Moord op 2912 Washington

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Gebouwen zijn slechts stapels planken en stenen, zonder de verhalen die eraan vastzitten. During November 1912, St. Louis-politieagent Arthur Huddleston werd vermoord door voorwaardelijk vrijgelaten moordenaar Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had zijn common law-vrouw verrast, 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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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. Terwijl dit verhaal misschien wel mag

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie's moeder Margaret stierf tijdens de geboorte van Hattie of stierf

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Op oktober 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 pond. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans van beide mannen kwamen binnen

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

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Mijn stiefvader, Ernest C. Diaz, heeft mij grootgebracht, so I included his family in my genealogical research. Echter, Dad’s father, Joseph Diaz, emigreerde uit Mexico en zijn moeder Marie Moellenberg was een Amerikaan van de eerste generatie, geboren uit Duitse immigranten. Finding information on his family has not been easy. We weten dat de vader van Jozef Ulalio Diaz was en dat de geboortenaam van zijn moeder was

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