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Michael Tenerelli (aka Mickey Blair)
Mickey Blair, born Michael Tenerelli in 1908, was a professional boxer hailing from Camden, NJ.
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William Feitz
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William T. Feitz
Detective William T. Feitz was born in 1903 to William and Pauline Anne Feitz in New Jersey. At the time of the 1920 Census, the Feitz family lived at 1125 Liberty Street .
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Joseph Klosterman
Joseph Peter Klosterman was born on November 8, 1898, in New Jersey, to Frederick and Catherine Klostermann. His father was a cigar maker. By the time of the 1910 census, and through at least 1929, the family lived at 1148 Kaighn Avenue .
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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements.
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Felix Bocchicchio
Born on August 31, 1906, in Pennsylvania, Felix Bocchicchio left a lasting imprint on boxing history as the manager of Jersey Joe Walcott , particularly during his remarkable ascent to becoming the heavyweight champion in the late 1940s and early 1950s. However, Bocchicchio's life was filled with diverse and often controversial endeavors, both within and outside the boundaries of the law.
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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.
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Store Bandits to be Quizzed in Chester on Feitz Murder
Material Witness Will View Suspects Caught by Camden Sleuths BRICKNER QUESTIONED BY COLSEY ON HOLDUP Police Order All Persons Arrested to Face 'Line Up' in Slaying Probe Seven men and women held by Camden as police as material witnesses in the murder of Detective William T. Feitz two weeks ago in an alleged South Camden disorderly house will look over two men arrested in Chester PA after a store holdup here.
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Tenth Arrest Made Here in Numbers Quiz
The arrest of Crawford Smith on numbers-writing charges brought to 10 the number of people apprehended that week in Camden's numbers-racket crackdown, running alongside the investigation into the murder of Detective William T. Feitz Jr.
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Mrs. Heisler Buried at Simple Rites
Two days after Detective William Feitz was buried, Emma Heisler, whose suicide came as a tragic sequel to his death, was laid to rest in New Camden Cemetery after a funeral from Frank J. Leonard's establishment at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
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Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department; police records showed three other members had been shot, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.