Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1918: Chester’s meanest thief has made his appearance in the West End, and, if the opinion expressed by the family whom he robbed is to be taken as a criterion, the unidentified offender will be given a warm reception should he be located. The theft occurred yesterday morning between the hours of 5 and 6 o’clock. Five American flags were stolen from the front porch of the residence of Charles Wood,
316 Engle St.
75 Years Ago – 1943: Urgent need for patriotic workers to help get Sunbuilt tankers and cargo ships ready for sea! You need no special training to become a well-paid ship cleaner now! If you are not now in war work, get the full details tonight at City Center Bldg. open 1-9 p.m. daily, or foot of Morton Ave., and Eddystone Yard No. 4, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
50 Years Ago – 1968: Possible sabotage of helicopters at the Boeing Company’s Vertol Division plant in Springfield is being investigated by Joe D. Jamieson, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Philadelphia, said only that an investigation is under way into “damage to helicopters.” It is the second time in about three years that the FBI has conducted sabotage investigations at Vertol, which manufactures helicopters for use in Vietnam.
25 Years Ago – 1993: A man armed with an Uzi automatic weapon took an unknown amount of cash from the safe of the R.S. Strauss store Tuesday night, according to Chester police. Police said a man wearing a beige mask and green fatigue jacket came to the rear of the store at
3010 W. Ninth St. about
11:56 p.m., put the Uzi to the head of a store employee and demanded he open the safe. The gunman is believed that have fled in a dark green 1982 Buick Regal that police found in the 1200 block of Booth Street.
10 Years Ago – 2008:
A Chester man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Wawa in Claymont, Del., Wednesday morning was apprehended a day later by the bar patrons he had just robbed, according to Delaware State Police. The 20-year-old was whacked with a pool stick after being tackled by patrons of George’s Bar in the Darley Road Shopping Center around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. His alleged accomplices – his 18-yearold brother, of Wilmington, and a 20-year-old Chester woman – were apprehended after a brief chase on I-95.