There will also be a traditional German pig roast for guests to try. The family-friendly event is free of charge and offers food and drinks, including beer from the German brewery Spaten and beer from the world's oldest brewery, Weihenstephen. In 1932, the department maintained two patrol cars and two motorcycles.The event is billed as the "biggest and best" Oktoberfest in all of South Jersey." It will be hosted in partnership with Philadelphia-based German beer hall Brauhaus Schmitz and Haddon restaurant Keg and Kitchen. Summonses were issued to 126 motorists for violations of various kinds. There were also 25 residential burglaries or attempted burglaries. During the year of 1931 the department investigated 885 complaints, made 111 arrests, responded to 117 motor vehicle accidents (four being fatal accidents), answered 46 fire calls and 13 ambulance calls. Luckily, incidents of this nature were rare. His shots were accurate and struck the fleeing vehicle but the gangster was able to escape. ![]() Craig immediately pulled his revolver from the holster and fired at the vehicle in an attempt to stop the criminal. A fourth male put the vehicle in gear and sped away on the Black Horse Pike. ![]() ![]() Craig ordered the three men out of the vehicle and placed them into custody with the help of Patrolman George Schuck. Charles "Reds" Craig apprehended three males in a parked vehicle outside of the Golden Slipper, a local tavern, who were assembling a machine gun and two shotguns. This was determined to be a gangland hit.Ī similar incident was prevented on October 3, 1931. On December 30, 1928, three people were killed and an additional three people wounded during what was later called the Black Horse Pike Massacre. From the inception of the police department, Chief Whitehead's major public safety concern was an area of the Black Horse Pike called "Road House Row." This was a string of taverns that were frequented by known gangsters.
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