Tag: Newton Blanchard
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Jesse D. Seybold
Jesse D. Seybold was born in New Jersey in February 1892 to Charles and Lizzie Seybold, though records vary on the exact date, listing February 2, 7, or 8. His grandfather, John D. Seybold, had settled in Camden before 1850 and ran a bakery at 303 Market Street until the 1880s, when the building was…
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Life Hereabouts by Charlie Humes
Camden Courier-Post – March 19, 1949 Down Memory Lane with that Old Gang of Yours… in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land… from the time that Taylor and Gunnis promoted fights through the years to Roxie Allen… Mickey Blair… Eddie Chaney… Shamus…
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Murder Motive at G.O.P. Club Splits Sleuths
Camden Evening Courier – January 16, 1928 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…
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Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Camden Courier-Post – January 14, 1928 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,…