Pinkertons Capture William Rudolph

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Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) is loosely based on The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. The short story was published in The Strand Magazine during May 1893. It was later compiled in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. In the story, the Musgrave Mansion held a secret that even it’s inhabitants did not know. This film follows the same plot line

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Lt. Sidney Sears Shot

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Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 ປີ, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis. ໃນ 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.

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Kate Chopin Collapses at World’s Fair

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Kate Chopin, ລູກ​ສາວ​ຂອງ​ຄອບ​ຄົວ​ຝຣັ່ງ​ເປັນ​ຄູ​ຊັດ​ເຈນ​ແລະ​ໃນ​ເວ​ລາ​ຜູ້​ຂຽນ​ຂອງ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ, ພັງ​ລົງ​ຢູ່ St ໄດ້. Louis 1904 ໂລກ​ທີ່​ຍຸດ​ຕິ​ທໍາ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ເດືອນ​ສິງ​ຫາ 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ມີ​ພຽງ​ແຕ່ 54 ປີ​ເກົ່າ​ແລະ​ປະ​ສົບ​ການ​ເສຍ​ເລືອດ​ສະ​ຫມອງ​ຫຼື aneurism. ນາງ​ໄດ້​ເສຍ​ຊີ​ວິດ​ຢູ່​ທີ່​ເຮືອນ​ຂອງ​ນາງ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ McPherson ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ສິງ​ຫາ 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.

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Thunder in the East (1951)

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I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) starring

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Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ຜູ້​ທີ່

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Dick Tracy ພົບ​ສະ​ຫຍົດ​ສະ​ຫຍອງ (1947)

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Dick Tracy ພົບ​ສະ​ຫຍົດ​ສະ​ຫຍອງ (1947) ເປັນ​ການ​ເຂົ້າ​ສຸດ​ທ້າຍ​ໃນ “B” ຊຸດ​ເດ. RKO ຮູບ​ພາບ​ໄດ້​ໄລ​ຍະ​ການ​ໃນ​ໄລ​ຍະ​ຈາກ​ສາ​ທາ​ລະ​ນະ​ຮູບ​ພາບ, ຜູ້​ທີ່​ປ່ອຍ​ອອກ​ມາ​ເມື່ອ serials Dick Tracy ຕົ້ນ​ສະ​ບັບ​ໃນ​ປີ 1930 ທ້າຍ​ປີ​ແລະ​ປີ 1940 ຕົ້ນ. RKO ຮູບ​ພາບ​ປ່ອຍ​ອອກ​ມາ​ຮູບ​ເງົາ​ເພື່ອ​ການ​ລະ​ຄອນ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 26, 1947. RKO ໄດ້​ນໍາ​ເອົາ Boris Karloff ໃນ​ການ​ຫລິ້ນ gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch

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William Desmond Passes Away

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ໃນ​ວັນ​ອັງ​ຄານ, ກໍ​ລະ​ກົດ 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890

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Shadows ໃນ​ໄລ​ຍະ Chinatown (1946)

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ໃນ​ເວ​ລາ​ທີ່ Twentieth Century Fox​, ຕັດ​ສິນ​ໃຈ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ລຸດ​ລົງ​ໃນ​ໄລ​ຍະ​ການ Charlie Chan ຫຼັງ​ຈາກ Castle ໃນ​ທະ​ເລ​ຊາຍ​ໄດ້ (1942), Sidney ຄວາມ​ທົນ​ທານ​ຕໍ່​ການ​ຊື້​ສິດ​ທິ​ໃນ​ການ​ໄລ​ຍະ​ແລະ​ໄດ້​ໄປ Monogram ຮູບ​ພາບ. ຫຼັງ​ຈາກ​ການ​ເຮັດ 11 ຮູບ​ເງົາ​ທີ່ Twentieth Century Fox​-, ຄວາມ​ທົນ​ທານ​ຕໍ່​ຈະ​ເຮັດ​ໃຫ້ 11 ຮູບ​ເງົາ Charlie ຈັນ​ມີ​ຮູບ​ພາບ Monogram. Shadows ໃນ​ໄລ​ຍະ Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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