Murder at 2912 Washington

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Els edificis són només munts de taules i maons sense les històries que s'uneixen a ells. Durant novembre 1912, St. Oficial de Policia Louis Arthur Huddleston va ser assassinat per assassí en llibertat condicional Albert Whitefield. Whitefield havia sorprès la seva concubina, que era entretingut altra persona que truca cavaller. Whitefield va intentar matar abans de les dues St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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St. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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Dimarts, Novembre 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” Cicle de cinema. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Si bé aquesta història pot o pot

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Ismail lluita contra Jenkins

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Al maig 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail va lluitar contra Tom Jenkins a Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail només va fer una gira pels Estats Units durant sis mesos a la primera part 1898. Ismail va lluitar menys de deu partits, però va deixar un camí de destrucció recordat fins avui. Ismail va causar una poderosa impressió en derrotar fàcilment a Evan "Strangler" Lewis. Ismail també va fer un fort

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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A l'octubre 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 lliures. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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