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Nhar it-Tnejn, Marzu 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, a 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” f'St. Louis during the 1904 Fair Dinja. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 f'Chicago,
Nhar is-Sibt, Marzu 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 u d-ditektifs
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Wara 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. Daħal ukoll bħala wieħed minn
H. H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.
I met mara tiegħi fil-tieġ sister tiegħi f'Settembru 1995. I kienet magħrufa Tam bħala l-aqwa ħabib tiegħi sister ftit għall 10 snin imma jien ma verament tara tagħha bħala l-mara hi kienet saret sal-lum tard f'Settembru. I actually got to know her better because I was on wolf duty this day although it
Charlie Chan fil Treasure Island (1939) hija t-tielet seklu għoxrin film Fox starring Sidney TOLER bħala Charlie Chan. L-Ispettur Chan u Jimmy Chan, kellha minn Victor Sen Yung, qed itiru lejn l-Espożizzjoni Dinjija ta’ San Francisco fi 1939 kif jiftaħ il-film. Il-ride bumpy qed tagħmel Jimmy ħafna nervuża. Fuq it-titjira hemm ukoll il-ħabib ta’ Charlie Paul Essex, played
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Il-Mixja biex Live Saħħa u Qawwa (link affiljat) 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 years until losing his
Sunday morning, Awissu 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