Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Le mardi soir, Février 18, 1919, édition de la St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Conscients qu'un anneau de vol à l'étalage a travaillé quelques magasins de bijoux locaux, Saint-. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
Le vendredi, Juin 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. A seulement 24 vieux ans, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
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
Le samedi, Mai 5, 1900 à 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 grève de 1900. Avant la grève était terminée en Septembre 1900, les rues de St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) était mon deuxième arrière-grand-père du côté de ma mère. Il est mort 4 mois avant la naissance de son petit-fils, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Depuis qu'il est mort avant la naissance de mon grand-père, J'avais des informations très limitées sur lui, quand j'ai commencé à faire des recherches sur l'histoire de la famille. Grand-père n'avait aucune histoire verbale
This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. À: Politique, La boxe et de la Assassiner du projet de loi le Boucher. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.
Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. Louis. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “Lord Barrington” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. Louis. When Barrington
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Le samedi, September 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. Louis. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th
Quand des inconnus ont tiré sur l'agent Michael Walsh enrhumé, nuit brumeuse en décembre 1880, St. La police de Louis pense que le suspect pourrait être des cambrioleurs de salons et d'épiceries travaillant dans le quartier.. Cependant, St. Les détectives de Louis n'avaient pas réussi à retrouver l'équipe de cambriolage. Un prisonnier bavard a éclairci le mystère en avril 1881. La police a arrêté Charlie Wilson avec son ami Tom Higgins
This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the