Tag: Clifford D. Carr
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Clifford D. Carr
Clifford Dando Carr came into the world on December 19, 1893, in Pennsylvania, born to John M. and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Carr. The Carr family relocated to Camden in the late 1890s, settling there after the birth of their daughter Edith in November 1896. According to the 1900 Census, they resided at 614 Ferry Avenue in…
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Ten Retired Camden Policemen Praised, Receive Gold Badges
Camden Courier-Post May 7, 1958 Ten retired members of the Camden Police Department answered their last roll call Tuesday night. By James M. Neville They received gold retirement and lifelong membership cards in the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association at the second annual dinner of Local 35 in Kenney’s. Their ages ranged from 52 to 65 and…
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Tearful Scene at Detective Bureau
Iowa City, Iowa Press Citizen – February 10, 1950 Camden NJ, February 10 (AP) — Six detectives stood in their headquarters at Camden City Hall with tears streaming down their faces. A great tragedy? A frustrating crime? No, nothing like that. Seems Detective Sergeant Clifford Carr opened a tear gas cylinder marked empty. It wasn’t.
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Auto Gunmen Fell Racetrack Figure
Charleston, WV Daily Mail – August 27, 1944 Camden NJ, August 26 (AP) — Five automatic shotgun blasts from a speeding automobile felled Robert Francis Curran, 44, of Silver Spring MD, a race horse trainer at Garden State Park, as he left the Walt Whitman Hotel in downtown Camden Saturday. Thirteen pellets hit Curran, but…
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Minister Collapses After Identifying Body of Daughter
Newspaper Wire Photo – August 8, 1939 Camden, N.J…. The Reverend Walter Dworecki of the 4th Polish Baptist Church of Camden, Pictured as he collapsed after identifying the body of his daughter at the Camden morgue. The girl, 18-years-old, was apparently thrown from an auto after being shot in the right temple. Her body was…
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Seek Killer of Toll Collector
Gettysburg PA Times – July 18, 1938 Camden NJ, July 18 (AP) — New Jersey police scoured the Delaware River waterfront today for two men who shot to death Harry C. Armstrong, 63, a Pennsylvania ferry toll collector, in an attempted holdup Sunday morning. Detectives Clifford Carr and Heber McCord said Armstrong was shot down…
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Cop’s Guest Beaten; Colsey Probes Row
Camden Courier-Post – February 22, 1938 Youth ‘Blackjacked’ at Party; Father Retains Lawyer, to Investigate Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday detailed three detectives to investigate a street row early Sunday at Fourth and Mechanic streets in which a Fairview youth and a Camden policeman were involved. The youth, Walter Callahan, 21, of 1375 Roanoke Road,…
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Woman is Arrested in Slaying of Man
Camden Courier-Post – February 5, 1938 Madeline Slaughter, 28, of 819 South Second Street, was arrested in Philadelphia yesterday at the request of Camden police, who charged her with manslaughter in the death; December 12, of Jerry Brisbane, 36, of 115 Kaighn Avenue. The Slaughter woman waived extradition and was brought to Camden by Detectives…
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Wirtz to Hear Fate in Bandit Quiz Today
Camden Courier-Post – March 19, 1936 Colsey Doubts Cop Will Face Charges; Case to Go to Garnd Jury Decision on any action to be taken against Stanley Wirtz, suspended Camden detective charged with having furnished the guns and automobile for a holdup, will be made today by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus and Police Chief Arthur…
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Wirtz Ordered to Face Inquiry By Mrs. Kobus
Camden Courier-Post – March 18, 1936 Carr and Koerner Will Be Questioned in Holdup Case Caution is urged by Justice Lloyd Detective Stanley Wirtz, suspended by Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday pending investigation into charges that he supplied the guns and an automobile for a holdup, has been ordered to appear today before Commissioner Mary…
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‘Joey’ Powell Rearrested As County Opens Holdup Probe
Camden Courier-Post – March 17, 1936 Orlando Acts as City Cops Free Former Boxer in Payroll Plot Frameup Charged by Another Suspect Prisoner Says Ex-Fighter Got Him in on Theft, Tipped Police Joseph “Joey” Powell, former boxer who was arrested by city police in connection with a South Camden holdup and subsequently released, was rearrested…
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Father Finds Daughter Victim of Gas Fumes
Camden Courier-Post – February 29, 1936 Miss Viola Kester, 32, was found dead by her father in the bathroom of her home at 1214 North Thirty-third Street at 11 :30 a. m. yesterday. Illuminating gas was flowing from a hose. Cracks around the door had been stuffed with paper. Police described the case as one…
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Two Seized in Extortion Plot
Camden Courier-Post – October 29, 1935 Jobless Man, Girl Quizzed in Attempt to Obtain $5,000 Painter Nabbed as He Keeps Date to Meet Intended Victim, G-Men Say Case Linked to Holdup of Bank in Pennsgrove By WALTER N. CARLEY An unemployed Camden painter and his reputed sweetheart were taken in custody early today for questioning…
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Youthful Bandit Stages Quiet Holdup at Broadway Drug Store; Gets $50
Camden Courier-Post – September 2, 1935 Nearby Customer Eats Ice Cream as Clerk Yields Cash Victim Reports Robber Draws Object like Pistol, Demands Money Disappears Quickly The Nevins Drug Company, 1124 Broadway was robbed of $50 Saturday by a youthful bandit who forced a clerk to hand over the contents of the register while a…
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William Nece Dies at Wheel of His Car
Camden Courier-Post – August 11, 1933 William B. Nece, 50, of 30 Strawbridge avenue, Westmont, was found dead last night at the wheel of his automobile, parked near Fourth and Penn Streets. Death was attributed to a heart attack by Coroner Benjamin R. Denny, who will perform a postmortem at Cooper Hospital today. Nece was…