Word: cosden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Noel Charles Scaffa, 53, private detective; of heart disease; in Philadelphia. His specialty was the recovery of stolen jewels after the police had given up. Some of his recoveries: $600,000 of Mrs. James P. Donahue's jewels in 1925, $100,000 of Joshua S. Cosden's in 1924, $185,000 of Mrs. Margaret Hawkesworth Bell's in 1935. His confidential methods of recovery led to his conviction for perjury and the revocation of his detective license...