William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Selama minggu terakhir bulan Desember 1902, William Rudolph, penambang baru saja kembali ke Franklin County, dan George Collins merampok Union Bank di Union, MO. Mereka merampok semalam, ketika tak seorang pun hadir dengan meledakkan aman. 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. 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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Baku tembak di Lindell Boulevard

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On Wednesday, Januari 10, 1900, St. Petugas Polisi Louis Paul Girard berdiri di sudut S. Taylor dan Lindell Boulevard, ketika dia melihat seorang pria melompat dari lantai dua 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Sadar akan perampokan baru-baru ini di lingkungan kaya Central West End, Girard mendekati pria itu. Ketika pria pincang itu melihat Girard, dia berlari menuju S.

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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 dari saingan yang dibenci

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Ibu Mengaku pada Kepala Desmond

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Atas miliknya 17 karir tahun, St. Kepala Detektif Louis William Desmond menangani banyak anggota keluarga penjahat. Beberapa anggota keluarga sama buruknya atau lebih buruk daripada penjahat yang dikurung oleh Kepala Desmond dan anak buahnya. However, banyak anggota keluarga yang jujur, orang-orang pekerja keras, yang berjuang untuk memahami apa yang salah dengan orang yang mereka cintai. Di awal karirnya

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Ketchel Saves Himself

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Pada hari Jumat, Juni 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. Pada hanya 24 th, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to

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