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Ottubru 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, li qatel
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 (link affiljat) 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. Louis
Fuq Diċembru 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. Wara
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,
Fl-aħħar 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 “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Madankollu, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Billi 1902, George
Fuq Awissu 11, 1915, Iċ-Champion tal-Boxing tal-Heavyweight tal-Kulur Dinjija attwali Sam McVey ġġieled lil Sandy Ferguson f’Boston, Massachusetts fil-ġinnasju tal-Atlas Athletic Association. McVey ġġieled f'era fejn il-promoturi ffriżaw lill-boxers Afrikani Amerikani kollha, ħlief il-kbir Jack Johnson, mill-ġlieda għall-kampjonat tad-dinja. McVey għeleb ħafna mill-ġellieda l-oħra l-Iswed kbar ta 'dan
Kif ktibt f’diversi postijiet, l-aqwa boxers heavyweight bejn 1900 u 1919 kienu l-boxers Afrikani-Amerikani mġiegħla jiġġieldu lil xulxin għall- “Kampjonat tal-Kulur”. Anke wara li l-kbir Jack Johnson fl-aħħar kiser il-linja tal-kulur u rebaħ il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Piż Tqil, kien jiddefendi biss it-titlu kontra kontendenti bojod. As a result, l-aktar sfidanti iebsa
Fuq Novembru 10, 1924, Sinjura. A.W. Stickney kien qed iħalli l-St. Louis Country Club, meta ġiet avviċinata minn żewġt irġiel Afrikani-Amerikani. Ir-raġel ta’ ġilda ħafifa qal lil Mrs. Stickney biex idawwar il-ġojjelli tagħha jew kien jeħodhom mingħandha. Fearing for her safety, Sinjura. Stickney ta lir-raġel il-ġojjellerija tagħha, stmat għal $17,000.00, u $85.00 in cash. Sinjura.