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Lunedi ', Marzo 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, un 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” St. Louis during the 1904 Fiera del Mondo. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Il Sabato, Marzo 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran e gli investigatori
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Dopo 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Ha inoltre inserito come uno dei
H. H. Holmes era prima noto serial killer americano nella definizione moderna del termine. Holmes operato “il Castello Murder”, un hotel di Chicago durante la 1893 Esposizione mondiale di Chicago. Holmes sarebbe poi essere condannato per sedici omicidi, ma potrebbe aver ucciso più di 100 persone durante il suo funzionamento dell'hotel. What is less well known is that St.
Ho incontrato mia moglie al matrimonio di mia sorella nel mese di settembre 1995. Avevo conosciuto Tam come migliore amica di mia sorella per 10 anni, ma non ho davvero la vedo come la donna che era diventata fino a questo giorno di fine settembre. I actually got to know her better because I was on wolf duty this day although it
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. L'ispettore Chan e Jimmy Chan, interpretato da Victor Sen Yung, stanno volando all'Esposizione Mondiale di San Francisco 1939 all'inizio del film. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Sul volo c'è anche l'amico di Charlie, Paul Essex, played
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Il modo di vivere in salute e forza (link di affiliazione) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 anni fino a perdere il suo
Sunday morning, Agosto 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet