Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Ήρθε η Κέιτι
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Τον Ιανουάριο του 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “στραγγαλίζω το Sorakichi να
Η υπόθεση Canary Murder (1929) αρχικά γυρίστηκε σαν ταινία του βωβού κινηματογράφου. Ωστόσο, το εκτελεστικό Paramount Studio σκέφτηκα ότι θα ήταν καλύτερα ως μιλάμε εικόνα. Το στούντιο καθυστερήσει την κυκλοφορία του μέχρι που θα μπορούσε να προσθέσει ήχο στην ταινία. Η προσθήκη του ήχου δεν ήταν χωρίς τις προκλήσεις της. Δυστυχώς, ένας από τους κύριους πρωταγωνιστές της ταινίας, Louise Brooks, had
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, όταν σταμάτησαν στο α
William Desmond nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. Την Δευτέρα, Οκτώβριος 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry στις οδούς 12th and Gratiot
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Μιζούρι. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Δολοφονία Πάνω από Νέα Υόρκη (1940) είναι μία από τις επόμενες εκδόσεις της σειράς Charlie Chan για την Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. Σε αυτή την ταινία, Επιθεωρητής Chan βοηθά τον παλιό του φίλο από την Scotland Yard, Επιθεωρητής Drake, find a group of saboteurs. The spies intend to sabotage some test air craft in New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Τον Οκτώβριο του 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
Τον Δεκέμβριο 3, 1896, τρεις άνδρες μπήκαν το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών Ζυθοποιία στο St. Louis περίπου 2:30 μ.μ. Ταμίας Robert Hofferkamp πλησίασε τους άνδρες. Οι άνδρες που παράγονται περίστροφα και είπε Hofferkamp και τον βοηθό του να ρίξει τα χέρια τους. Οι άνδρες πήραν $10,000 από το γραφείο σε ό, τι θα ήταν μια ληστεία πολλών εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων σήμερα. The robbers tied up and