William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Během posledního týdne prosince 1902, William Rudolph, Nedávno se vrátil horník Franklin County, a George Collins okradl Union banky v unii, MO. Oni ho vykradli přes noc, když nikdo nebyl přítomen, vyhodit do povětří bezpečné. 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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Dne 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. Pan. 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 od nenáviděného soupeře

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Mother Confesses to Chief Desmond

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Over his 17 roční kariéry, St. 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. Však, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Na začátku své kariéry

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Ketchel se zachraňuje

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V pátek, Červen 10, 1910, Mistr světa v boxu ve střední váze Stanley Ketchel svedl svůj poslední zápas proti neohlášenému Jimu Smithovi. Ketchel vyklidil střední váhu, takže propagátoři boxu se snažili najít vhodnou konkurenci pro Ketchela. At only 24 let, Ketchel žil tvrdě a neustále bojoval, což způsobilo brzké zhroucení jeho těla. Po boji se Smithem, Ketchel to zamýšlel

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