Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

喬治 - 巴蒂斯特

在9月 15, 1919, 聖. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. 多年來,, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 和 126 英鎊, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. 七月 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

威廉·德斯蒙德酋長

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. 聖. 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. 先生. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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