Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op Woensdag, Januarie 10, 1900, St. Louis-polisiebeampte Paul Girard het op die hoek van S. Taylor en Lindell Boulevard, toe hy 'n man sien spring van die tweede verdieping van 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Bewus van onlangse inbrake in die ryk Central West End-woonbuurt, Girard het die man genader. Toe die mank man vir Girard sien, hy hardloop na S.
Op Saterdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minute. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besete
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Oor syne 17 jaar loopbaan, St. William Desmond, speurhoof van Louis, het met baie misdadigers se familielede gehandel. Sommige familielede was so erg of erger as wat die kriminele hoof Desmond en sy manne toegesluit het. Egter, baie familielede was eerlik, hardwerkende mense, wat gesukkel het om te verstaan wat verkeerd gegaan het met hul geliefde. Vroeg in sy loopbaan
On the morning of Wednesday, Julie 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
Roland V. West gekoop het die regte en gerig The Bat (1926), een van die eerste “ou donker huis” raaisels vir die Verenigde kunstenaar in 1926. Arthur Edeson was die regisseur van beide hierdie film en die ou donker huis (1932), wat soortgelyke Ekspressionistiese elemente deel. Albei films is opgeneem in groot huise, wat beter dae gesien het. The key to the
Die Dinsdag-aand, Februarie 18, 1919, uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Bewus daarvan dat 'n winkeldiefstal ring is besig om 'n paar van die plaaslike juweliersware winkels, die St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
Op Junie 4, 1883, die Grieks-Romeinse wêreld swaargewig Wrestling Kampioen William Muldoon gekonfronteer geskoolde Franse stoeier Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Kalifornië. Wanneer die stoeiers gestroop tot hul koffers vir die wedstryd, was dit duidelik Muldoon se krag sal 'n formidabele uitdaging aan Rigal bewys. Muldoon staan om 6 meter hoog en weeg tussen 193 en 210 pounds during his career.
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let
Op Saterdag, Mei 5, 1900 op 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car staking van 1900. Voor die staking was oor in September 1900, die strate van St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis