The Way it Was

100 years ago

Walker guilty; gets three years

The case of the State of Missouri against Charles H. Walker, charged with stealing the G.G. Ewing bay mare, resulted in the conviction of the defendant, the jury returning a verdict of guilty and assessed Walker's punishment at three years in the penitentiary. The state made a strong case against Walker and Walker's attempt to prove an alibi was of no avail.

Walker is the fellow who was run to ground and captured by Sheriff Moore for stealing the Gordon Ewing driving mare May 21, 1906. Sheriff Moore found the Ewing mare, also the Screckengost bay horse stolen at the same time at Omaha, Neb.

50 years ago

Five injured in explosion this morning

HOUSTON, Texas -- The explosion of a tank containing 125,000 gallons of caustic soda rocked the Champion Paper and Fibre Co. plant at nearby Pasadena, Texas, today, injuring at least five persons.

The tank was located outside the causticizing unit at the plant, on the ship canal. Cause of the explosion was not immediately determined.

A.M. Koury, industrial relations manager of the plant, reported the fire resulting from the blast was contained shortly after 10 a.m., about 45 minutes after the explosion.