Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, met Taro
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Op November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 kinders. Die St. Louis Aartsbisdom het die kerk ingewy
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Worger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was egter 'n goeie vegter in sy eie reg. Ryan is op Maart gebore 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was deur syne bekend
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Dit is nie duidelik of Charles Sanders se optrede Printz se aandag getrek het nie, of Printz het net op Sanders afgekom. Whatever the circumstances, Printz het na Sanders gestap, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
Onlangs, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 uitgawe van die St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 van die 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
Spelers vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis nuwe moderne se tweede film aanpassing van die gewilde misdaad reeks deur Marcell Allain en Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre speel die rol van Fantomas en sy vele aliasse. Edmund Breon uitbeeld Inspekteur Spelers. George Melchior speel die rol van Jerome Fandor, 'n jong joernalis, wat Spelers help in sy ondersoeke van Fantomas. Spelers en Fandor is
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Egter, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Hoof Desmond gesê
In 2010, St. Louis was die 58 grootste stad in die Verenigde State van Amerika en die 19 grootste metropolitaanse gebied. Rondom die draai van die eeu, dit was die vyfde of sesde grootste stad in die Verenigde State van Amerika en die grootste wes van die Mississippi River. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
On Thursday, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Na probeer om onwettige betaling, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, opgedra aan die