Историчар борбених спортова и борилачки уметник
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On Christmas Night 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Кејт Шопен, ћерка истакнутог француског породици и у то време локални аутор, срушио у Ст. Лоуис 1904 Светски сајам августа 20, 1904. Мадам Шопен је био само 54 година и претрпео мождани крварење или анеуризме. Умрла је у својој кући на авенији МцПхерсон августа 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
На августа 17, 1891, Свети. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. У 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Лоуис. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. У 1847, the
On Monday evening, Јул 16, 1917, Свети. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 Н. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, who
Оливер Леонард Кирк је разлика у томе што је једини олимпијски боксер који је освојио златну медаљу у два одвојена одељења масе у истим Олимпијским играма. Оливер Кирка остварио тај подвиг у свом родном граду Олимпијским играма у 1904. Свети. Током Луј домаћин трећег олимпијада 1904 Светски сајам изложби. Као париски Игре четири године пре, Свети. Louis gave
Over his 17 year career, Свети. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond dealt with many criminal’s family members. Some family members were as bad or worse than the criminal Chief Desmond and his men had locked up. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. Свети. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Лоуис. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, Свети. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 године. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
На дан 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, Свети. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet assaulted