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Ethan P. Wescott
Ethan Pryor Wescott, born in 1883 in New Jersey, was the son of John W. and Frances Oatman Wescott.
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Lawrence T. Doran
Lawrence "Larry" T. Doran was born in 1879 in New Jersey. He married his wife Catherine shortly after the turn of the century.
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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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Ralph W. Wescott
Ralph W. Wescott, born in New Jersey in 1883 to John W. and Frances Oatman Wescott, was a prominent figure in Camden's legal and civic spheres.
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Joseph A. Varbalow
Joseph A. Varbalow, born in Russia on January 15, 1896, alongside his twin sister Anna, emigrated to America with his family in either 1897 or 1898, initially settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Samuel P. Orlando
Samuel P. Orlando, born on April 26, 1900, in Italy, was the son of Tony and Fortune Orlando. He immigrated to the United States in 1909, along with his family. In the 1910 Census, the Orlando family was residing in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
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Joe Montana Wet to Miss Palladino
Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.
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Bank Embezzler Jokes When Taken to County Prison
Garrett Waives Reading of Indictment for $19000 Systematic Thefts; His Wife Remains Loyal, Discrediting His Confession Laughing at photographers who tried to snap a picture as he covered his face with his hat and joking with the officers who accompanied him, Burd S. Garrett, for seven years a teller employed by the East End Trust Company was taken from the West Jersey Hospital this morning at 11:15 to the County Courthouse.
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Judge Shay to be Next Prosecutor
Camden Trenton Bureau Trenton, Jan. 31 - The name of Judge Samuel M. Shay , of the Camden County Court of Common Pleas, has been handed to Governor Moore as the choice of the Camden Democratic organization for prosecutor, succeeding Ethan Wescott .
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Patrons, Patronesses Announced Today for First Military Ball
Patrons and patronesses for the first military ball of the Camden Post No. 960, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on Friday evening February 3 in the Elks auditorium, Seventh and Cooper Streets , are announced today.
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Flannery Promises to explain Slaying
Statement Will Set Forth Facts of G.O.P. Club Murder, Attorney Says With Joseph "Mose" Flannery at liberty under $3000 bail, a statement setting forth his part in the Sixth Ward Republican Club affray which resulted in the slaying of Joseph Cimini last Saturday, was promised today by his attorney, Samuel Orlando .
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Dealer Denies Thieves Took Slot Machine
Bertman Doubts His Story After He 'Shifts' Loot to Cigars Is liable to a fine on gambling machine Grand Jury Probe is Hinted by Judge - Reporter Takes Stand Lewis Shectman changed his story in police court today and declared that it was only a box of cigars, not a gambling machine that was stolen from his store, 708 Broadway, yesterday by two bandits.
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"Mose" Flannery Released on Bail
Shay Signs Order After $5000 Bond is Posted in 6th Ward Fuss Joseph 'Mose' Flannery , declared by detectives to have precipitated the battle in the Sixth Ward Republican Club which resulted in the slaying of Joseph Cimini last Saturday, was released from the Camden county jail us afternoon under $5,000 bail.
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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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Voodoo Man Confesses Bigamy
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.