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Meán Fómhair 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. Tá tú
Ar Samhain 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 bliana d'aois. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Meán Fómhair 15, 1919, St. 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. For years, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“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 agus 126 punt, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Ar Iúil 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Ar Lúnasa 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis bhuail an Wrestling Breataine Champion Tom Cannon i Cincinnati, Ohio. Le linn na ré dlisteanach wrestling, wrestlers eile eagla an Lewis cumhachtach mar gheall ar a stranglehold. Lewis fostaithe strangle artaireach carotid a dtugtar an choke naked cúil i Judo. Ar a laghad sin a cheap mé ar dtús agus tá an chuid is mó de na staraithe luaite. Nua-aimseartha
Céad col ceathrar mo sheanathair, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bhí duine de St. Louis’ ceannródaithe eitleáin. Julius, a raibh aithne air sa teaghlach mar “Punks”, chuaigh sé isteach san Aer-Gharda Náisiúnta i lár na 1920idí. Bheadh sé coimisiúnaithe mar Leifteanant. D’eitil Julius eitleáin don aerchór míleata agus sibhialta. An chuid is mó de na fir ina aonad, a chuimsigh Charles
I rith na seachtaine deiridh de Nollaig 1902, William Rudolph, miner ais le déanaí chun Franklin Chontae, agus George Collins goideadh an Banc Aontas san Aontas, MO. Robbed siad sé thar oíche, nuair a bhí aon duine i láthair ag séideadh suas an sábháilte. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
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 to 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
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. St. 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. An tUasal. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. 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