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Newspaper clipping, 'Polack Joe' Enters Plea of Not Guilty, Camden Courier-Post, April 23, 1928
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'Polack Joe' Enters Plea of Not Guilty

Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini of Philadelphia in the Sixth Ward Republican Club at 908 Broadway, entered a plea of not guilty to a manslaughter charge before Judge Samuel M. Shay.

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Courier-Post column on Joseph Devon released on bail in a Camden murder case, April 4, 1928
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Polack Joe Out on Bail Despite Murder Charge

Although still technically charged with murder in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail under $2,500 bail fixed by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, without Judge Samuel M. Shay or Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott being consulted.

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