The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives

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Juve versus fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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Neljapäeval, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Pärast ebaseadusliku makse üritamist, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, määratud

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John L. Sullivan arreteeriti

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Teisipäeval, November 18, 1884, Raskekaalu paljasnukivõitluse maailmameister John L. Sullivan võitles Al Greenfieldiga New Yorgis Madison Square Gardenis. Sullivanil oli selles matšis vaja ületada rohkem kui ainult vastane. Algselt leppisid mehed kokku kaklema esmaspäeval, November 17, 1884, kuid New Yorgi linnavõimud ähvardasid mehi arreteerimisega. Tülitsemine

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Did Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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Märtsil 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

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Ambush Kills Beat Officer

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54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 aastat. Määratud löögile Natural Bridge'i ja Vandeventer Avenues'i lähedal, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Ohvitser Anderson kõndis Vandeventeris veidi lõuna pool

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