Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Á miðvikudaginn, Janúar 10, 1900, St. Louis lögreglumaðurinn Paul Girard stóð á horni S. Taylor og Lindell Boulevard, þegar hann sá mann hoppa af annarri hæð í 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Veit um nýleg innbrot í auðuga Central West End hverfinu, Girard nálgaðist manninn. Þegar haltrandi sá Girard, hann hljóp í átt að S.
Á laugardag, Nóvember 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 mínútur. 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 possessed
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
Yfir hans 17 árs feril, St. William Desmond, rannsóknarlögreglustjóri Louis, tókst á við marga fjölskyldumeðlimi glæpamannsins. Sumir fjölskyldumeðlimir voru jafn slæmir eða verri en glæpamaðurinn Desmond og menn hans höfðu læst inni. Þó, margir fjölskyldumeðlimir voru heiðarlegir, duglegt fólk, sem átti erfitt með að skilja hvað fór úrskeiðis hjá ástvini þeirra. Snemma á ferlinum
On the morning of Wednesday, Júlí 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 keypt rétt og beint kylfu (1926), eitt af fyrstu “gamla dökk hús” leyndardóma fyrir United listamaður í 1926. Arthur Edeson var kvikmyndatökumaður, bæði í kvikmynd og gamla Dark House (1932), sem deila svipuðum þætti expressjóníska. Báðar myndirnar eru settar í stórum Mansions, sem hafa séð betri daga. The key to the
The þriðjudagskvöld, Febrúar 18, 1919, útgáfa af St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Ljóst að shoplifting hringur var að vinna a par af staðbundnum verslunum skartgripi, The St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
Júní 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 og 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
Á laugardag, Maí 5, 1900 á 11:30 kvöldi, the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car verkfall 1900. Áður en verkfall var yfir í september 1900, götum St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis