Vice, murder, sodden soldiers, chickens: Little Rock’s oldest cop had seen it all by 1924

Retired Officer Tom Maine was said to hold the national record for longest continuous service on a city police force

News clippings about Officer Tom Maine from the Arkansas Gazette and Arkansas Democrat in 1885, 1907, 1909 and 1924. (Democrat-Gazette archives)
News clippings about Officer Tom Maine from the Arkansas Gazette and Arkansas Democrat in 1885, 1907, 1909 and 1924. (Democrat-Gazette archives)


One hundred years ago this week, a fierce cold front laid siege to the South and a sober and shivering Little Rock press corps faced a wintry problem: slow news.

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