A Day in Judge Cady’s Court

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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. तुमने

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Old Champ Dies Penniless

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

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

जॉर्ज-बैपटिस्ट

On September 15, 1919, सेंट. 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. सालों के लिए, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“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 और 126 पाउंड, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. जुलाई को 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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अगस्त पर 26, 1886, इवान “स्ट्रेंजलर” 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. कम से कम मैंने मूल रूप से यही सोचा था और अधिकांश इतिहासकारों ने इसे उद्धृत किया है. आधुनिक

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Julius W. Johannpeter, एयर पायनियर

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My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, सेंट में से एक था. लुइस’ airplane pioneers. जूलियस, जो के रूप में परिवार में जाना जाता था “बदमाशों”, मध्य 1920 के दशक में एयर नेशनल गार्ड में शामिल हो गए. उन्होंने कहा कि एक लेफ्टिनेंट के रूप में कमीशन किया जाएगा. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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दिसंबर के आखिरी सप्ताह के दौरान 1902, विलियम रूडोल्फ, फ्रेंकलिन काउंटी के लिए एक हाल ही में लौटे खान में काम करनेवाला, और जॉर्ज कोलिन्स संघ में यूनियन बैंक लूटा, एमओ. वे रात भर यह लूट, कोई भी सुरक्षित उड़ाने से मौजूद था जब. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, एमओ. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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गोल्डन नेत्र में रोलाण्ड विंटर्स (1948)

अभी भी-चीनी-अंगूठी

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 से 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

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फरवरी को 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. सेंट. 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. श्री. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “एलेक्स” 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

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