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April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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
På onsdag, Januar 10, 1900, St. Louis politibetjent Paul Girard sto på hjørnet av S. Taylor og Lindell Boulevard, da han så en mann hoppe fra andre etasje i 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Oppmerksom på nylige innbrudd i det velstående nabolaget Central West End, Girard nærmet seg mannen. Da den haltende mannen så Girard, han løp mot S.
På lørdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutter. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem besatt
On February 26, 1943, RKO Pictures released the third film based on the popular Lum and Abner radio show. Two Weeks To Live (1943) stars Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody. Lauck and Goff, who also wrote the show, played the characters on radio beginning in 1931. The show began as a 15 minute radio
Over hans 17 års karriere, St. Louis detektivsjef William Desmond tok seg av mange kriminelles familiemedlemmer. Noen familiemedlemmer var like ille eller verre enn den kriminelle sjefen Desmond og hans menn hadde sperret inne. However, mange familiemedlemmer var ærlige, hardtarbeidende mennesker, som slet med å forstå hva som gikk galt med deres kjære. Tidlig i karrieren
On the morning of Wednesday, July 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.
Roland V. West kjøpte rettighetene og regissert The Bat (1926), en av den første “gamle mørke huset” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne filmen og The Old Mørk Hus (1932), som deler lignende ekspresjonistiske elementer. Begge filmene er satt i store herskapshus, which have seen better days. The key to the
The Tuesday Evening, February 18, 1919, utgave av St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Aware that a shoplifting ring was working a couple of the local jewelry stores, St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the
Juni 4, 1883, den gresk-romerske verden tungvekt Wrestling Champion William Muldoon møtt dyktig fransk fotballspiller Jules Rigal i San Francisco, California. Når brytere strippet for sine badebukser til kampen, det var tydelig Muldoon makt skulle vise seg en formidabel utfordring til Rigal. Muldoon sto rundt 6 meter høy og veide mellom 193 and 210 pounds during his career.
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let