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William Schregler
William Schregler (1867–1927) served as a Camden detective for four decades, rising to Captain of Detectives and briefly serving as Acting Chief of Police in 1906.
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John W. Golden
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28th Street
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements.
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Chief Colsey Dies at 67 of Heart Attack
Camden Chief of Police Arthur Colsey, a 27-year veteran of the department, died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home at 2937 Stevens Street. The Courier-Post traced his career from merchant at Ninth and Market streets and Second Ward councilman to patrolman in 1912 and permanent chief in 1934.
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Johnson Gets Ward's Job as Kobus Orders Cop Shakeup
By Charles L. Humes In a shakeup of Camden police officials yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Samuel E. Johnson was named acting chief of detectives by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus , director of public safety.
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Arrest of Six Links Numbers And Fake Cash
Men Nabbed Here Believed to Be Members of Ring A tie-up between a huge counterfeiting ring and a gambling syndicate backing the "numbers" was believed unearthed by Camden police and Federal authorities following the arrest here yesterday of six colored men on charges of attempting to pass bogus money.
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Wife Slain by Jagged Glass, Husband Held
Accident Hoax Broken by Cops after Grilling Family; Friend On Deathbed, She Orders 4 Children to Say She Fell on Stairs Command Arouses Concealed Detectives Woman Slashed by Broken Decanter; Man Faces Murder Charge Today A death-bed command of a South Camden mother to her four children to stick to their story failed of its motive last night and the woman's husband was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Pancoast Frees Nude Bathers, Scores Those Causing Arrest
Boys and Young Men, However, Are Asked to Carry Bathing Suits on Next Visit To Cooper River Fourteen boys and young men arrested as nude bathers Thursday as the sequel to a city commission meeting, were freed yesterday by Judge Garfield Pancoast with the advice that they wear bathing suits when swimming.
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Cops Nab 14 Nudists After Criticism for Vandalism, Bathing
Citizens Complain to City Commission and Give 'Hot 'Tips' $500,000 DAMAGE TO HOMES CHARGED Police Act Quickly on Objection to 'Buck' Swimming The Camden police were criticized yesterday at a meeting of the City Commission for relaxing their vigilance in halting damage by vandals in vacant properties which have caused total losses of $500,000 in the city.
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North Camden Group Hits Taxpayers' Ass'n on 'Failure' At Trenton
State Organization Failed to Offer Constructive Plan, Charge RAILROAD MERGER ALSO CONDEMNED The New Jersey Taxpayers' Association was criticized last night at the weekly meeting of the North Camden Civic Association, held at the Pyne Poynt Social Club, 939 North Fifth Street .
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Joe Montana Wet to Miss Palladino
Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.
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Murphy and Pedigree To End Long Service With Camden Police
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
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'Buck' Sage Held as 'Hit-Runner'
Detainer Lodged Against Sportsman in Shooting of Waterhouse A detainer against Russell "Buck" Sage , held in Gloucester on a hit-run charge, was lodged last night by Camden police, who claim the South Camden sportsman "knows more than he has told" of the shooting of Harry "Gyp" Waterhouse.
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Camden Burglar Slain; Cop Wounded in Gun Duel
Burglar Charles Rettberg, 21, of North 36th Street, was shot dead by police and City Detective Robert Ashenfelter was wounded three times in a gun duel at an East Camden store at 32nd Street and Pierce Avenue, August 24, 1931.
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Mayor Orders Cops to Drive All Gangsters From Camden
After a gang shooting at Ninth and Chestnut streets nearly struck an 8-year-old girl, Mayor Roy R. Stewart ordered police to stop and question suspicious characters and drive gangsters from Camden.
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Wife Stabs Husband as He Strikes Her
In June 1930 Mrs. Helen Edwards, 36, confessed to police that she stabbed her husband John W. Edwards, a gasoline station manager, during a quarrel over a meal; he died at Cooper Hospital.
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Three Women Claim Body of 'Gimp' Thomas
One Is 'Daughter,' Others Say They're Wives; Badge Mystery Unexplained Who is the legal wife of Howard "Gimp" Thomas, under cover man for Camden police, whose death in an automobile upset early Saturday morning near Ellisburg is being investigated by county authorities?
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Warrant Out for Slayer of Mose Flannery
Captain John Golden, head of the Camden city detective bureau, announced that detectives knew who killed Eighth Ward political leader "Mose" Flannery and held warrants for his arrest, as 2500 mourners turned out for the solemn high requiem mass at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
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Found Wounded on Sidewalk at Kaighn Point
Joseph "Mose" Flannery, 26, Eighth ward political worker and slot machine distributor, lay dying in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital after being shot before dawn outside a saloon at Front street and Kaighn avenue. He refused to name his assailants — "My lips are sealed" — as Camden police and county detectives rounded up eight men and hunted for a motive.
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Man Held on Charge of Stealing Plumbing
Joseph Tisso [sic], 22, of 214 Benson Street, was arrested at Second and Market streets on a charge of stripping plumbing fixtures and lead pipe from a vacant house at Third and Mickle streets; Captain of Detectives John Golden said he had confessed.
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PA. Girl is Nabbed Here on Way to Get Married
Camden Courier-Post - February 20, 1928 Because she wanted to get married and have a home of her own, 16 year-old Ida Underwood, of Johnstown PA, ran away from home.
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Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by ‘Real Phantom’
Eugene Marshall, 21, of 404 Jasper Street, admitted he was the man Camden police sought after an anonymous letter named him the "phantom sniper," but charged he was framed by an enemy he believed to be the real sniper. The same day a fire-alarm box at Kaighn Avenue and Hyde Park was drilled, and a weekend shot narrowly missed Joseph Carone.
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Ghost Sniper Seen! Fires on 2 Girls, Bullet is Found
Camden Courier-Post - January 28, 1928 See Man Fleeing After Missile Crashes Through Window of Home "It's All Right Louie" He Cries on Street Crowded Merchantville Trolley Fired on But No Pellet is Found Camden's " phantom sniper " has been seen.
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Murder Motive at G.O.P. Club Splits Sleuths
County Detectives Contend Philadelphia Gangster Was Slain in Quarrel Over Woman Police Claim Hold-up Attempt Caused Fight Deven Charged with Crime, Flannery and Taxi Driver Held Without Bail With city and county authorities definitely divided on the motive and circumstance if the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven was arraigned in Camden police court today and held without bail on a murder charge.
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Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.
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Captains Shifted
A Camden police shake-up returns Captain William Schregler to his post as captain of detectives, two years after Edward King replaced him.
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Voodoo Man Confesses Bigamy
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.
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Police Find Bloodstained Hatchet and Hidden Vault in Hyghcock's Voodoo Den
Camden police tear apart "Dr." H.H. Hyghcock's Liberty Street "voodoo den," finding a bloodstained hatchet, a hidden vault, and infant remains, as Director Tempest and the detective captains interrogate the self-styled medicine man.
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Changes Ordered in Camden Police
The police committee of Camden City Council directed Solicitor Bleakly to draft an ordinance partially reorganizing the Police Department, reducing the number of captains to one and retiring seven veteran officers on pension.
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Police Department Changes
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 1, 1918 There were a number of changes in Camden's Police Department yesterday by Mayor Ellis . He appointed Sergeant John Golden successor to Captain Hugh Poyle [sic] , recently placed on the pension list.
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3 Policemen Hurt As Car Hits Ambulance
Collision Occurs as Machine Speeds to Home of Man Who Attempted Suicide Three Camden policemen were injured, one of them seriously, last night, when the First district auto ambulance was struck by a trolley car while responding to a call from 2310 Carman street , where Bodine Stratton, 39 years old, had shot himself over the heart.
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3000 Ask Mercy in Camden Election Frauds
Petitions bearing more than 3000 names were presented to Judge Joline asking reconsideration of the two-year disfranchisement imposed on the Camden election fraud defendants, four of whom — John Golden, Martin Carrigan, Daniel J. Woods and Charles Crane — were serving four months in the county jail.
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Many Accused of Election Frauds
A Camden County grand jury returned fifty-five true bills for alleged election irregularities in January 1911; John H. Carroll was among those accused of violations.