Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Am January

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Herr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Im Juli 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Bewegung “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Herr. Moto macht Urlaub und findet Mr. Moto die Königin von Saba Krone aus seiner Entdeckung in einer ägyptischen Ausgrabungsstätte zu einem San Francisco Museum begleitet,,en,Moto den Verdacht hegt, den Bogen kriminellen Metaxess,,en,die Behörden glaubten, war,,en. Herr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, beabsichtigt

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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On November 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 a.m. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Am Freitag,, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Die 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Einer der Mechanismen, die Regierungen nutzen, um Straßengebühren zu erheben

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Oliver Kirk und die 1904 St. Louis Olympia

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Oliver Leonard Kirk hat die Unterscheidung des Seins der einzige Olympia-Boxer eine Goldmedaille in zwei Gewichtsklassen in den gleichen Olympischen Spielen. Oliver Kirk diese Leistung in seiner Heimatstadt Olympischen Spiele in 1904. St. Louis Gastgeber des dritten Olympiade während der 1904 Weltausstellung Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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“Terrible” Terry Dies in Charity Hospital

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On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Jedoch, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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