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Preston Fisher of South Merchantville was held in $500 bail on a drunken driving charge made by Policeman Richard Donnelly. After Fisher underwent tests, Lieutenant George Ward and Sergeant Raymond Stark said they did not consider him intoxicated; Donnelly insisted the charge stand.
A victory parade after a bitter Eighth Ward Republican primary set off a street riot at Sixth and Viola Streets in front of William Tansky Jr.'s saloon; a boy was hit by a ricocheting bullet and detectives questioned the rival faction leaders.
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.