People
Joseph "Mose" Flannery
Joseph "Mose" Flannery (1902-1928) was a Camden, NJ Eighth Ward political worker and crime figure shot dead outside a Kaighn Avenue saloon in 1928.
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908 Broadway
Government
Sixth Ward Republican Club
The Sixth Ward Republican Club was active in Camden as early as the 1890s through at least 1947. Richard J. Richardson was the club president for several years around the turn of the century.
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'Polack Joe' Enters Plea of Not Guilty
Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini of Philadelphia in the Sixth Ward Republican Club at 908 Broadway, entered a plea of not guilty to a manslaughter charge before Judge Samuel M. Shay.
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Polack Joe Out on Bail Despite Murder Charge
Although still technically charged with murder in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail under $2,500 bail fixed by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, without Judge Samuel M. Shay or Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott being consulted.