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Funeral of Sergeant Reader
Six former members of the Camden police force served as pallbearers at the funeral of former Sergeant of Police John Reader, with services at his son's home at 1135 Haddon Avenue.
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Worthless Check Writer Jailed
Frank Hargraves, 28, of Los Angeles, was given six months in jail by Recorder Stackhouse in Camden for attempting to pass a worthless $13.50 check on Harry Galbraith, a liquor merchant of 817 Broadway. Detective Brothers and Policeman Reader made the arrest.
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Camden News Notes — May 19, 1911
Camden briefs for May 19, 1911, reporting that Chief of Police Gravenor made Sergeant John Reader acting captain of the Second District during Captain Arthur Stanley's absence abroad.
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Many Caught in Raid
Captain Stanley and Sergeant Reader descended on two alleged disorderly houses in Camden's "Little Italy," arresting thirty-eight inmates and filling the city jail; crowds followed the patrol wagons to police headquarters.
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Camden Police Made Two Raids
Captain Stanley, Sergeants Hyde and Reader, and a police squad raid two alleged disorderly houses in Camden, arresting the proprietors and confiscating cases of beer.
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Camden Police Form Organization
Camden police form a branch of the State Police Beneficial Association, electing Sergeant Edward Hyde president and Chief John Foster among the trustees.
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Armed Desperadoes Swoop Down on East Camden
Five armed desperadoes hold up a bridge tender, blow up a safe at the Pavonia station, and battle police across East Camden before escaping.
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Father Shoots His Son Then Suicides
Joseph Caskey, a 60-year-old teamster of 820 Mount Vernon Street, shot and killed his son Joseph in a stable yard behind William Sultzbach's saloon at Ninth and Walnut, then turned the revolver on himself. Captain Stanley and Sergeant Reeder took charge of the bodies.