Pill machine stolen from courthouse
-SequoyahComityTimesJail8,1976
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 years ago
(From the Jan. 7,2001, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Vian town officials as well as Vian residents are anticipating the completion of the towns new sewer system, which has been delayed by the ice storm which struck Sequoyah County Christmas day.
Officials are still looking at the possibility of a March opening date if weather permits, Scott Neel with Douglas P. Harvell & Associates said.
Neel said the plant building has been completed and workers are now installing equipment. Construction of the plant began in July.
The plant cost the town over $1 million. Officials also applied for a bank loan $800,000 to cover other expenses and were awarded the loan.
50 Years Ago
(From the Jan. 8,1976,1975, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A 1,200-pound machine used to make pills was stolen from the lobby of the county courthouse either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning according to Robert Bean, a special agent for the district attorneys office.The machine had been confiscated in a deserted home near the Sallisaw High School Oct. 1. Bean said the machine, capable of turning out 1,180 tablets a minute, was rolled out of the lobby and out a side door into the back of a pickup truck.Bill Dimwiddie, a prisoner in the county jail said he didn’t hear anything unusual during the night, except at about midnight when there was a loud noise like the slamming a tailgate. The Colton Model 216 pill making machine was chained to the banister of the stairway in the lobby of the courthouse. The lock on the 60-pound chain had been cut.
75 Years Ago
(From the Jan. 12,1951, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Federal and state bureau of investigation agents were in Sallisaw Wednesday checking on the possibility that William E. Cook, wanted for the murder of the five members of the Carl Mosser family of Atwood, 111., passed through the county shortly
