Sequoyah County 911 goes online

— Sequoyah County Times, July 8, 1999

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times

25 Years Ago

(From the July 8, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Sequoyah County Board of Commissioners approved a motion to put the Sequoyah County 911 system online seven years after the system was first proposed. The board voted to put the 911 system in service at its weekly meeting Tuesday.

The 911 system links all emergency personnel, which includes law enforcement, ambulance service and fire departments, through a central dispatch at the Sequoyah County Courthouse.

The county’s system will serve residents in the central and western portions of the county, while Muldrow’s 911 system serves the eastern part of the county.

50 Years Ago

(From the July 4, 1974, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A 25-year-old Muldrow man was arrested Tuesday night in connection with the alleged murders of four persons and the critical wounding of two others.

The suspect was arrested at approximately 11:35 p.m. Tuesday at the Muldrow Nursing Home following a mass killing which took place at three locations within the Muldrow city limits between 7 and 11 p.m.

The administrator of the Eastern State Hospital at Vinita said Wednesday that the suspect was “absent without leave” from the hospital since April 24.

He said the suspect had voluntarily admitted himself to the hospital in April, stayed 13 days and then walked off. He added he was not considered an escapee because he had voluntarily admitted himself.

Two alleged rapes took place during the bizarre spree, one involving an elderly woman, the other a 30-year-old woman.

Charges of rape were pending however, because of the gravity of the murder charges, Wesley Bennett assistant district said.

75 Years Ago

(From the July 8, 1949, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —According to Mrs. O.J. Carter, president of the Sequoyah County chapter of the Infantile Paralysis committee, no new cases of polio have been reported in the county.

The statewide picture is not so bright, however. Eight new cases were reported on Wednesday, but the death total has not risen. It now stands at 14 for the year.

One hundred patients are now at the Oklahoma City Crippled Children’s Hospital. The capacity for polio patients. Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa now has forty patients, five of them added on Wednesday.

McAlester has been hardest hit by the dreaded disease in recent days. The city has been spraying with DDT from the air in an effort to wipe out diseasecarrying insects, but the operation has been held by a shortage of the insecticide. Spraying was to be resumed yesterday.

100 years ago

(From the July 4, 1924, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —Fred Houston, age 14, living east of Sallisaw was shocked severely Sunday afternoon when lightning struck the S.D. Knox home two miles east of Sallisaw. He was knocked unconscious but later revived and will recover, according to attending physicians.

Young Houston, in company with an older brother, had stopped on the porch of the Knox home for shelter during the heavy rain fall. It is said the Knox home was struck by lightning about a month ago and badly damaged.

—Eventually Why Not Now Jess Ramsey, age 22 and Frankie Clark, age 20. Both of Webbers Falls.

G.W. Thompson, age 23 and Evelyn Smithyen, age 17. Both of Sallisaw.

Charlie Floyd, age 21 and Ruby Hardgraves, age 18. Both of Akins.

Clyde Norris, age 21 and Flossie Jackson age 19. Both of Brent.