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Fiore Troncone
Fiore Troncone, born around 1874 in Italy to Antonio and Rafaella Troncone, embarked on the journey to America with his family in 1885.
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George V. Murry
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Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven
"Polack Joe" Deven, born Joseph Deven to Italian immigrant parents Pietro and Angelina Davino, was a notable figure in Camden, New Jersey's early 20th-century history. His life story is marked by a series of intriguing and often controversial events.
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Clare Street
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
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Sycamore Street
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
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Kossuth Street
Kossuth Street ran south through South Camden from Van Hook Street to the railroad tracks; named for the Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, much of it was razed in the 1950s for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor and Chelton Terrace public housing projects.
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Locust Street
Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.
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Second Mrs. Murry Drops Estate Fight
Eight-Year Controversy over Property of Former Detective Ends Here An eight-year controversy over the estate of former City Detective George Murry , one time alleged vice czar of the Third Ward, ended yesterday when Wife No.2 withdrew her claims.
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Former Detective Murry Drops Dead In Street
George Murry, the ex-city detective who resigned after being charged with promoting vice in the Third and Fifth Wards, was found dead on a doorstep near Locust and Line Streets; his death ended the planned Grand Jury presentation of his tenderloin activities.
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George Murray Found Lifeless in Snow Drift
Former city detective George Murry (printed Murray), 52, of 649 Locust Street, was found dead in a snow drift at Locust and Beckett Streets after a fatal heart attack while taking an after-dinner walk.
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New City Police Must Be 'Clean' Is Order of Mayor
The Camden Courier of January 13, 1922 reports Mayor Ellis's order that new policemen must have clean records after the expose of graft and vice protection in the downtown tenderloin, which cost Policemen William Draper, Tony Latorre and Ira Hall their places and led Detective George Murry to resign.
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Underworld Life Exposed as Hall Is Given Grilling
Camden policeman Ira Hall is dismissed by the City Council police committee after a hearing on vice conditions in the Third and Fifth wards, including testimony about a $250 robbery of a soldier at 229 Pine Street.
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Chief Accuses Four Officers in Vice Probe
Chief Gravenor charged City Detective George Murray and Policemen Ira Hall, William Draper and Tony Latorre with unbecoming conduct, rule violations and neglect of duty after City Counsel Bleakly's inquiry into vice conditions.
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50 Taken in Vice Raids
Police and detectives swept disorderly houses across South Camden in one of the largest raids of the period, led by Capt. Lewis Stehr.
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Two Negroes Arrested for Murder in Camden
Henry Thomas and "Brownie" Jones were arrested at 636 Locust Street by Detectives Moffett and Murry as suspects in the highway murder of Francis Martin Hageney at Twenty-seventh Street and Marlton Avenue.
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Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One
Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.
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Arrested for Desertion
William Burns, 33, of Philadelphia, was arrested at 308 Benson Street, Camden, by Detectives Moffett and Murray on a charge of desertion and held by Recorder Stackhouse pending requisition papers.
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Accused Admits Robbery
Carl Green, 23, of 268 Spruce Street, admitted robbing Lawrence Lamaina's place at Locust and Spruce Streets and was committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse after his arrest by Detectives Moffett and Murry.
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News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
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Held for Morrison's Death
James Bland has been held responsible for the murder of John Morrison at the Camden primaries of Monday night by a coroner's jury.