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  • Nicholas Scarduzio

    Nicholas Scarduzio

    According to Social Security records, Nicholas Scarduzio was born on June 16, 1899, although census records and newspaper accounts indicate him as a year younger. Born to Italian immigrant parents in Pennsylvania, the Scarduzio family migrated to Camden’s Eighth Ward by 1930. Members of the family became involved in politics, real estate, and law, occasionally…

  • Andrew Scarduzio

    Andrew Scarduzio

    Andrew Scarduzio was born around 1897 to Italian immigrant parents. The Scarduzio family had moved en masse to Camden’s Eight Ward by 1930. Members of the family became active in politics, real estate, law, and on occasion were caught up in situations involving them with law enforcement. Politics in the Eight Ward was not a…

  • Orlando Assumes Charge of Vice War

    Orlando Assumes Charge of Vice War

    Camden Evening Courier – September 17, 1934 Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando today dropped all other duties and took personal charge of the drive to rid Camden city and county of vice. Orlando announced he would concentrate his activities in the drive against crime and the solution of the murder of Detective William T. Feitz Jr.,…

  • Four Camden Men Are Among Those Who Get Paroles

    Four Camden Men Are Among Those Who Get Paroles

    Camden Courier-Post – June 23, 1933 Lesslie Orr, ‘Polack Joe’ Deven, Jackie Hindle and Walter Kennedy Freed Public Not Informed Four well-known Camden county men who had been in the state penitentiary at Trenton for at least one year are now at liberty on parole. It was revealed at Trenton yesterday that the State Board…