Other Times

100 Years Ago – 1916:

Refusal to give his working companion a slice of lemon pie almost proved fatal for Joseph Delphio, employed at the coke ovens at the foot of Highland Avenue in Chester. Delphio is at present occupying a cot in the Chester Hospital, receiving treatment for serious lacerations of the scalp inflicted by a fellow employee with an iron bar. The attacker is still at large.

75 Years Ago – 1941:

Police are investigating the actions of vandals in damaging property at the Watts school, Fourth and Edwards streets, Chester. James Taylor, the janitor, found the building in disorder when he opened it this morning. The hoodlums, who had entered through a window, had ransacked several of the classrooms, going through the teachers’ desks, tearing up report cards and scattering papers and pencils over the floors. A sand box was also upset and its contents spread around the floor.

50 Years Ago – 1966:

An 82-year-old Collingdale doctor was beaten severely on the head with a blackjack during a dispute blamed false accusations made against him by an exconvict. Dr. Alexander Fadil was listed in satisfactory condition at Taylor Hospital after suffering three large cuts. The attacker, a handyman, lived in an apartment above Dr. Fadil’s garage. He was recently released from Broadmeadows Prison after pleading guilty to a February charge of buying wine for three teenage girls. The man blamed Dr. Fadil for turning him in. But, police report, this was false as they learned the man’s name from the girls.

25 Years Ago – 1991:

The Delaware County Daily Times archives are temporarily unavailable for 1991. 25 Years Ago is expected to return July 29.

10 Years Ago – 2006:

A police pursuit that began in Norwood and ended in Chester resulted in the arrest of a Delaware man on DUI and assault offenses. The 24-year-old sped off about 1:45 a.m. because he was driving without a license. After making a right turn at a red light in a no-turn-on-red zone, the driver took off on Chester Pike and onto Lincoln Avenue, where nearby officers joined the chase. At one point, he rammed an officer’s car three or four times as he headed toward I-95, where he lost control and struck and guard rail. Blocked in by three officers in the rear and one in the front, the driver put the vehicle into reverse, nearly striking the four lawmen. At that point, he rammed a patrol car, rendering it inoperable.