艾拉庫柏 (Ira Cooper) 破獲珠寶搶劫案

阿朗索-道威爾

十一月 10, 1924, 太太. A.W. 史蒂克尼正要離開聖. 路易斯鄉村俱樂部, 當兩名非裔美國男子接近她時. 膚色較淺的男子告訴女士. 史蒂克妮交出她的珠寶,否則他會從她手中奪走它們. 由於擔心她的安全, 太太. 史蒂克尼把她的珠寶交給了這名男子, 估價為 $17,000.00, 和 $85.00 in cash. 太太.

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

喬治 - 巴蒂斯特

在9月 15, 1919, 聖. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. 多年來,, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

可怕的麥戈文

“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 和 126 英鎊, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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