Vražda pri 2912 Washington

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Budovy sú len hromady dosiek a tehál bez príbehov, ktoré sa k nim viažu. During November 1912, St. Louisa policajného dôstojníka Arthura Huddlestona zabil podmienečne prepustený vrah Albert Whitefield. Whitefield prekvapil svoju manželku podľa zákona, 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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St. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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On Tuesday, November 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” 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. Zatiaľ čo tento príbeh môže alebo môže

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Ismail zápasí s Jenkinsom

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Mája 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail zápasil s Tomom Jenkinsom v Clevelande, Ohio. Ismail cestoval po Spojených štátoch len šesť mesiacov na začiatku 1898. Ismail zápasil menej ako desať zápasov, ale zanechal cestu skazy, ktorú si pamätáme dodnes. Ismail urobil silný dojem, keď ľahko porazil oboch Evan „Strangler“ Lewis. Ismail tiež urobil silný

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Októbra 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 libier. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Prišli fanúšikovia oboch mužov

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Marvin Hart Wins Vacant Title

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On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 na 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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