Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1913View transcription
Seven Raids Disturb Camden Churchgoers
Police Arrest Twenty-three Persons on Charge of Selling Liquor Illegally
While Camdenites were on their way to church yesterday morning the chimes and bells from the spires were rivaled by the incessant clang of the gongs of patrol wagons, the police making seven raids in the Tenderloin district and corraling twenty-three persons. The alleged proprietors taken into custody, all of whom were held for hearings today before Recorder Stackhouse, include Robert Matthews, 248 Spruce street; Rosie Haney, 137 Spruce street; Dora James, 140 Spruce street; Frederick Barker, 908 Locust street; Norman Simmons, 261 Cherry street; William Burton, Claire and Division street, and John Thomas, 705 Sycamore street. All are specifically accused of selling liquor without a license, large quantities of intoxicants being confiscated.
For some time it has been rumored that the police contemplated such a move because of the many reports received that speak-easies were being operated. Under the direction of Captain Stanley his men were gotten together after sufficient evidence was in hand, and yesterday was decided upon as the time for the raids. All were made at the same time, so that the alleged proprietors could not get a tip to escape. None escaped from the places where the police went.
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1913 — page 2
Police Arrest Twenty-three Persons on Charge of Selling Liquor Illegally
While Camdenites were on their way to church yesterday morning the chimes and bells from the spires were rivaled by the incessant clang of the gongs of patrol wagons, the police making seven raids in the Tenderloin district and corraling twenty-three persons. The alleged proprietors taken into custody, all of whom were held for hearings today before Recorder Stackhouse, include Robert Matthews, 248 Spruce street; Rosie Haney, 137 Spruce street; Dora James, 140 Spruce street; Frederick Barker, 908 Locust street; Norman Simmons, 261 Cherry street; William Burton, Claire and Division street, and John Thomas, 705 Sycamore street. All are specifically accused of selling liquor without a license, large quantities of intoxicants being confiscated.
For some time it has been rumored that the police contemplated such a move because of the many reports received that speak-easies were being operated. Under the direction of Captain Stanley his men were gotten together after sufficient evidence was in hand, and yesterday was decided upon as the time for the raids. All were made at the same time, so that the alleged proprietors could not get a tip to escape. None escaped from the places where the police went.
