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3 Still CriticalAfter StabbingsBy JACK HOPKINS Daily Times Staff WriterRIDLEY PARK - Th^ee offour boys stabbed in a fight inRidley Township Friday night remained in critical condition at .Taylor Hospital today.The fourth has shown “slight improvement” and was taken off the critical list.whhasplfU€sp;se]latdawas then rushed to the hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.Police said the stabbings resulted from an automobile incident on Sproul Road in Springfield.Randall testified at the arraignment that Strain and Jerry DiMartinl, 809 6th Ave., RidleyCiclerWlt;kymT1atlo:meaRidley Township police, mean-Township, were driving sepa-while, disclosed one of the injur-|ra^e cars when one cut the oth-ed youths kept his wound a secret for almost two hours before police learned of it and had him rushed to. the hospital.Remaining in' critical condition today are:• Walter Gordun, 17, of 623 Mad-dock St., Ridley Township.• Fred Rowles, 17, of 617 Folsom Ave,, Ridley Township.• Michael Laird, 17, of 418 Gor-such St., Ridley Township.Reported in serious condition today was James Shore, 16, of 621 Maddock St., Ridley Township.Gordun, Rowles and Laird are in the hospital’s intensive care section. There has been no change in their condition,” a hospital spokesman said,A fifth youth, who received a minor injury in -the fight, was treated at the hospital Friday. He is Ralph Flanagan, 1.8, of 324 W. 22nd St., Chester.A Chester High School senior has been charged, with the attacks and is being held inJJroad-meadows Prison' today in lieu of $5,000 bail on charges of aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, and assault with a deadly weapon.He is William Strain, 19, of 201 12th St., Upland. Arraigned Saturday, he will have a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Vincent A. Mallon at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Ridley Township Municipal Building.Police identified Shore as the youth who kept his wound a secret from Ridley Township officers after the fight.Rowles and Laird were taken to the hospital in an ambulance shortly after police arrived at the knifing scene—near Gino’s Drive-In at MacDade Blvd. and Milmont Ave.—about 11:15 p.m.Gordun was taken to the hospital by a 17-year-old Morton youth who was at the scene of the knifing. Shore, who also rode to the hospital in the car, didn’t tell police he was wounded even though he was at the hospitial door.Detective Sgt. Charles Randall Said police learned of Shore’s wound about 1 a.m. — almost two hours after the stabbing — when another boy they were questioning revealed Shore had been knifed.We checked Shore and found that he had indeed been wounded,” Randall said. The youther off.Randall said Strain's car pursued DiMartini’s car all over the area until the chase ended near Gino's.“Strain jumped out of the car and started slashing,” Randall testified. “He doesn’t have any idea who he cut or how many.”Three youths who were riding in Strain's car were booked as material witnesses and asked to appear at Strain’s hearing next Saturday.He identified them as Flanagan, David Mucker, 18, of 801 E. 16th St., Chester, and a 16-year-old Chester boy whose name was withheld.Court Dela () f City DeiMEDIA CQURTHOUSE-Thecourt was asked today to force key witness to testify in abribery and extortion case against Chester Detective Joseph Talarico Jr.The three judges who heard the arguments took the case under consideration and said they would rule before the June Grand Jury convenes.Talarico has been accused of taking $125 from Walter Aikley, 49,..of 1230 Curran St., Chester, in exchange for not arresting him on a morals charge.Police Told Not to TalkHARRISBURG (AP) - Gov. Scranton said today state policemen no longer will be permitted to appear before a House investigating committee because the probe has become “aceusi-lory rather than legislative” and has resulted in harassment of the force by “partisan politicians.”He said his administration has not and will not tolerate illegal wiretapping but added further investigation should be done
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Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Mar 14, 1966
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