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. Departamento de Policía de Louis Metropolitano. 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. En enero

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Sr.. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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En julio 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Movimiento “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Sr.. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Sr.. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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En noviembre 16, 1877, St. Oficial de Policía Louis 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. El hombre posteriormente identificado como Frank Rande entró Monte de Piedad de Wright en alrededor 9:30 a.m. Wright envió a uno de sus ayudantes para la policía. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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El viernes, Octubre 14, and Saturday, Octubre 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. La 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. Uno de los mecanismos que utilizaron los gobiernos para recaudar tarifas por las carreteras.

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Oliver Kirk y el 1904 St. Olimpiadas Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk tiene la distinción de ser el único boxeador olímpico en ganar una medalla de oro en dos categorías de peso diferentes en los mismos Juegos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk logró esta hazaña en su ciudad natal en los Juegos Olímpicos 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair 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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En febrero 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. Sin embargo, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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