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Жовтень 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, в результаті якого загинули
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. Студія Paramount Pictures випустила фільм «Зустріч із небезпекою». (affiliate link) in London in 1950 але не випустив його в США
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. Луїс
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
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
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,
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
Серпня 11, 1915, Нинішній чемпіон світу з боксу у важкій вазі серед кольорових чоловіків Сем Маквей бився з Сенді Фергюсоном у Бостоні, Массачусетс у спортзалі Atlas Athletic Association. Маквей бився в епоху, коли промоутери заморозили всіх афроамериканських боксерів, крім великого Джека Джонсона, від боротьби за чемпіонство світу. Маквей переміг більшість інших чудових чорних бійців
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 the “Colored 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
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.