Boss Butler и Св. Louis Machine

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Когато става дума за машина политиката и организираната престъпност, Kansas City винаги е надмина St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City е също дом на няколко нашумели гангстерски стрелби. <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis’ последният лидер на организираната престъпност бе арестуван за карти за игра. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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Morris Packing Co. Robbers Caught

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21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Април 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Мерел е бил нает като механик в

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A Found Family Treasure

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Преди седмици, Търсех копие на Айвънхоу от сър Уолтър Скот от старата библиотека на дядо ми. Дядо Гилбърт П. Елис имаше библиотека, която ми даде в началото на 90-те години. Тези книги и неговото бюро са съкровища, които ще останат с мен до деня, в който умра. Като дете, Седях в неговия

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. <Педя bbox_x = "518" bbox_y = "1814" bbox_w = "122" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ", Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French

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Black Belts Need Skill and Character

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At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. Обаче, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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Уилям Muldoon, World гръко-римската борба шампион и физическа култура поддръжник на, дойде в Лос Анджелис във вторник, Април 15, 1884 да се изправи пред местен борец Fred Bauer. Мачът се състоя на местно Turnvereine зала в Лос Анджелис. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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Jem Mace Battles Joe Coburn

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От ноември 30, 1871, a large crowd of men boarded ten rail cars on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad as it stopped on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The train continued on to Montgomery Station near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where the crowd left the rain and made their way into the woods. Such an odd procession

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, Април 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. The time

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George Baptiste Dies

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От декември 1, 1938 в 5:15 ч., former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 години. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Аз

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