William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Thaum lub xya hlis ntuj nqeg 1902, William Rudolph, miner nyuam qhuav xa rov qab rau lub nras Franklin, thiab George Collins robbed lub sij hawm thaum pab neeg hauv pab neeg, MO. Lawv robbed nws pw, thaum sawv daws tsis tshwm sim los tshuab rau saum cov yas. Rudolph rov qab rau nws niam thiab txiv’ alarm hauv Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond tim khawv tua neeg

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Nyob rau lub ob hlis ntuj 10, 1897, 60-xyoo William H. Stewart, ib tug engineer civil, tuag rau me nyuam. Louis nroog tsev kho mob. Stewart tso kom deb ntawm lub morphine overdose. St. Louis Police muas thaum chiv thawj xav tias yog ib rooj plaub ntawm yus tua yus los yog lo lus overdose. Stewart nyob nrog nws vauv F.C. Bennett ntawm 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically tsis Mr. Stewart siv tshuaj txhua yam.

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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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Gunfight on Lindell Boulevard

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Hnub Wednesday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 10, 1900, St. Louis Police Officer Paul Girard was standing at the corner of S. Taylor and Lindell Boulevard, when he saw a man jump from the second floor of 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Aware of recent burglaries in the wealthy Central West End neighborhood, Girard approached the man. When the limping man saw Girard, he ran towards S.

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Zbyszko “Yeej” Ntiaj teb no npe rau 1921

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Polish wrestler thiab strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko xub tuaj txog hauv tebchaws 1909 rau cov kev sib tw rau kev txhaj tshuaj rau ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib Frank Gotch. Nws tau txais thiab ploj ntais ntawv nyob rau hauv ib contest tseeb thaum 1910. Zbyszko tseem wrestling ob peb xyoos ntau thiab ua tau yeej lub qab ntuj Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship hauv 1914 ntawm hated rival

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Mother Confesses to Chief Desmond

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Over his 17 year career, 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. Txawm li cas los, many family members were honest, hard-working people, who struggled to understand what went wrong with their loved one. Early in his career

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Detective Desmond yuav tsis khiav tawm tsev kaw neeg

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Hnub peb sawv ntxov, Lub Xya hli ntuj 8, 1885, tub soj ntsuam tus ntaus khoom Jimmy Spaulding rushed mus rau hauv tsev hais plaub tus tub ceev xwm hauv lub tsev hais plaub plaub lub tsev. Spaulding tshaj tawm ib lub nkuaj inmates hauv nkuaj cia tos twb nyuam qhuav dim hauv. Nrhiav tub tes tub taw hauv lub tsev hais plaub feem ntau zaum stunned, Detective Billy Desmond dhia ntawd kom nws lub taw thiab rushed ntawm lub courtroom.

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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Lub hnub hmo, Lub ob hlis ntuj 18, 1919, ib tsab ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Dispatch tom qab detailed tus ntes ob tug txiv neej thiab poj niam ob rau hauv tub sab heev heev khoom khoom kim heev. Paub hais tias ib ntiv nplhaib tawm shoplifting ntawd ua hauj lwm ib nkawg ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub lub khw muag khoom noj, cov me nyuam. Louis ceev xwm muab ntau undercover tub ceev xwm cov poj niam mus ua raws li cov suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Ketchel saves nws tus kheej

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Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1910, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought nws kawg sib ntaus tus unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel muaj cleared tawm tus middleweight faib, Ces boxing promoters struggled nrhiav suitable sib txeeb rau Ketchel. Ntawm xwb 24 xyoo, Ketchel nyob nyuaj thiab fought lossi yuav ua tau ib breakdown thaum ntxov ntawm nws lub cev. Tom qab ntaus Smith, Ketchel npaj siab rau

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