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. Nan mwa janvye

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Sou Jiye 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mouvman “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Pandan ke Pedreira konplè rechèch ak site sous prensipal yo. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, Pandan ke Pedreira konplè rechèch ak site sous prensipal yo

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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis

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Nan Vandredi, Oktòb 14, and Saturday, Oktòb 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. Nan 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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Oliver Kirk ak nan 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, 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. Sepandan, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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