A Day in Judge Cady’s Court

чатыры корта, будынак

On September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You

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Old Champ Dies Penniless

я ем булаву

Лістапада 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 гадоў. Mace was world champion from 1860 для 1862 and again from 1866 для 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 для 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

Джордж-Батыст

On September 15, 1919, Вуліца. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. На працягу многіх гадоў, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

жудасны Тэры Макгавэрн

“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 і 126 фунты, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

эван-душыцель-левіс

Жнівень 26, 1886, Эван “Душыцель” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Прынамсі, так я першапачаткова думаў і большасць гісторыкаў цытавала. Сучасны

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Air Pioneer

панкі-і-ліндберг

Першы стрыечны брат майго дзеда, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, быў адным са св. Луіс’ піянеры самалёта. Julius, які быў вядомы ў сям'і як “Панкі”, У сярэдзіне 1920-х гадоў уступіў у ВПС Нацыянальнай гвардыі. Яму прысвоілі б званне лейтэнанта. Юлій кіраваў самалётамі як для ваеннага, так і для грамадзянскага авіякорпуса. Большая частка мужчын у яго падраздзяленні, у якую ўваходзіў Карл

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

Рэспубліка Сэнт-Луіс-26 студзеня 1903 г

На працягу апошняга тыдня снежні 1902, Уільям Рудольф, нядаўна вярнуўся шахцёр акрузе Франклін, і Джордж Колінз абрабавалі Union Bank ў Саюзе, Місуры. Яны абрабавалі яго на ноч, калі ніхто не прысутнічаў, падарваўшы сейф. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, Місуры. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Roland Зімы ў Залатое вока (1948)

яшчэ-кітайскі-пярсцёнак

While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 для 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

галоўны Уільям Дэзманд

On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. Вуліца. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Г-н. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

Aleksander-Aberg-загаловак

Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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