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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
99 years ago in 1918:
• Within 12 hours after they had broken into the Griswold Company store and stolen seven guns, shells and flashlights, two youthful burglars were landed in the city prison by City Detective Gillen.
Charged with the burglary were Bill Hunter, 21, and a 17-year-old companion. Hunter was to be bound over for a trial and his confederate was to probably be taken before the juvenile court.
City detective Gillen was called early Saturday to work on the case. Entering from a fire escape over the river in the rear of the store, thieves had made their haul sometime during the night and had gotten away without leaving a clue. Automatics and revolvers of various calibers, boxes of shells and two flashlights were taken.
Suspicion fell on Hunter who had been arrested before for carrying concealed weapons and the lad was implicated in the theft of a machine. Hunter was nabbed at his home and his confederate confessed and surrendered the remainder of the stolen goods.
The goods recovered valued $91.94. The thieves used practically the same means of entrance as burglars who had robbed the store some time before.
• Squirrel season opened as licenses were in big demand as squirrel were reported "fairly plentiful."
In spite of threatening weather and heavy rains that kept some hunters at home, many locals were out after squirrel. A big demand for hunting licenses led the county to run out and Clerk Griffing of Howland Township had also used his supply.
Clerk Morgan of Warren Township had some left, but there was a big demand on his supply.
50 years ago in 1967:
• Four trucks owned by the Lee Carriage Co. of Canton were stoned on West Market near McMyler NW. One of the truckers fired shots at the attackers. No one was reported injured.
The trucks had been unloaded at Republic Steel Corp's Warren plant and were traveling west on West Market Street when the lead rig was struck by rocks, a brick and a bottle during the steel strike.
All the trucks stopped and the driver told police he saw a person run between the Warren Spring & Welding Co. and an adjoining building. He gave chase on foot and the person got into a car that raced north on McMyler.
• A 19-year-old encyclopedia salesman wound up in city jail Thursday night when he gave an off-duty policeman a rough time.
The salesman came to the home of Patrolman James Teeple on Ward NW and refused to show Teeple a permit or vendor's license, which, it turned out, he didn't have.
He became argumentative when Teeple wouldn't let him into the house and was taken into custody by two other officers summoned to the scene.
The salesman, a Youngstown resident, was held on an open charge. Police had received two similar complaints earlier that night.
25 years ago in 1992:
• The eighth annual Western Reserve Classic Charity Horse Show was underway at Perkins Park.
The tails belonging to some 370 noble steeds entered into more than 200 events had horse people like George Warner out.
Warner, 81, born in Springfield, Ky., was "breaking colts when I was 12," and expected to keep going, as his grandson said, "until the day we lay him in his grave."
Executive committeewoman Jane Schubert looked at the rainbow of ribbons on the table, "We've managed to save one vase or a bowl, I think."
• The Trumbull County Chapter of the American Red Cross was notified of a shortfall of a $137,000 goal set by the national office during the recovery of a hurricane in Florida.
"We just got our goal last week," Jan Joiner, public relations director for the Trumbull Red Cross said. "Before Hurricane Andrew, national director Elizabeth Dole sent out a letter saying we were in debt for about $30 million since our disaster relief fund was depleted."
Joiner said the national debt had not affected the local office. But Red Cross officials had to go out and solicit money for the national funds.
"I hope we can raise the money by the end of the year… the public here has been overwhelming with their compassion," Joiner said.
10 years ago in 2007:
• Mahoning Valley native Phil Keaggy was to be among five musical acts inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
An acclaimed guitarist for Glass Harp, a rock trio formed in the 1960s, Keaggy had recorded four albums for Decca Records and had opened for many top acts of the day, including the Kinks, Alice Cooper, Chicago and Traffic. After leaving Glass Harp, the honoree focused on contemporary Christian music.
• A woman with a ball bat deflected an intruder when she saw a shadow creeping around the outside of her home on Commerce Street. The man banged the windows, and when she went to investigate, she discovered a man she knew. She confronted him and backed him outside.
Another woman was bitten on the hand and punched in the face while trying to keep a man from getting inside her Feederle Street SE home. She said she knew the man who tried to break in when she opened the door to let her dog inside.
When she tried to push him out the door, he bit her pinky finger and punched her in the mouth. The man also smashed her cellphone when she attempted to call police.
-- Compiled from Tribune Chronicle archives by Emily Earnhart