100 years ago
April 19, 1919
• Charles Disheroon, former teller of the Arkansas National Bank of Hot Springs, pleaded guilty to the first count of the indictment against him before Judge Jacob Trieber in United States District Court yesterday...Disheroon pleaded guilty to appropriating to his own use $1,557.60 in October 1918. This amount had been deposited at the bank by J. Geschmay. The second count, which was dismissed, charged him with causing a false entry to be made as to the amount of the gross individual deposits in order to cover his theft.
50 years ago
April 19, 1969
PINE BLUFF -- The Welsh Motor Company's building here was destroyed Friday in a fire and two explosions that rocked downtown Pine Bluff. Firemen estimated the damage at between $50,00 and $75,000. Four employees of the motor company were in the building at the time of the fire, but there were no injuries, firemen said. The two-story building, owned by the Hood Company here, housed the Cadillac-Oldsmobile dealership and a paint and repair shop. Firemen said the explosions were caused by large paint containers. The fire started about 5 p.m. and was under control by about 7:30 p.m., although it was still burning at 8 p.m. No other buildings in the vicinity were damaged. Joe Edwards, Pine Bluff fire chief, said the cause of the fire had not been determined.
25 years ago
April 19, 1994
MONTICELLO -- Stanley Cline, 34, of Dermott was injured about 1:30 p.m. Monday when his single engine crop-dusting plane crashed on takeoff from the Monticello Airport. Cline was in stable condition late Monday in the intensive care unit of Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. Drew County Sheriff Tommy Free said the plane was loaded with fuel and fertilizer when it crashed. Free said the plane apparently lost power and suddenly plunged into woods about a mile from the airport. Cline walked away from the wreckage to find medical care.
10 years ago
April 19, 2009
• A Little Rock police officer fired a shot at a vehicle late Friday whose driver was dragging another officer along a downtown Little Rock alley, police said. The shot shattered the back window of the vehicle, and the second officer was not seriously injured, police said. After a short pursuit, other officers stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, identified as Matthew Cheatham, 23, of 10407 Mona Lane in Little Rock. Cheatham resisted arrest, and officers used a Taser to subdue him, police said. Shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, police were called to an alley near Third and Scott streets, where they found a woman who told them her husband had pushed her out of a moving vehicle and dragged her down part of the alley. As the officers talked to the woman, her husband, later identified as Cheatham, arrived. One of the officers reached through the open driver's window in an attempt to shut off the vehicle, but the driver sped down the alley, dragging the officer for a short distance, police said. A second officer fired one shot at the vehicle, which left the alley and struck two vehicles at a nearby intersection.
Metro on 04/19/2019