровых баксёраў Сэм Маквей змагаўся з Сэндзі Фергюсанам у Бостане, Масачусэтс у трэнажорнай зале Atlas Athletic Association. Маквей змагаўся ў эпоху, калі прамоўтэры замарозілі ўсіх афраамерыканскіх баксёраў, акрамя вялікага Джэка Джонсана, ад барацьбы за чэмпіянат свету. Маквей перамог большасць іншых вялікіх чарнаскурых байцоў
Як я пісаў у некалькіх паведамленнях, лепшыя баксёры ў цяжкай вазе паміж 1900 і 1919 былі афра-амерыканскія баксёры вымушаны змагацца адзін з адным за “Каляровы чэмпіянат”. Нават пасля таго, як вялікі Джэк Джонсан нарэшце парушыў каляровую мяжу і выйграў тытул чэмпіёна свету ў цяжкай вазе, ён будзе абараняць тытул толькі супраць белых прэтэндэнтаў. У выніку, самыя жорсткія прэтэндэнты
Лістапада 10, 1924, Г-жа. А.В. Стыкні выходзіў з катэдры St. Загарадны клуб Луіс, калі да яе падышлі двое афраамерыканцаў. Больш светлы мужчына сказаў місіс. Стыкні перадаць яе каштоўнасці, інакш ён забярэ іх у яе. Fearing for her safety, Г-жа. Стыкні працягнула мужчыну свае каштоўнасці, ацэнены ў $17,000.00, і $85.00 in cash. Г-жа.