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, אַפּריל 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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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. לוי”, סט. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. לוי פּאָליצייַ געשיכטע, 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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Black Belts Need Skill and Character

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At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “באָנעס” דזשאָנעס. אָבער, דזשאָנעס’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

וויליאם-מולדון

וויליאם מאַלדון, די וועלט גרעקאָ-רוימער ראַנגלערייַ טשאַמפּיאָן און גשמיות קולטור פאָרלייגער, געקומען צו לאס אנדזשעלעס אויף דינסטאג, אַפּריל 15, 1884 צו פּנים די היגע ראַנגלער פרעד באַוער. די גלייַכן גענומען שטעלן בייַ די היגע טורנווערעינע האַלל אין לאס אנדזשעלעס. 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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סט. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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אויף דינסטאג, נאָוועמבער 5, 1901, סט. לוי פּאַליס קאַפּטשערד בן קילפּאַטריקק און לאַוראַ בולליאָן פֿאַר זייער אָנטייל אין די גרויס נאָרדערן באַן גנייווע אין מאָנטאַנאַ אויף יולי 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, קילפּאַטריקק וואָלט דינען 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)

פּאַרקער-הארי-דאַלי-פראַנקאָ

Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. איך האָב נאָר לעצטנס געווען ביכולת צו געפֿינען אינפֿאָרמאַציע וועגן די סטאָרי משפּחה, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. פֿאַר יאָרן, איך האָב ניט געקענט געפֿינען מײַן עלטער־באָבע דאָלי צימערמאַן נע

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

אָקאָנער-און-מענגעל

On the morning of Saturday, אַפּריל 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 ז. בראָדוויי. 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. די צייט

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George Baptiste Dies

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אויף דעצעמבער 1, 1938 בייַ 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 יאָרן פון עלטער. 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. לוי, 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. איך

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