Crimă la 2912 Washington

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Clădirile sunt doar grămezi de scânduri și cărămizi fără poveștile care sunt atașate de ele. During November 1912, St. Ofițerul de poliție Louis Arthur Huddleston a fost ucis de ucigașul eliberat condiționat Albert Whitefield. Whitefield își surprinsese soția în comun, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries 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” film series. 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. While this story may or may

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Ismail se luptă cu Jenkins

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La data de 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail l-a luptat cu Tom Jenkins la Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail a făcut un turneu în Statele Unite doar șase luni la începutul anului 1898. Ismail a luptat mai puțin de zece meciuri, dar a lăsat o cale de distrugere amintită până astăzi. Ismail a făcut o impresie puternică învingându-i cu ușurință pe ambii pe Evan „Strangler” Lewis. Ismail a făcut și el un puternic

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Octombrie 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 de lire sterline. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fanii ambilor bărbați au sosit

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Marvin Hart câștigă titlul Vacant

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Iulie 3, 1905, Marvin Hart a intrat în lupta pentru titlul mondial vacant ca o 3 la 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the

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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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