Benjamin
J.
Dzick

BENJAMIN DZICK was born June 1, 1910 to Nathan and Mary Dzick. His father was had a shoe repair business. The family, which included sisters Rae and Dorothy, lived at 3910-12 Westfield Avenue in East Camden.

Benjamin Dzick graduated from the South Jersey Law School in Camden, and began practicing law in 1933. He was appointed city prosecutor in 1942. Benjamin Dzick appears in the 1947 City Directory as a lawyer, living with wife Minette Newton Dzick at 469 North 35th Street in East Camden, which also was the home of Judge Dzick and his wife. Benjamin Dzick was an active member of Congregation Beth El at Park Boulevard and Belleview Avenue in Camden's Parkside section.

Benjamin Dzick was appointed Municipal Judge in May of 1950, and served in that capacity, and later as a judge in the Camden County Court, until at least June 5, 1959. His mother, Mary Dzick, passed shortly after he was elevated to the bench, on July 7, 1950. In 1954 Judge Benjamin Dzick was chairman of the Camden County Israel Bonds Committee

 Judge Benjamin Dzick passed away in June of 1961. 

Camden Courier-Post - October 14, 1931

NEW ENTERPRISES

Articles of incorporation filed in the office of County Clerk Charles F. Wise during the past week and , names of incorporators are:

Esther Osgenel Company, 215 Federal Street, real estate, 100 shares of common Stock without nominal or par value; Firmin Michel, 514 Essex Street, Gloucester; Benjamin J. Dzick, 3910 Westfield Avenue; Anna Cohen, 212 South Twenty-seventh Street.

Camden Courier-Post - October 26, 1936

Camden Courier-Post * February 12, 1938

BOSCO DENIED BAIL IN CARD GAME DEATH
BARBER SEIZED AS HE WAITS OUTSIDE ROOM OF GRAND JURY
Ready to Testify in Case When Indicted for Murder With Luggi
ATTORNEYS WILL SEEK HABEAS CORPUS WRIT

Samuel Bosco, widely known Camden barber, sat in the anteroom of the Camden County Grand Jury room yesterday, expecting to be called as a witness in the slaying of Angelo Magalas, Camden chef.

Instead he was arrested on the charge of murder.

With Frank Luggi, fugitive police character, he was charged with slaying Magalas, wounded fatally as he sat in a Penn street card game, January 10.

Magalas, who lived at 1119 Langham avenue, died Jan. 23 in Cooper Hospital. A coroner's jury found death was superinduced by gunshot wounds inflicted during a scuffle between two bandits and players at the scene of the holdup.

Bosco, who also participated in the card game, was one of the principal witnesses at the inquest. And yesterday he readily answered the summons to appear before the jury. 

Indicted by Jury

He was in the ante-room— still waiting to testify— shortly after 4 p. m. when Mark Reeve, clerk of the jury, came out and whispered to City Detective Thomas Murphy.

Murphy walked over to Bosco. Ha placed a hand on his shoulder and said:

"You are under arrest."

"What for?" Bosco asked.

'The grand jury just indicted you on a charge of murder," Murphy replied.

Bosco appeared stunned. He started to speak again. His lips moved but no sound came as ha arose, put on his overcoat and accompanied Murphy to the city jail across the street from the old courthouse. He was booked at police headquarters on the murder charge, photographed, fingerprinted and hell without bail.

John L. Morrissey and Benjamin J. Dzick, counsel for the accused barber, announced last night a rule to show cause for a writ of habeas corpus will be sought this morning from Common Pleas Court Judge Clifford A. Baldwin, in an effort to win Bosco's release.

Evidence Held Lacking

"There was no evidence to warrant Bosco's arrest on a charge of murder," Morrissey said.

"If Judge Baldwin is available I will appear before the court and ask for a writ of habeas corpus. I intend to ask the court to dismiss the charge entirely. There was not sufficient evidence to warrant a charge of murder and certainly no evidence on which the arrest for murder was made."

Both Morrissey and Dzick visited Bosco in the city jail last night. They held a brief conference after which Morrissey reported the barber still was stunned over the turn of events but .otherwise was unworried.

Police said arraignment of Bosco would be delayed due to the Lincoln's Birthday holiday. He probably will be taken before Judge Gene R. Mariano Monday morning, they said. 

Barber Held Door

Bosco was one of the players in the game, but when the bandits entered, he ran into a shed and held the door in back of him. He told police he held the door to prevent the bandits from following him. None of the players could have, fled by the door, either, Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando pointed out.

At the time of the coroner's inquest, officials of the prosecutor's office questioned Bosco at great length concerning his act in holding the shed door closed.

"I didn't want the bandits to follow me. I didn't want to be robbed," Bosco answered his questioners.

Luggi has been sought for ques tioning in connection with the holdup; ever since it occurred.

Luggi has been identified by other participants of the card game, which was held at the home of Samuel Ermilios, 725 Penn street, as the gunman with whom Magalas was wrestling when the gun went off, the bullet severing an artery in Magalas' arm.

Camden Courier-Post * February 25, 1938

George E. Brunner
Isadore H. Hermann
Robert Burk Johnson
Benjamin Dzick
Joseph Lipkin
Joseph A. Varbalow
Frank Suttill
William H. Bovell
Albert Thompson
Mary Kobus
Clinton Street
North Front Street