Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Stair Louis Póilíní, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, an Wrestling Champion Domhanda Greco-Roman agus togróir cultúr fisiciúil, tháinig go dtí Los Angeles ar an Máirt, Aibreán 15, 1884 chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar an wrestler áitiúil Fred Bauer. Bhí an cluiche ar siúl ag an áitiúil Turnvereine Halla i Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797-1870)

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Ní raibh mé ach le déanaí in ann eolas a fháil ar an teaghlach Scéal, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. For years, Ní raibh mé in ann teacht ar mo shin-seanmháthair Dollie Zimmerman nee

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George Baptiste Dies

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Ar Nollaig 1, 1938 ag 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 bliana d'aois. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Dúnmharú ag 2912 Washington

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Níl i bhfoirgnimh ach chairn de bhoird agus de brící gan na scéalta a ghabhann leo. During November 1912, St. Maraíodh Oifigeach Póilíní Louis Arthur Huddleston ag an dúnmharfóir parúil Albert Whitefield. Chuir Whitefield ionadh ar a bhean chéile dlí coiteann, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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