Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1920: Those who are deeply interested in the official figures of Tuesday’s election will be required to wait for at least a week before they come into possession of information of any sort. No announcement will be made until the count is completed.
75 Years Ago – 1945: Capture of the elusive phantom in Cincinnati Saturday night ended the career of the thief who was without a doubt the most spectacular – and troublesome – burglar in the history of Delaware County. He first began to plague the local police departments in the summer of
1943 after escaping from a penitentiary at LaGrange, Ky., and plundered Chester and surrounding towns of more than $250,000 before fleeing west last month. He employed the same technique on his jobs – checking a house by phone, scouting it carefully, then knocking out a small pane of glass, using painter’s tape to keep the pieces from falling.
50 Years Ago – 1970: State police criminal investigators moved into the basement of Moyamensing Fire House, Ninth and Potter streets, Chester, to coordinate their probe of a series of firebombings that occurred throughout the area. Lt. Arthur W. McAnally said he is especially interested in obtaining information on the death of a 9-year-old girl when the family home at 412E. 11th St. was hit shortly after midnight. The Head Start center in the education building of Trinity United Methodist Church, Eighth and Butler streets, was hit with considerable damage, and Douglas Junior High School, Eighth Street and Central Avenue, avoided damage when a bomb either failed or exploded prematurely.
25 Years Ago – 1995: Aston commissioners approved a contract for newly appointed Police Chief David Hollingsworth
4-3. Commissioners Jim McGinn and Bill Welsh said after the meeting their opposition stems from a clause in the contract limiting the chief’s probation period six months instead of past contracts’ one year. It also states Hollingsworth has up to one year after the probation to move into the township.
10 Years Ago – 2010:
All bids for borough work totaling $50,000 or more will now be opened during Brookhaven council’s work session. Councilman Ben Linowski, who recently raised the issue, said he was the only council member to attend a recent $1 million-plus bid opening for sewer plant upgrades.