Bosas Butler ir Sankt. Louis mašina

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Kai jis ateina į mašinų politikos ir organizuotu nusikalstamumu, Kansas City visada nustelbia St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City taip pat buvo namuose keletą aukšto lygio gangland šaudymus. St. Louis’ paskutinis organizuotas nusikalstamumas lyderis buvo suimtas už kortų. 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, Balandis 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrellas dirbo mechaniku

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, 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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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoonas, Pasaulio graikų-romėnų imtynių čempionas ir kūno kultūros šalininkas, atvyko į Los Andžele antradienį, Balandis 15, 1884 susiduria su vietos imtynininkas Fredas Bauer. Rungtynės įvyko vietos Turnvereine salėje Los Andžele. 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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Jemas Mace'as kovoja su Joe Coburnu

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Lapkričio 30, 1871, didelė minia vyrų į Naujojo Orleano salę įlipo į dešimt geležinkelio vagonų, Mobilusis ir Teksaso geležinkelis sustojo Kanalo gatvėje Naujajame Orleane, Louisiana. Traukinys toliau važiavo į Montgomery stotį netoli Bay St.. Louis, Mississippi, kur minia paliko lietų ir leidosi į mišką. Tokia keista eisena

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, Balandis 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. Laikas

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George Baptiste Dies

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Gruodžio 1, 1938 į 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 metų. 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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