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Trial Across Bay Delays Marin ActionI-J Special ReportOAKLAND Trial next month on anAlameda County murder indictment willdelay Marin County prosecution of HellsAngel memler Donald Duane (Whitey)Smith, 32, on other chargesSuperior Court Judge William McGui* ness on Friday ordered Smith and threeother Hell's Angels to stand trial Aug. 2ftfor the murder of Severo AgeroAgero s body was found May 21 in the bathtub of a flaming Oakland home; hehad leen shot to death Smith last weekpleaded innocent to murder and narcoticspossession charges, and is being held inlieu of $75,000 bailRalph 'Sonny; Barger, 33, former Hell'sAngels president; Gary Popkin, 27, andSergey Walton, 27, the codefendant. havlt;pleaded innocent to the same chargesplus counts of arson.Meanwhile, a warrant has boon issuedby Marin Municipal Court to hold Smithfor preliminary hearing on a charge ofassault with a deadly weaponSmith and Charlis.se Joy Brant, 21. ofOakland, are accused of beating two Novato women in October 1070, allegedlyover narcotics transactions One of the victims. Shirley Jean Fabian. 27. and a male companion, werefound dead in a San Rafael motel inApril Mrs Fabian had been scheduled totestify against Smith and Miss BrantSan Rafael police sail! the heroin overdose death of Mrs Fabian and hercompanion. Stephen Michael Weeks, 24. was murder They still have the caseunder investigation, but no charge hasbeen filed.
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San Rafael Daily Independent Journal

San Rafael, California, US

Mon, Jul 24, 1972

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