William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Gedurende die laaste week van Desember 1902, William Rudolph, 'n onlangs teruggekeer mynwerker Franklin County, en George Collins beroof die Unie Bank in Unie, MO. Hulle beroof dit oornag, wanneer niemand teenwoordig deur die blaas van die kluis was. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mnr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Zbyszko “Wins” World Title in 1921

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Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 van gehate mededinger

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Moeder bieg aan hoofman Desmond

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Oor syne 17 jaar loopbaan, St. William Desmond, speurhoof van Louis, het met baie misdadigers se familielede gehandel. Sommige familielede was so erg of erger as wat die kriminele hoof Desmond en sy manne toegesluit het. Egter, baie familielede was eerlik, hardwerkende mense, wat gesukkel het om te verstaan ​​wat verkeerd gegaan het met hul geliefde. Vroeg in sy loopbaan

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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Die Dinsdag-aand, Februarie 18, 1919, uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Bewus daarvan dat 'n winkeldiefstal ring is besig om 'n paar van die plaaslike juweliersware winkels, die St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Ketchel Red Homself

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Op Vrydag, Junie 10, 1910, Wêreld-middelgewigbokskampioen Stanley Ketchel het sy laaste geveg teen die ongekende Jim Smith geveg. Ketchel het die middelgewigafdeling uitgeskakel, dus het bokspromotors gesukkel om geskikte kompetisie vir Ketchel te vind. Slegs 24 jaar oud, Ketchel het hard gelewe en geveg wat voortdurend 'n vroeë afbreek van sy liggaam veroorsaak het. Nadat hy met Smith geveg het, Ketchel was van plan om

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