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iWhatley Fled*Before NavarroPresitbudprc ted hPostCabbiepreseicauseDartkeepiiBudpBrand;! ationsthe po as last(Special To The News-Star LAKE PROVIDENCE - A man charged with stabbing Pete Na- 0f nior varro to death eight months ago, i^e ke] was retreating from the fracas and had yelled '’police'' before Navarro died, according to testimony in the third day of the trial today.Cleo What lev, 33. of Lake Prov-quest “I jt said.13 runidence. was getting in a cab out- °arPetside the cafe - bar where Navarro 1died on the sidewalk when the on *‘10dead man's brother threw a beer recll!escan. striking Whatley on the ear.testimony bv both Claudino “Shor-made Post Itv ’ Davila and John Sullivan, cab Summimon tli dollarsmoneyTheCommito mee House W. Mlt; deficiei which:tvtil-idriver, revealed.| East Carroll Parish Coroner Dr.!nnn Davis testified Tuesday, the keep first day of the trial, that What-1 througl i ley's ear was injured. It was in- tail po; jdicated that the thrown beer can beginn jwouided Whatley’s ear.W. C. “Frenchie” DeShone testified that be beard Whatley call loudly “police” prior to the stab- only I’bing. quest.I Whatley is accused of stabbing, [Navarro, a Mexican farmer, twicej the night of September 1, 1956.The murder weapon has never been found, authorities said.Testimony yesterday by Deputy propru Town Marshal A. B. Jenkins te- the Ho vealed that Delino was standing Althcin a position to receive the knife al lias believed to have been used to kill Navarro. He disappeared into the darkness before he was searched,Jenkins said.Although three of the eight witnesses have testiiied they saw Whatley with a knife, no definite clues as to the whereabouts of the knife following the stabbing havebeen established.Jenkins said in his testimony that a woman acquainted wifh Whatley and known as “Mary” grabbed Whatley’s hands, pullingithem behind his back. Fur!her(ClI I f't-nhlwri WhaHov’s hnnrk nnlline Misssclecteieast- testimony disclosed that a Mexi- J“ ■'can known as Shortv” Dovilo.SU|)U standing near Mary, disappearedsiana, |jefore |,e could be searched.Jenkins said he searched both'lin~.”Whatley and Mary but; no trace divisioiof the death weapon was uncov- , , ’ered. ill*1*Yesterday’s crowd - drawing MlssNorthe, Conkv N o.Wo the anned, ct en-epart- murcjcr trial — the first involving .contesty-vey iftwo white men in 15 years here Addi!was filled with surprises by the sentedIVtweenRed band—\music.Howe will no once, flonroe defense attorneys. l' sec‘ H. L. Van Valkenburg, ownerof the bar and cafe where 33-- vear-old Whatley and Pete Navarro, 30, began an argument the night of September 1, 1956, reversed previous testimony yester- P*'lt;nel day. Miss I:Van Valkenburg testified this Rouge-afternoon he was an eyewitnessjMiss A to the fight which preceded the burg, fatal stabbing. To back up his Studetestimony, he gave a blow-by-blow Joe Od description of the movements of and bee l both men during the moments im- j cessful| mediately preceding and follow- year. V ing the death of Navarro. ous .VUpon cross examination, one of ,a1ssls,in(Continued On Pntie Seven A tJshow.irove-irlton -
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Thu, Apr 11, 1957
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