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100 YEARS AGO May 11, 1918
HOT SPRINGS — The investigation of the death of Edward Singeon of Chicago, who died in a hospital here April 29, started on the arrival of the body in that city, has developed tetanus was probably the real cause instead of meningitis, as first stated. The arrival of the body in Chicago in a sealed casket, with instructions that it should not be opened led to the investigation. Under federal laws the bodies of all persons dying from meningitis are placed in sealed caskets as a protection to public health.
50 YEARS AGO May 11, 1968
Lightning hit and damaged the Falcon Jet in which Governor Rockefeller flew Thursday to attend the funeral of Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace, Mr. Rockefeller’s press office said Friday. “It sounded like a cannon going off,” William G. Conley, Mr. Rockefeller’s press aide, said, quoting Leo Peterson, the governor’s pilot. The incident happened about 12:30 p.m. Thursday at an altitude of 15,000 feet in turbulent weather near Memphis, about 15 minutes after the plane left Little Rock.
25 YEARS AGO May 11, 1993
CONWAY — James Slack, convicted of kidnapping a Conway woman in February, was sentenced Monday to 88 years in prison. In setting the sentence, Circuit-Chancery Judge Watson Villines of Conway said he didn’t believe Slack, 40, of Hot Springs, could be rehabilitated. Villines said he also was concerned about the “calculating” manner in which Slack carried out the kidnapping of Jo Ann Lieblong. Slack pleaded guilty to two counts each of kidnapping and theft of property, and one count each of burglary, terroristic threatening and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
10 YEARS AGO May 11, 2008
BENTONVILLE — Jonesboro school gunman Mitchell Scott Johnson wasn’t abused in the Benton County jail as he told a judge in court last week, instead, a sheriff’s office investigation shows, Johnson tried to make marks on his body to bolster his story. Allegations that jailers mocked him over his murderous past may have credence, a jail supervisor said Friday. “We’re just starting to look into this, but there appears to be some basis to it, and appropriate action is going to be taken,” Lt. Paul Carter, the supervisor, said.