Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” 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. O leiaf dyna oeddwn i'n ei feddwl yn wreiddiol ac mae'r rhan fwyaf o haneswyr wedi'i ddyfynnu. Modern

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Arloeswr Awyr

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Cefnder cyntaf fy nhaid, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, oedd un o St. Louis’ arloeswyr awyrennau. Julius, yr hwn a adnabyddid yn y teulu fel “Punks”, ymunodd â'r Gwarchodlu Cenedlaethol Awyr yng nghanol y 1920au. Byddai'n cael ei gomisiynu fel Is-gapten. Hedfanodd Julius awyrennau ar gyfer y corfflu awyr milwrol a sifil. Y rhan fwyaf o'r dynion yn ei uned, oedd yn cynnwys Charles

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Yn ystod wythnos olaf mis Rhagfyr 1902, William Rudolph, glöwr newydd ddychwelyd i Franklin Sir, a George Collins robbed y Banc Undeb yn Undeb, MO. Maent yn dwyn dros nos, pan nad oes unrhyw un yn bresennol trwy chwythu i fyny 'r yn ddiogel. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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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. Mr. 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 “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

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Zbyszko “Wins” World Title in 1921

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Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 o wrthwynebydd casineb

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Mam yn Cyffesu i'r Prif Desmond

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Dros ei 17 gyrfa blwyddyn, St. Bu Louis Pennaeth y Ditectifs William Desmond yn delio â llawer o aelodau teulu'r troseddwr. Roedd rhai aelodau o'r teulu cynddrwg neu'n waeth na'r Prif Desmond troseddol a'i ddynion dan glo. Fodd bynnag,, roedd llawer o aelodau'r teulu yn onest, pobl sy'n gweithio'n galed, a gafodd drafferth i ddeall beth aeth o'i le gyda'u hanwyliaid. Yn gynnar yn ei yrfa

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Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

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On the morning of Wednesday, Gorffennaf 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.

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Mae'r Ystlumod (1926)

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Roland V. Prynu Gorllewin hawliau a chyfarwyddo y Ystlumod (1926), un o'r rhai cyntaf “hen dŷ dywyll” dirgelion ar gyfer Artist Unedig ym 1926. Roedd Arthur Edeson y cinematographer ar gyfer y ffilm a'r Hen House Dark (1932), sy'n rhannu elfennau Mynegiadol tebyg. Mae'r ddau ffilmiau yn cael eu gosod yn y plastai mawr, which have seen better days. The key to the

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