Tag: Clarence Arthur
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Klosterman Boys Found Guilty In Numbers Case
Camden Courier-Post – June 22, 1933 Camden Brothers Released in Bail Awaiting Sentence They Are Big Shots,’ Prosecutor Declares Both Defendants Deny Connection With Raided Saloon Joseph and Fred Klosterman were convicted in Camden Criminal Court yesterday of operating a numbers racket. A jury returned a guilty verdict against the two South Camden sportsmen-brothers at…
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Mysterious Piece of Paper Enlivens Numbers Trial Here
Camden Courier-Post – June 21, 1933 Judge Shay Enjoys Verbal Tilt Between Gotshalk and Walter Keown, But it Fails to Enter Into Evidence A mysterious piece of paper yesterday precipitated a verbal battle between Assistant Prosecutor William C. Gotshalk and Defense Attorney Walter S. Keown upon opening of the trial of Joseph and Fred Klosterman…
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Stores, Homes Looted; Radio, Pennies Taken
Camden Courier-Post – June 17, 1933 Burglars who broke into two stores and a private home Thursday night got exactly $2.50, a radio, and some cigars for their trouble. At the store of Basile Constantine, 402 Berkley Street, cigars valued at $1.50 were stolen by the intruders, who forced a rear shutter. Michael Kelly, of…
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Murder Motive at G.O.P. Club Splits Sleuths
Camden Evening Courier – January 16, 1928 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…
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Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Camden Courier-Post – January 14, 1928 Joseph Deven Held On Murder Charge After Death Boxer’s Brother; ‘Mose’ Flannery and 4 others Held as Witnesses; Was Craps Game Says County Police Holdup Attempted City Cops Declare Victim of a shot fired in a melee, the exact cause of which remain undetermined, Joseph Cimini, 31 years old,…