Other days
100 YEARS AGO
March 25, 1916
Another wholesale escape of convicts at the state farm at Cummins barely was prevented Wednesday, it was learned yesterday. Convicts had loosened a board in the stockade at the “back camp” and were preparing to go on out to freedom when they were accidentally discovered by a guard. As it was, Glen Cole, negro, got away and Washington Garbage, negro, who attempted to follow Cole, was shot and killed by a guard.
50 YEARS AGO
March 25, 1966
Little Rock police arrested Mrs. Martha Sue Cotton, 35, 5224 W. 13th, at her residence Thursday afternoon and charged her with operating a gambling house. Police made the raid after they found evidence that the woman was taking bets on horse races, they said. Earlier this week, Little Rock Police Chief R. E. Brians warned persons who take bets on horse races over their own telephones in their own residences that they are in violation of state gambling laws and subject to police raids on gambling equipment.
25 YEARS AGO
March 25, 1991
FORT CHAFFEE — Preliminary reports of a March 1 airplane crash that claimed the life of a Fort Smith businessman indicate the plane’s right wing fuel tank ruptured when it impacted in a wooded area, causing a fire and an explosion. The Piper AeroStar’s pilot — Lawrence R. Edwards, 47, of Fort Smith — and his sixmonth old dog died in the crash, the March 6 report stated. The crash occurred within 100 feet of Custer Boulevard and a half-mile east of the post’s Gordon Army Airfield at 5:53 p.m. March 1.
10 YEARS AGO
March 25, 2006
The state board that disciplines Arkansas chiropractors agreed Friday to wait for an investigative report before deciding whether to call an emergency hearing on whether to suspend a Conway chiropractor accused of raping two former patients. The decision by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners followed the advice of Assistant Attorney General Arnold M. Jochums, who cautioned against a temporary or emergency suspension without a hearing. Dr. Arthur J. Den Hartog Sr., 71, was charged Monday with two felony counts of rape and one misdemeanor count of harassment after two women complained about visits to his clinic in downtown Conway. He has pleaded innocent. Den Hartog is free on bond. His clinic was closed Tuesday but was open Wednesday.