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 Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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. Fuq Jannar

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Fuq Lulju 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mozzjoni “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation isib lil Mr. 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, biħsiebu

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Fuq Novembru 16, 1877, St. Uffiċjal tal-Pulizija 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. Ir-raġel aktar tard identifikat bħala Frank Rande daħal Pawnshop Wright fi madwar 9:30 a.m. Wright mibgħuta wieħed mill-assistenti tiegħu għall-pulizija. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Lotta fil- 1904 Olimpjadi tas-sajf fl St. Louis

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Ottubru 14, u s-Sibt, Ottubru 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers fil 7 klassijiet ta 'piż sodisfatti fl-ewwel Logħob Olimpiku kontestati fil-metodu lotta freestyle. Logħob Olimpiku preċedenti kienu kkontestata fl-istil Greco-Roman tal lotta. Il- 1904 Olimpjadi tas-Sajf saret flimkien mal- 1904 Ġust Dinja f'San. 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. Wieħed mill-mekkaniżmi li użaw il-gvernijiet biex jiġbru l-miżati għat-toroq

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Oliver Kirk u l- 1904 St. Louis Olimpjadi

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Oliver Leonard Kirk għandha l-distinzjoni hija l-unika boxer Olympic biex tirbaħ midalja tad-deheb f'żewġ klassijiet ta 'piż separati fl-istess Logħob Olimpiku. Oliver Kirk akkomplit dan ADT fil Hometown tiegħu Olimpijadi 1904. St. Louis ospitat-tielet Olympiad matul il- 1904 Fair Exposition Dinja. 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. Madankollu, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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