Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
Moving picture shows have proved a failure as far as the Colonial Theatre, Leiperville, is concerned and the theatre has now been closed for a number of weeks. J. F. Dougherty, the owner, says with his theatre the movies have appeared to lose their drawing power.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
Another arrest is imminent in the probe of the Chester abortion ring being conducted by the District Attorney’s office. Chief County Detective Fred Jack revealed that important information has been obtained by a Philadelphia woman being held without bail in that city on a charge of murder following an abortion. The probe started being the death of a 17-year-old Boothwyn girl in Chester Hospital from an illegal operation, which according to the police was performed by the Philadelphia woman currently being held.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
Delaware State Police have charged a Talleyville man in the shotgun slaying of an 18-year-old youth and the wounding of his wife and daughter Saturday night. Police in neighboring states have been alerted to be on the lookout for the accused slayer — a man with two artificial legs — who fled the scene in a green pickup truck. The 43-year-old, of Naamans Road, is armed and should be considered dangerous, police warned.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
Four employees of a tank cleaning firm have been charged with stealing oil by the truck load from the BP refinery in Marcus Hook and the Chevron refinery in Philadelphia, police said. Although a three-month investigation by the White Collar Crime Unit of the county Criminal Investigations Division has documented only six thefts, CID Chief Michael Shull said the total take is believed to exceed two million gallons of fuel oil worth about $1,25 million over the past two years.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
An unidentified man was in police custody in connection with a string of strong-arm robberies in Concord, Aston and Upper Chichester after he crashed his car on I-95 in Tinicum. The man was traveling with a young child in the car when they crashed in the Essington section. Authorities said the car involved in the accident matched the description of a car used following a robbery in the parking lot of a Wawa store in Upper Chichester. A car with a similar description was also seen fleeing the scene of robberies in Concord and Aston.