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Charles Bakcsy, known also as Charles "Strangler" Smith, was a Hungarian professional wrestler and police detective.


 * 1904
 * July 07, 1904: loss to Adolph Drews in Portland and Astoria, OR
 * July 20, 1904: image of Bakcsy
 * July 21, 1904: defeated Drews in Astoria, OR
 * August 18, 1904: loss to Tom Davies
 * August 26, 1904: draw with Ben Williams
 * August 27, 1904: Smith was a replacement boxer against Fred Muller and fought him to a 20 round draw
 * September 25, 1904: "Smith is the biggest little man in this part of the country and his macular development is wonderful."
 * September 29, 1904: Bakcsy is accused of stealing a horse cart
 * December 4, 1904: Fred Larson threw Smith twice in one hour, falling short of the three falls needed to win


 * 1906
 * January 26, 1906: a rumor that Smith broke his arm was false
 * February 11, 1906: Smith wrestled Harrold Simmons at the opening of the Milwaukee Athletic Club
 * March 09, 1906: Robert Jackson challenged Smith to a match in Oregon City
 * March 12, 1906: Smith lost to Dan Mellin in Portland (best 5 out of 7 falls)
 * March 23, 1906: Smith accepted Jackson's challenge
 * March 27, 1906: Smith defeats Jackson
 * April 6, 1906: Smith preformed a physical exhibition at the Oregon City YMCA
 * April 6, 1906: Smith officiated a game of basketball at the Oregon City YMCA
 * April 8, 1906: Bakcsy's marriage notice
 * September 24, 1906: Smith lost to McDonald at Krebs Hops Ranch in Independence, OR
 * September 26, 1906: Smith defeated Sloane at Krebs Hops Ranch in Independence, OR


 * 1908
 * April 5, 1908: profile of Smith with dubious claims
 * November 13, 1908: Smith lost of Eddie O'Connell via toehold


 * 1909
 * July 31, 1909: Smith defeated James McNeal
 * September 17, 1909: match with F. F. Gerald in Bellingham, Washington


 * 1912
 * February 3, 1912: Bakcsy joined the Portland police as a harbor patorlman.
 * March 8, 1912: Bakcsy voluntarily spent a night in the county lockup
 * April 5, 1912: made arrest
 * July 12, 1912: found lost item on patrol
 * August 7, 1912: arrested the chief officer of the SS Willamette for failing to put out the lifesaving net for passengers walking the gangplank to shore
 * August 24, 1912: went undercover for an arrest
 * August 28, 1912: arrested Philip Burg on disorderly conduct
 * September 3, 1912: prevented a fire
 * September 21, 1912: an attempted bribe
 * October 20, 1912: claimed he helped prevent a shipwreck
 * October 28, 1912: made assault arrest
 * November 9, 1912: bankruptcy notice
 * December 3, 1912: took pity on suspects
 * December 5, 1912: a dubious story
 * December 8, 1912: vagrancy arrest, releases suspect
 * December 20, 1912: returned an escaped adolescent crew member to his ship
 * December 20, 1912: Bakcsy made an arrest with his wife


 * 1913
 * January 1, 1913: helped prevent a mutiny aboard the the Manshu Maru
 * February 3, 1913: prevented a suicide
 * February 16, 1913: made arrest for failing to wait the statutory requirement following a divorce before re-marrying
 * February 23, 1913: arrested children for stealing wheat from the docks
 * March 09, 1913: story on an arrest he made as harbor patrolman
 * March 17, 1913: preformed a sting on Ah Chung
 * April 27, 1913: Bakcsy had a prank pulled on him involving a gun lighter.
 * May 04, 1913: police brutality charge


 * 1914
 * March 22, 1914: Bakcsy's brother was in Oregon
 * July 3, 1914: match with R. Dishmon in Thompson Falls, Montana


 * 1915
 * September 11, 1915: his brother was a prisoner in Hungary


 * 1916
 * January 28, 1916: Bakcsy and his wife did undercover work to arrest brothel owners in Idaho.  He accosted a person in the witness room.


 * 1920s
 * October 31, 1920: campaigning cross-country for Harding
 * August 29, 1924: accused of entrapment during undercover prohibition sting in Washington, D.C.
 * December 1926 Bakcsy, who claimed to infiltrate the IWW, was the subject of an NEA series
 * January 28, 1927: testified in front of a congressional committee on behalf of the Railroad lobby


 * 1930s
 * August 28, 1931: a dubious article
 * February 19, 1933: mentioned as a investigator for the department of justice
 * August 18, 1939: Bakcsy testified against Harry Bridges at his deportation hearing


 * 1940s
 * August 01, 1941: testified to the California Un-American Activities Committee
 * December 5, 1943: sued North American Aviation Company
 * 1944: chattel mortgage notice
 * January 3, 1946: Francis Taylor forged checks in the name of Charles Bakcsy