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Youth Is Heldinv i Aim.In 4 StabbingsKhjlt;ii: |W: [ iniOr! RIDLEY TOWNSHIP — A 19- Strain was cm off at Sproul|ult; ^year-old Upland youth was or-Road and Township Line Koad,;F ‘dered held for court today cm;Springfield by a car allegedly!three charges resulting from the March 12 stabbing of four Ridley Township teen-agers.driven by Jerry DiMartini, 809 6th Ave.* FolsomOnly one of the stabbing vic-Justice of the Peace Vincent tints was riding in the DjMar-'A. Mallon ordered Chester High'tini vehicle, Randall said. He|V School senior William Strain,; was not identified. !cof the 200 block 12th Street, Up-; Strain followed DiMartmi’slPland, held tn 55,000 bail on car t0 Ridlev Township where!*charges of aggravated assault; the fight occurred near Mac-*1’(■arm horrnru uhtk I ^ tnvit t r\ L-511 ! _ . ’*►jand bauery with intent to tcill,;Dade Bw. and Baltimore ^ 1 iassault with a deadly weapon: Randall sa(d.and carrying a concealed dead-: n.,. ' . ... , ,ly weapon 1 DiMartim testified that a pas-„ . , ... isenger in Strain’s car jumpedHospitalized m the slabbing* of the vehicie at UvJQ t‘af_werc- | fie lights and shouted for him iWalter Gordun, 17, of 623 Mad-jto pull over to the side of the (dock St.: James Shore, 16, ofiroad.5r1ft?70cI'i SL* cFrCd ■ 0^upants of the two cars !at-|1?, o 617 Folsom Sh; and Mtch-jer mcl afler DiMartini Uadi iael Laird, i, of 4]8 Gnrsuchipjcj^ up frjends at GinaT;'i Drive-in.M! arc reported in iBisfac-; DiMariini testified He had! tory condition today m Taylor «.seven or eiBhr perons jn hls;Hospital, Ridley Park.Strain did not testify at to-car.Ralph Flanagan, 18, of 324 W.jday’s hearing and was not.km St., Chester,'who was nth! lashed to plead either guilty orjing te Straln.s vehicle tcsWicd' .innocent. ! • •(about 15 youths were ‘'rocking” His attorney, Frank M. Jack- the car in which he was riding, son of Philadelphia, however. ■■Even he(ore we , ou, of indicated Strain intends to plead ,he can a c,fflpfe of lhem bad innocent to the charges ,jre -|rons and , saw a bascba„Testimony at the hearing in-bat,” Flanagan said.jdicated a wild fight involving; ..They galhered around lhe:upj° you,ns may have 1 (Strain’s) car and began shale-jStabbmgs. |jng R and hollering. SomeoneDetective Sgt. Charles Ran-ihad either kicked or hit the window, I heard a loud thump and that’s when Strain got out of the'dull testified the fight was sparked by a driving incident in Springfield prior to the 11:15 p.m. stabbing, i Randall testified Strain stabRandall said a car driven bylbed all four youths.car.”
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Delaware County Daily Times

Chester, Pennsylvania, US

Sat, Mar 19, 1966

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