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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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Rau hnub Saturday, Kaum ib hlis 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling kiv cua tej tus poob siab, Thaum ib tus wrestler mus xyuas yooj yim txawb hauv zos tau zus ib Oscar Wasem rau ib tug me dhau 20 feeb. Tom qab yeej yooj yim, kiv cua tsw ib nas, thaum lub “Indianapolis Cyclone” rau nrog ib tus neeg luag Iwm haiv neeg Lancashire. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste li cov me nyuam. Louis’ wrestling tau tau zus ib ntawm cov mus-1890s. Wasem possessed

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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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Muldoon muaj zog heev rau Fabkis txoj Wrestler

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Nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj 4, 1883, lub Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib William Muldoon muag koom Fabkis txoj wrestler Jules Rigal hauv San Francisco, California. Thaum twg tus wrestlers stripped mus rau lawv cov txwv rau ntais ntawv, cuab kev Muldoon yog fais fab yuav muab pov thawj formidable teem ib lub caij sib tw mus Rigal. Muldoon sawv ib ncig 6 taw siab thiab weighed ntawm 193 thiab 210 phaus thaum nws cov hauj lwm.

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Desmond Fas tau ib Confession

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St. Louis Chief ntawm Detectives William Desmond yog paub tias kom nws muaj peev xwm tau confessions ntawm criminals. Tsis zoo li lwm detectives, leej twg yuav qee zaus siv lub cev sib thuam, Desmond eschewed cov “peb kawm ntawv”. Chief Desmond ntseeg tau ntaub ntawv los ntawm beating suspects unreliable kiag li. Desmond yuav pib muaj kev sib sab laj nrog cov nyaj. Tom qab muab nws tom yooj yim, Desmond yuav cia

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