Other Times
100Years Ago – 1920: Thomas Locke, ex-constable of the Ninth Ward, Chester, is in a serious condition at the Chester Hospital following a gunshot wound of the left abdominal region sustained during gun play in a house at 125 Central Ave. late last night, LeRoy Watts, age 20, was arrested several hours after the shooting. According to witnesses, Locke entered the house where Watts and his mother live and threatened to kill young Watts. Then leaving the house, it is said, he became intoxicated and returned later. Attacking Mrs.
Watts, be began maltreating her. After she had fallen to the floor, he is alleged to have kicked her. Seeing this, Watts ran upstairs, procured a revolver from a bureau drawer and after Locke reused to refrain from any further attacks, he fired three shots at him, hitting him once in the left side. Dropping the gun, Watts fled.
75Years Ago – 1945:
Leonard’s general store, Pleasantview Avenue, Linwood Park, and its contents were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, entailing a loss of about $3,000. With a good start, the fire, caused by an exploding oil stove, was out of control when Linwood and Friendship fire companies reached the scene. 50Years Ago – 1970: The
St. James High football team is endeavoring to earn a place in Ripley’s Believe-It-Or-Not column. The Bulldogs (8-1), who played just las Sunday against Monsignor Bonner who play this Sunday in a playoff game against West Catholic, tangle with surging Chester High (7-1) Thursday in what promises to be one of the finest Thanksgiving Day clashes ever.
25Years Ago – 1995: A
21-year-old Philadelphia man and an 18-year-old Ridley Park man were charged with liquor law violations after police observed an exchange of cash for a paper bag later found to contain two six packs of Molson Ice beer in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant, Tinicum police said.
10Years Ago – 2010:
World-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson will speak at Widener University Monday. In 2001, Carson was named by CNN and TIME magazine as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. That same year, he was selected by the Library of Congress as one of 89 “Living Legends.” He also received the 2006 Spingarn Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the NAACP.