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Stolen Garage Loot Found in Auto As 4 Men Are Nabbed Trio Held at Gloucester for Robbing Store at Westville Grove Oil Stove is Stolen Loot valued at several hundred dollar was recovered and four men arrested over the weekend as many robberies were reported to police throughout South Jersey.
John Cullen, manager of the American Store at 1201 Lansdowne Avenue, died December 1, 1930 of a bullet wound suffered in a holdup; two Camden youths faced murder charges in his death.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Store manager John Cullen was shot and near death after the second holdup of his American Store on Lansdowne Avenue in a week. Mounted Policeman Earl Wright arrested an armed suspect hours later at Third and Penn Streets.
Camden motorcycle policeman Joseph G. Ward, 34, of 1572 Louis Street, drowned in Blackwood lake in May 1930 when his canoe overturned after a Moonlight Social Club outing; Gloucester Township police opened an investigation.
John Doris, brother of the electrocuted Frank Doris, was arrested after Joseph Connors of Gloucester was shot in front of the American Restaurant, 506 Kaighn avenue, near Broadway; a police roundup netted 10 men held as material witnesses.
The Camden Courier-Post of February 13, 1928 reports that George Zimmerman and John Connors, who had claimed they were wounded by the "phantom sniper" near the Federal street bridge, were held for the grand jury on charges of having explosives after City Detective McGrath testified to a mysterious blast at Zimmerman's home.
About 2,000 costumed dancers attended the Camden Eagles' fourth annual grand mass ball at their aerie on Broadway, with music by Prof. Anthony J. Oberst's orchestra. Camden Daily Courier, November 1, 1912.