The Way it Was

100 years ago

Geo. Anderson arrested again

During the month of February 1905, the safe in J.K. Hill's Northside market was drilled and $160 stolen.

The work was one of the neatest examples of thievery ever committed in the city and evidenced the fact that good tools were skillfully used. A hole was drilled near the combination lock and the lock was picked.

The officers had some evidence but did not believe it enough to convict the man suspected and no arrests were made.

Today, Prosecuting Attorney Moss filed an information in the Circuit Court charging Geo. Anderson with opening the safe and stealing the contents. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.

50 years ago

Head on collision this morning on county road

A head on collision on Highway E, four miles east of Milo, at 10:15 a.m., today, resulted in extensive damage to two trucks and minor injuries to the driver of one of the trucks.

Everett Leroy Williams, Nevada, a driver of a 7-Up beverage truck received lacerations of the head and leg, when he lost control of the vehicle and swerved into the path of a westbound truck driven by William Ray Beaty of El Dorado Springs.

Beaty is a driver for MFA of El Dorado Springs.

Missouri State Highway Patrolman Howard Delcour and Vernon County Sheriff Les Hunt estimated the damages at $500 to the 7-Up truck and $1,000 to the MFA truck. There were no arrests.