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Joseph "Mose" Flannery

Joseph "Mose" Flannery (1902-1928) was a Camden, NJ Eighth Ward political worker and crime figure shot dead outside a Kaighn Avenue saloon in 1928.

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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 Deven Held On Murder Charge After Death Boxer's Brother; 'Mose' Flannery and 4 others Held as Witnesses; Was Craps Game Says County Police Holdup Attempted City Cops Declare Victim of a shot fired in a melee, the exact cause of which remain undetermined, Joseph Cimini, 31 years old, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club , 908 Broadway .

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Man Blames Cop as Home Wrecker

Michael Brown, charged with assault and battery on two women, told police court he forced his way into a house believing his wife was there with a police officer; Judge Cleary held him in bail on each charge.

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Auto Fire Engine Skids Into Window

Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.

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