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, აპრილი 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at

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ნაპოვნია საოჯახო Treasure

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Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, წმინდა. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. ლუი პოლიციის ისტორია, 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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უილიამ Muldoon, მსოფლიო რომაული ჭიდაობის ჩემპიონი და ფიზიკური კულტურის განმახორციელებელი, მოვიდა Los Angeles სამშაბათი, აპრილი 15, 1884 პირისპირ ადგილობრივი მოჭიდავე Fred Bauer. მატჩი გაიმართა ადგილობრივ Turnvereine დარბაზში Los Angeles. 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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წმინდა. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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სამშაბათი, ნოემბერი 5, 1901, წმინდა. ლუი პოლიციის ტყვედ Ben Kilpatrick და Laura ბუილონის მათი მონაწილეობა დიდი ჩრდილოეთ მატარებელი ქურდობისთვის Montana ივლისს 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick იქნებოდა 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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Gilford Dudley Story (1797-1870)

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. ახლახანს მოვახერხე ინფორმაციის მოძიება Story ოჯახის შესახებ, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. წლის, მე ვერ ვიპოვე ჩემი დიდი ბებია დოლი ზიმერმანი

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, აპრილი 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. დრო

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George Baptiste Dies

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წლის 1, 1938 at 5:15 სთ, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 წლის ასაკიდან. 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. I

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