Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
På fredag, Marts 13, 1903, Franklin County dommer William Davidson anklaget William Rudolph og George Collins for røveri af Union Bank og mordet på Pinkerton Detective Charles Schumacher. Rudolph og Collins påberåbe “ikke skyldig”. Dommer Davidson tildelt tre advokater til at repræsentere Rudolph og Collins. William Rudolph gave a confession to the St. Louis media, which was
Den December 10, 1920, en ottendedel St. Louis politibetjent ville miste sit liv, de fleste officerer til at dø i rækken af tolden i historien om St. Louis Police Department. Fire af de officerer’ mord i 1920 aldrig ville blive løst. This last murder would be one of the four murders never to be solved. Charles M.
Missouri rekord for udstedelse af ægteskab licenser på én dag blev brudt på onsdag, November 23, 1904 ved 151 par i St. Louis, der ønskede at binde knude på Thanksgiving Day 1904. Den foregående døgnpost var 117 par, der er fastsat i St. Louis før Thanksgiving 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in
My stepdad Ernest C. Diaz married my mother on June 8, 1981. Dad and Mom worked to make sure we had a normal family life. I 1981 eller 1982, they decided to take my sisters and me to a professional wrestling show at the Checkerdome (also known as the Arena). Our favorite wrestlers were the Von Erichs. David Von Erich
Efter min mor giftede sig med min stedfar, Ernest Diaz, i 1981, han ledte efter en måde, hvorpå vi kunne tilbringe tid sammen. Jeg var camping med spejdere, så far besluttede, at camping ville være en effektiv måde for os at lære hinanden at kende. En ven af fars ejede ejendom og en hytte i Greenville, MO. We
Abe Attell var en hård bokser. Han vandt verdensmesterskabet Fjervægt Boxing Championship to gange. He and his brother Monte were the first brothers to be world boxing champions at the same time after Monte won the World Bantamweight Championship. Abe Attell won his first title when he was based out of the West End Boxing Club in St. Louis, MO.
På fredag, Oktober 21, 1904, fem St. Louis Politibetjente gik til et campingpladsvirksomhed hus på 1324 Pine Street, stedet for nutidens Soldier Memorial, to arrest three men suspected of an Illinois train robbery in August of the same year. What occurred next would be one of the most storied shootouts in St. Louis Politi historie. During the World’s Fair,
The May 9, 1905 udgave af St. Louis Republiks sport sektion indeholdt en historie om en kommende kamp mellem lokal wrestler George Baptiste og touring World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, who just beat Tom Jenkins for the World Championship. If the editor knew “Hack’s” condition at the time, he may have
General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War berømmelse havde dybe rødder i St. Louis strækker sig tilbage til 1843. Som soldat, the US Army assigned Sherman to Jefferson Barracks. Sherman was also involved in St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company præsident, indtil han forlod St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war,
On April 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, også kendt som “Den rødhårede Bandit”, gik ind i Easton-Taylor Trust Company på 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith havde en revolver i hver hånd og forlangte penge fra kassen. Frygter for sit liv, ekspedienten faldt prompte $15,309 i en sæk. John Lanigan, bankens præsident, sad på sit kontor ud for lobbyen