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. Mr. 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 o wrthwynebydd casineb

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Mam yn Cyffesu i'r Prif Desmond

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Dros ei 17 gyrfa blwyddyn, St. Bu Louis Pennaeth y Ditectifs William Desmond yn delio â llawer o aelodau teulu'r troseddwr. Roedd rhai aelodau o'r teulu cynddrwg neu'n waeth na'r Prif Desmond troseddol a'i ddynion dan glo. Fodd bynnag,, roedd llawer o aelodau'r teulu yn onest, pobl sy'n gweithio'n galed, a gafodd drafferth i ddeall beth aeth o'i le gyda'u hanwyliaid. Yn gynnar yn ei yrfa

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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The Tuesday Evening, Chwefror 18, 1919, argraffiad y Santes. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, yr St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Ketchel yn Achub ei Hun

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Ar ddydd Gwener, Mehefin 10, 1910, Brwydrodd Pencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Canol y Byd, Stanley Ketchel, ei ornest olaf yn erbyn Jim Smith, sydd heb ei ddatgan. Mae Ketchel wedi clirio'r adran pwysau canol, felly cafodd hyrwyddwyr bocsio drafferth i ddod o hyd i gystadleuaeth addas i Ketchel. At only 24 mlwydd oed, Roedd Ketchel yn byw'n galed ac yn ymladd yn gyson gan achosi i'w gorff dorri i lawr yn gynnar. Ar ôl ymladd Smith, Bwriad Ketchel oedd

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