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Francis X. Engel

George and Mary Ann McKenna Engel wedding day
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The Engel Family of Camden, NJ

History of the Engel family of Camden — Julius and Mary Engel, immigrants from Slovakia and Hungary who settled in South Camden, and their son Frank Engel, who shot and wounded Howard Unruh during the 1949 Cramer Hill "Walk of Death."

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Camden Courier-Post, August 17, 1983 - F.X. Engel Sr., Shot Howard Unruh
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F.X. Engel Sr., Shot Howard Unruh

Obituary of Francis X. Engel Sr., the Camden tavern owner who shot and wounded mass murderer Howard Unruh from an upstairs window during the 1949 Cramer Hill rampage. Camden Courier-Post, August 17, 1983.

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Camden Courier-Post, September 7, 1974 - He Shot at Me Twice...Bang...Bang...
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'He Shot at Me Twice…Bang…Bang…'

Twenty-five years after Howard Unruh's 1949 "Walk of Death," Frank Engel — proprietor of Engel's Cafe on River Avenue in Cramer Hill — recounts to the Camden Courier-Post how he fired the shot that wounded the killer.

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Camden Courier-Post, September 29, 1955 - Louis G. Engel Jr., Mechanical Engineer
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Louis G. Engel, Jr., Mechanical Engineer

Obituary for Louis G. Engel, Jr., 27, a Drexel-trained mechanical engineer and former Camden-area resident killed in a private plane crash near Akron, Ohio, in September 1955. Camden Courier-Post, September 29, 1955.

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