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SAYS HE STABBED MAN “JEST FOB El NA coroner s jury at Wlt; J Chr u-yesterday recommended lt;hat fne farts connected with the far at stabbing of Clifford Whitaker, Chadds Ford Negro, who was slain In West Chester’s East ward. Sunday evening, be placed in the hands of the distrie* attorney for further action The jury termed the stabbing a homicide.The verdict returned by the coroners jury is tantamount to the 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. Irons is in the county jail in WestChester on a comnii'metif of Magistrate Hr-rvy FI. Gtr.r charging him with the murder.Irons ir, -aid to hate called Whitaker a bad name. *od when the Chadris Ford cook protested. Irons drew a blade, presumably a razor, and slashed the man in the stomachWhitaker died in 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.SAVING HIM TROl BI FCreditor: Look here, I cant keep coming to your house every day for my money.Debtor. Well. Ill tell you what. Suppose you call every other Wednesday, Kikeriki.
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 19, 1933
Page 12
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