Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

frank-gotch

Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Kapāt” Sanktpēterburgā. Louis during the 1904 Pasaules Fair. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Laupītājs Palīdz Catch Killer

Desmond-1904-svinīga

H. H. Holmss bija Amerikas pirmais zināms sērijveida slepkava mūsdienu definīciju vārda. Holmes darbināmas “Murder pils”, Chicago hotel laikā 1893 Čikāgas Pasaules Fair. Holmes galu galā tiks notiesāts par sešpadsmit slepkavību, taču, iespējams, ir nogalināti vairāk nekā 100 cilvēki savā darbībā no viesnīcas laikā. What is less well known is that St.

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

Teodors Rūzvelts smaidot

After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Tomēr, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Rūzvelts izvēlējās savu kara sekretāru un bijušo Filipīnu gubernatoru

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Veids, kā dzīvot veselību un spēku

Džordža-Hakenšmita uzvalks

For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Veids, kā dzīvot veselību un spēku (filiāli saite) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his

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Amatieru Sleuth nozveja Dynamitards

St-Louis-streetcar

Sunday morning, Augusts 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet

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William Muldoon un viņa veselība Farm

William-Muldoon

William Muldoon, bijušais New York City detektīvs, uzvarēja Pasaules grieķu-romiešu cīņas čempionātā, uzveicot Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon valdīja desmit gadus pirms došanās pie miera kā čempions. Pēc aiziešanas pensijā, viņš sāka pelnīt iztiku kā personīgo treneri. Muldoon trained wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for his

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Girlfriend Kills St. Louis Officer

petring-from-post-dispatch

On Monday evening, Jūlijs 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, kurš

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