Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

漢娜·麥克勞林

一月 7, 1903, 聖. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. 然而, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. 三月 1897, 聖. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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摔跤在 1904 夏季奧運會在聖. 路易

1904-夏季奧運會

上週五, 十月 14, and Saturday, 十月 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. 該 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. 路易, MO. 聖. Louis was well-represented in

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奧利弗·柯克和 1904 聖. 聖路易斯奧運會

奧利弗·基爾·聖路易斯·義和團

奧利弗·倫納德·柯克具有作為唯一的奧運拳擊手贏得一枚金牌在兩個不同的重量等級在同奧運會的區別. 奧利弗·柯克完成了這一壯舉在他的家鄉在奧運會 1904. 聖. 路易主辦的第三屆奧運會期間 1904 世界博覽會博覽會. Like the Paris Games four years before, 聖. Louis gave

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

德斯蒙德酋長

在9月 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. 他們把他送到華盛頓的精神病院

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. 路易

弗蘭克 -  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 “哈克” 在聖. Louis during the 1904 世界博覽會. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. 路易, the match would not occur until 1908 在芝加哥,

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