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SAYS HE STABBED MAN “.irST FOB FI V*A coroners jury at West Che-ter yesterday rprommendofi thaf the farts connected with the fatal stabbing of Clifford Whitaker, Chadds Ford Negro. who was slain in West Chester's East ward. Sunday evening, be placed in the hands of th district attorney for further action The jury termed the slabbing a homicide.The verdict returned by the coroners jury is tantamount to th'1 lodging of a first-degree murder charge against Clarence Irons. 23-year-old West Chester waiter, who was nabbed by police Sunday night and confessed to stabbing Whitaker “just for fun “Trnns It in tho rnnnlv in ! in WrdChester on a commitment of Magistrate He* v J: Guy cha-ginc himwith the murderIron* is .aid to hatp railed Whitaker a had name and wiv:n th° Charids Ford rook protested. Irons drew a blade, presumably a razor, and slashed the man in the stomach.Whitaker died m the Homeopathic Hospital, three hours after the stabbing. Irons was captured about the same time by Police Officer Dorsey in a back yard on past Market street.S WING HIM I HOI B1 ICreditor: Look here, I rant keep coming to your house every day for my money.Debtor. Well, 111 tell you what. Suppose you call every other Wednes-rlov WilrnHlri
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 19, 1933
Page 12
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