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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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Charles 'Chick' Hunt
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Life Hereabouts
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of March 19, 1949, recalling Camden and Gloucester City's fight days — bouts at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the ball park at Twelfth and Federal Streets — and the boxers, promoters and referees of the era.
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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.
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'Chick Hunt's Girl' Gone
Camden Courier-Post - January 25, 1928 Husband Dismissed When Brunette of Sixth Ward Shooting Fails To Appear in Court Back into the notice of Camden's Police Court, but not into its courtroom, Katherine Rosalie came today.
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Grand Jury Will Consider Slaying After Probe Ends
Camden Evening Courier - January 18, 1928 Investigation in the slaying of Joseph Cimini in the Sixth Ward Republican Club Saturday, is "far from completed," Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow announced today.
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Battle Echo of Murder at Club
Mrs. Rosalie and Her Rival for 'Chick' Hunt Describe Event in Court Pretty, piquant Katherine Rosalie - for love of whom men are declared to have fought to the death in the rooms of the Sixth Ward Republican Club , today waged her own fight against her self-avowed rival for the attentions of Charles "Chick" Hunt .
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Love Plot Fades as Motive Behind Clubhouse Killing
Camden Evening Courier - January 17, 1928 Mrs. Katherine Rosalie Denies She is "Chick's Girl" or "Anybody's Girl," But Thinks Flannery and Cimini May Have Used Her as Excuse for Starting Fatal Fight.
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Murder Motive at G.O.P. Club Splits Sleuths
County Detectives Contend Philadelphia Gangster Was Slain in Quarrel Over Woman Police Claim Hold-up Attempt Caused Fight Deven Charged with Crime, Flannery and Taxi Driver Held Without Bail With city and county authorities definitely divided on the motive and circumstance if the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven was arraigned in Camden police court today and held without bail on a murder charge.
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Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.