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Halftone newspaper portrait of Earl Wright, a young man in a police-style uniform cap.
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Earl Wright

Earl Wright joined the Camden police force in 1928, serving as a motorcycle patrolman and later Sergeant. He is best known as the officer who arrested mass murderer Howard Unruh on September 6, 1949.

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Black-and-white photo of Jersey Joe Walcott in boxing gloves and white trunks, standing in a guarded pose.
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Arnold R. Cream (aka Jersey Joe Walcott)

Arnold Raymond Cream, known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was born on January 31, 1914, outside Camden and worked at the Campbell Soup factory before turning to professional boxing. At 37, on his fourth attempt, he won the world heavyweight title; he was later elected Sheriff of Camden County in 1971 and died in Camden on February 25, 1994.

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