Word: delaneys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Their top returnee this season, high-scoring Wally Birchler, signed a contract with the Baltimore Orioles and is ineligible to play. Then the biggest player on the squad, 6-8 Dave Delaney, decided to spend more time on his studies and quit the team. A week ago the Terriers' best sophomore, Skip Mortimer, who was averaging 16 points a game, slipped a disc and will be out for the season...
...Nathan Delaney, 36, a Negro twice convicted on felony charges; the other was Delaney's white wife Marjorie, 30, a prostitute. A major part of the state's case rested on the Delaneys, who by any standard were hardly credible witnesses. When he himself faced a homicide rap in the killing of a dope peddler last year, Delaney offered to lead police to Robles in return for leniency in his own case. After a grand jury refused to indict Delaney on the murder charge, he and his wife set about getting Robles to talk about the double slaying...
...Demment, who played at center for the freshmen last year, is now at defense with captain Bobby Clark. Sophomores Bob Carr and Jerry Delaney are teaming with lettermen Chip Scammon and Kevin Burke, respectively, in the other combination...
...suspect in the Wylie-Hoffert murders: Richard Robles, 22, an ex-convict and narcotics addict, whose habit is said to require "about five bags of heroin a day." (Daily cost: roughly $100 or more.) The evidence against Robles reportedly rests on the word of a friend-turned-informer, Nathan Delaney, 35, another addict with three criminal convictions...
Under New York law, Delaney is subject to a life sentence if convicted of a felony for the fourth time. Perhaps by no coincidence, Delaney began talking about Robles on being arrested for killing a drug pusher. He was soon cleared ("justifiable homicide"). According to some stories, Robles readily admitted during bull sessions at Delaney's flat that he had "iced" (killed) the Wylie and Hoffert girls while burglarizing their apartment. To nail Robles, the police got a court order allowing them to bug Delaney's flat and record Robles' conversations. Delaney also wore an underarm recording...