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. On January

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Panie. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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W lipcu 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Ruch “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Panie. Moto bierze urlop i zastaje pana. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Panie. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, zamierza

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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W listopadzie 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 na 1904 Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie w St. Louis

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Piątek, Październik 14, and Saturday, Październik 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. The 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. Jeden z mechanizmów stosowanych przez rządy do pobierania opłat za drogi

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Kirk i Oliver 1904 St. Louis Olimpiady

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ma rozróżnienie jest jedynym bokserem Olympic wygrać złoty medal w dwóch oddzielnych kategoriach wagowych w tych samych igrzyskach olimpijskich. Oliver Kirk osiągnąć ten wyczyn na Igrzyskach Olimpijskich w jego rodzinnym mieście 1904. St. Louis gospodarzem Olimpiady w trakcie trzeciego 1904 Wystawa Wystawa Światowa. 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. Jednak, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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