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 arerio gorrotatuarengandik

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Amak Desmond buruzagiari aitortu dio

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Bere gainetik 17 urteko ibilbidea, St. Louis Detektibeen burua William Desmond gaizkileen familiako kide askorekin aritu zen. Familiako kide batzuk Desmond buruzagi kriminalak eta bere gizonak giltzapetu zituzten bezain txarrak edo okerragoak ziren. Hala ere, familiako kide asko zintzoak ziren, jende langilea, beren maitearekin zer gertatu zen gaizki ulertzeko borrokan. Bere ibilbidearen hasieran

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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The Tuesday Evening, Otsaila 18, 1919, St edizioa. 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, St du. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Ketchelek bere burua salbatzen du

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Ostiralean, Ekaina 10, 1910, Stanley Ketchel pisu ertaineko munduko boxeo txapelduna bere azken borrokan borrokatu zuen Jim Smith ezezagunaren aurka. Ketchelek pisu ertaineko zatia kendu du, beraz, boxeoaren sustatzaileak borrokan ibili ziren Ketchel-en lehia egokia aurkitzeko. Bakarrik 24 urte, Ketchel gogor bizi zen eta etengabe borrokatu zuen bere gorputzaren matxura goiztiarra eraginez. Smithekin borrokatu ondoren, Ketchelek nahi zuen

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