Evan Lewis itotzen Tom Cannon

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Abuztuaren On 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis britainiar Borroka txapelduna Tom Cannon ezagutu Cincinnati, Ohio. Legitimoa borroka garaian, Beste wrestlers beldurgarri boteretsuena Lewis delako bere stranglehold. Lewis carotid arteria strangle bat Judo biluzik atzeko choke bezala ezagutzen okupatuak. Nik behintzat hori zen hasieran pentsatu nuena eta historialari gehienek aipatu dute. Modernoa

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Aireko aitzindaria

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Nire aitonaren lehengusua, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bat izan zen St. Louis’ hegazkinen aitzindariak. Julius, familian bezala ezagutzen zena “Punks”, 1920ko hamarkadaren erdialdean Aireko Guardia Nazionalean sartu zen. Teniente kargua izango zen. Julius-ek hegazkinak egin zituen aireko gorputz militar zein zibiletarako. Bere unitateko gizon gehienak, Karlos barne hartzen zuena

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. 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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Gunfight on Lindell Boulevard

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Asteazkenean, Urtarrila 10, 1900, St. Louis Police Officer Paul Girard was standing at the corner of S. Taylor and Lindell Boulevard, when he saw a man jump from the second floor of 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard approached the man. When the limping man saw Girard, he ran towards S.

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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 arerio gorrotatuarengandik

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Amak Desmond buruzagiari aitortu dio

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Bere gainetik 17 urteko ibilbidea, St. Louis Detektibeen burua William Desmond gaizkileen familiako kide askorekin aritu zen. Familiako kide batzuk Desmond buruzagi kriminalak eta bere gizonak giltzapetu zituzten bezain txarrak edo okerragoak ziren. Hala ere, familiako kide asko zintzoak ziren, jende langilea, beren maitearekin zer gertatu zen gaizki ulertzeko borrokan. Bere ibilbidearen hasieran

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Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

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On the morning of Wednesday, Uztaila 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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Bat egin (1926)

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Roland V. West eskubideak erosi eta Bat zuzendu (1926), lehenengo bat “etxe ilun zaharra” United Artist for misterioak 1926. Arthur Edeson bi film hau eta The Old Dark House Zinematografoari zen (1932), Antzeko espresionista elementu partekatu bertan. Bi filmetan dira jauregi handi batean ezarri, which have seen better days. The key to the

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