George Baptiste Dies

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On December 1, 1938 at 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 years of age.  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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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them.  During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield.  Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, 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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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch.  According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. While this story may or may

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