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Pada Agustus 26, 1886, Evan “Pencekik” Lewis bertemu Gulat Inggris Juara Tom Cannon di Cincinnati, Ohio. Selama era gulat yang sah, pegulat lain takut Lewis kuat karena cengkeraman nya. Lewis mempekerjakan mencekik arteri karotis dikenal sebagai choke telanjang belakang di Judo. Setidaknya itulah yang awalnya saya pikirkan dan sebagian besar sejarawan telah kutip. Modern
Sepupu pertama kakekku, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, adalah salah satu St. Louis’ pionir pesawat terbang. Julius, yang di keluarga dikenal sebagai “Punks”, bergabung dengan Garda Nasional Udara pada pertengahan 1920-an. Dia akan ditugaskan sebagai Letnan. Julius menerbangkan pesawat untuk korps udara militer dan sipil. Sebagian besar pria di unitnya, termasuk Charles
Selama minggu terakhir bulan Desember 1902, William Rudolph, penambang baru saja kembali ke Franklin County, dan George Collins merampok Union Bank di Union, MO. Mereka merampok semalam, ketika tak seorang pun hadir dengan meledakkan aman. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
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.
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
On Wednesday, Januari 10, 1900, St. Petugas Polisi Louis Paul Girard berdiri di sudut S. Taylor dan Lindell Boulevard, ketika dia melihat seorang pria melompat dari lantai dua 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Sadar akan perampokan baru-baru ini di lingkungan kaya Central West End, Girard mendekati pria itu. Ketika pria pincang itu melihat Girard, dia berlari menuju S.
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 dari saingan yang dibenci
Atas miliknya 17 karir tahun, St. Kepala Detektif Louis William Desmond menangani banyak anggota keluarga penjahat. Beberapa anggota keluarga sama buruknya atau lebih buruk daripada penjahat yang dikurung oleh Kepala Desmond dan anak buahnya. However, banyak anggota keluarga yang jujur, orang-orang pekerja keras, yang berjuang untuk memahami apa yang salah dengan orang yang mereka cintai. Di awal karirnya
On the morning of Wednesday, Juli 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 bought the rights and directed The Bat (1926), one of the first “old dark house” mysteries for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was the cinematographer for both this film and The Old Dark House (1932), which share similar Expressionist elements. Both films are set in large mansions, which have seen better days. The key to the