Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op April 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, ook bekend as “Die rooikop-Bandit”, geloop het in die Easton-Taylor Trust Company op 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith het 'n rewolwer in elke hand en geld van die kassier. Vrees vir sy lewe, die klerk het dadelik afgesak $15,309 in 'n sak. John Lanigan, die bank se president, het in sy kantoor buite die voorportaal gesit
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been
I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis geskiedenis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
Op 'n koue nag in Januarie 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polisie, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Police Department. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. KINGSHIGHWAY Boulevard, when two
Ek het eers gehoor van Chang Apana in 'n featurette op een van die Charlie Chan DVD stelle. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan se geheime (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
Ek het baie tyd spandeer om verskillende rangstelsels te bestudeer. Die rangstelsel blyk 'n moderne konsep te wees wat deur Dr. Jigaro Kano, 'n opvoeder, wat 'n stelsel van gradering wou hê om studente te skei. Oor die volgende eeu, talle style het die gordelrangstelsel aangeneem, maar die enigste gemeenskaplikheid was die gordelstelsels bedoel wat die skepper besluit het
On Thursday, Junie 12, 1919, Earl Hunter en Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 voormiddag. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. The corner of Virginia Avenue and Meramec Street was one of the busiest street car blocks in the city. The robbers had
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” en 235 pond. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Egter,