Tag: Frank Crawford
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John T. Garrity
John Thomas Garrity was born on January 27, 1884, in Pennsylvania to John J. and Letitia Garrity. The family moved to Camden in the 1890s, where John J. Garrity worked as a blacksmith in one of Camden’s many shipyards. By 1906, the City Directory listed the family living at 2002 Broadway, with John T. Garrity…
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12 Arrests Halt Bogus Money Flow
Camden Courier-Post – August 16, 1933 South Jersey Police Believe Majority of Those in “Ring” Are in Jail Flooding of South Jersey with counterfeit money was believed by police to be effectively stopped yesterday with a total of 12 suspects now held for prosecution. Six men, all of Philadelphia, arraigned yesterday before Police Judge Garfield…
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Big-scale Payroll Forgeries Feared as Man Dupes Dentist
Camden Courier-Post – August 11, 1933 Large scale forgery of payroll checks drawn against a Philadelphia laundry is suspected by Camden police in the passing of a check against a Camden dentist. Dr. Edward Schiff, dentist, of 602 Federal Street, reported to police that a strange man passed a $25 check on him after obtaining…
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Police Carnival was a Gigantic Success
Philadelphia Inquirer – February 16, 1914 POLICE CARNIVAL WAS A GIGANTIC SUCCESS Considered one of the most successful events ever given in Camden, the second annual industrial show and carnival of the Camden Police Beneficial Association came to a close in the Third Regiment Armory Saturday night with the crowning of the queen. Miss Margaret…