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100 YEARS AGO June 14, 1917
BAUXITE —Mabel Hammock, 15 years old, daughter of W. L. Hammock, a miner employed by the American Bauxite Company, was seriously wounded here today by Floyd Scott of Mabelvale, who then killed himself. From a letter found on the dead man it appears that Scott was crazed with love for the girl, who had been forbidden by her mother to encourage his advances.
50 YEARS AGO June 14, 1967
PINE BLUFF — Joseph Dorn, 35, of Pine Bluff drowned late Monday in Bayou Bartholomew south of here. The Jefferson County sheriff’s office said Dorn waded into the Bayou to retrieve a fishing rod he had dropped and stepped into deep water. One of Dorn’s three companions tried to rescue him, authorities said, but couldn’t because of Dorn’s thrashing. The body was found in dragging operations. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the E. K. Miller Funeral Service at Pine Bluff.
25 YEARS AGO June 14, 1992
A massage therapist arrested twice on prostitution charges in Little Rock is appealing the suspension of her massage license. The massage therapy license of Carol Roberts, 45, of Little Rock was suspended April 2 after the state Massage Therapy Board met to consider her arrests on charges of prostitution and drug possession. As part of her appeal of the license suspension, Roberts on Thursday filed the entire transcript of the May 27 board hearing in Pulaski County Circuit Court. According to testimony at the hearing, Roberts had been granted home occupation license by the city of Little Rock to run a massage business at her residence on 11607 Birchwood Drive.
10 YEARS AGO June 14, 2007
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a Johnson County man who contributed to his daughter’s death in a house fire by chaining her to her bed. Judges upheld the negligent homicide and second-degree false imprisonment convictions of Lloyd Lee Holt, who conspired with his wife to chain Molly Holt, their 10-year-old daughter, to her bed at their home north of Clarksville. Molly Holt died in 2003 in a house fire. Authorities believe the fire started in the girl’s bedroom, where her remains were found. A metal chain with two padlocks was looped around her ankle and the bed frame.