William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Matul l-aħħar ġimgħa ta 'Diċembru 1902, William Rudolph, minatur lura riċentement biex Franklin County, u George Collins insterqu l-Unjoni Bank fl-Unjoni, MO. Huma insterqu matul il-lejl, meta l-ebda wieħed kien preżenti mill blowing up-periklu. 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” Åberg. 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 minn rivali mibegħda

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Omm Tistqarr lill-Kap Desmond

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Fuq tiegħu 17 sena karriera, St. Louis Kap tad-Ditektifs William Desmond ittratta ma 'ħafna membri tal-familja tal-kriminali. Xi membri tal-familja kienu ħżiena jew agħar mill-Kap kriminali Desmond u l-irġiel tiegħu kienu maqfula. Madankollu, ħafna membri tal-familja kienu onesti, nies li jaħdmu iebes, li tħabtu biex jifhmu x’mar ħażin mal-maħbub tagħhom. Kmieni fil-karriera tiegħu

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Ketchel Isalva lilu nnifsu

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Ġunju 10, 1910, Iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing tal-Piż medju Stanley Ketchel ġġieled l-aħħar ġlieda tiegħu kontra Jim Smith, li ma kienx imħabbar. Ketchel neħħiet id-diviżjoni tal-piż medju, għalhekk promoturi tal-boxing tħabtu biex isibu kompetizzjoni xierqa għal Ketchel. At only 24 sena, Ketchel għex iebes u ġġieled kontinwament u kkawża tkissir bikri ta 'ġismu. Wara l-ġlieda kontra Smith, Ketchel maħsub biex

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