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Октобра 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, који је убио
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. Парамоунт Пицтурес је објавио Аппоинтмент витх Дангер (аффилиате линк) in London in 1950 али га није објавио у Сједињеним Државама
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. Лоуис
На дан 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. После
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,
In late 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 “Фармер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Лоуис, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. По 1902, Џорџ
На августа 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
Као што сам написао у неколико постова, најбољи боксери тешке категорије између 1900 и 1919 били су афроамерички боксери приморани да се боре једни против других за “Цолоуред Цхампионсхип”. Чак и након што је велики Џек Џонсон коначно прекинуо линију боја и освојио светско првенство у тешкој категорији, он би само одбранио титулу против белаца. As a result, најтежи изазивачи
Новембра 10, 1924, Госпођа. А.В. Стицкнеи је напуштао болницу Ст. Лоуис Цоунтри Цлуб, када су јој пришла два Афроамериканца. Човек светлије пути рекао је гђи. Стицкнеи да јој окрене драгуље или би јој их узео. Бојећи се за своју безбедност, Госпођа. Стицкнеи је мушкарцу пружила свој накит, вреднован на $17,000.00, и $85.00 in cash. Госпођа.