Historiador dels esports de combat i artista marcial
El cosí germà del meu avi, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, va ser un de St. Louis’ pioners de l'avió. Julius, que era conegut a la família com “Punks”, es va unir a la Guàrdia Nacional Aèria a mitjans de la dècada de 1920. Seria encarregat com a tinent. Julius va pilotar avions tant per al cos aeri militar com per a civils. La majoria dels homes de la seva unitat, que incloïa Charles
Durant l'última setmana de desembre 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recentment va tornar al comtat de Franklin, i George Collins va robar el Union Bank a Union, MO. Van robar tota la nit, quan ningú va estar present per la voladura de la caixa forta. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Mentre que uns pocs actors van jugar Charlie Chan abans de Warner Oland i alguns retratats Inspector Chan després de Roland Winters, el cos principal d'Earl Derr Biggers’ Adaptacions cinematogràfiques de Charlie Chan ocórrer entre 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Després de la seva mort, Sidney Toler va començar a jugar el paper de Charlie Chan en el
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. Sr. 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
Dimecres, Gener 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.
Dissabte, Novembre 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 acta. 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 posseït
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
Sobre el seu 17 any de carrera, St. El cap de detectius Louis, William Desmond, va tractar amb molts familiars de criminals. Alguns membres de la família eren tan dolents o pitjors que el cap criminal Desmond i els seus homes havien tancat. Però, molts membres de la família eren honestos, gent treballadora, que lluitaven per entendre què passava amb el seu ésser estimat. Al començament de la seva carrera
On the morning of Wednesday, Juliol 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.