Bank Street

Morse Street in East Camden was named after Henry G. Morse, founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. This company played a major role in Camden's industrial development, and its shipyard at Broadway and Morgan Boulevard led to the creation of Yorkship Village in the Fairview section — housing built specifically for shipyard workers.

Morse Street runs parallel to Marlton Avenue, stretching from Carman Street across Baird Boulevard to Rosemont Avenue in Pennsauken. For many years, it marked the northeastern boundary of Stockton Park. Residential development began east of Westminster Avenue in the 1920s, with additional homes constructed in the 1930s and 1940s. In the early 1950s, land along Morse Street was acquired for the construction of the Peter J. McGuire Gardens public housing project, located between Bank and Watson Streets.

However, by the 1980s, as the crack cocaine epidemic hit Camden, McGuire Gardens and the 200 block of Morse Street — nicknamed "The Alley" — became hotspots for drug activity. A multi-million dollar drug operation led by J. R. Rivera operated out of this area. The operation was part of a broader network of corruption that reached into the mayor's office and the police department. Following his conviction on drug and other charges, Rivera became a cooperating witness and provided evidence that ultimately led to the conviction of Camden Mayor Milton Milan.

In July 2004, in an effort to revitalize the neighborhood, Mayor Gwendolyn Faison announced the demolition of homes on "The Alley." Plans were put in place for new housing to be built by the St. Joseph's Carpenter Society, a local organization known for its successful redevelopment projects in East Camden.

Boyd Street is in East Camden, and runs parallel to Marlton Avenue from Carman Street to the city limits in Pennsauken.

Boyd Street acquired a very bad reputation in the late 1980s and all through the 1990s as part of the open-air drug market known as “the Alley,” which centered on the alley one end of which was on Bank Street between Morse Street and Boyd Streets.

Phil Cohen

Twenty-Sixth Street begins in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill, and ends in East Camden where it intersects with Bank and Mickle Streets. It was first laid out sometime prior to 1887; it was called Union Street, and was renamed sometime after the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township to Camden.

The street begins at the Delaware River and runs south, across River Road, intersects with North 27th Street, then starts again once beyond the Pavonia railroad switching yard at Howell Street south to Westfield Avenue, where it is interrupted by the “firehouse-police station-library” triangle between Westfield and Federal Street. At Federal the street runs on for two blocks, where it terminates at the intersection of Bank and Mickle Streets.

As in all numbered streets in Camden, it is North 26th Street above Federal, and South 26th below.

Cramer Hill & East Camden — 1915

Looking West from North 26th Street & Howell Street

Unit Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 5 to 69 North 26th Street, both north and south of Cramer Street.

69 North 26th Street

69 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Listed in city directories

47 North 26th Street

47 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Listed in city directories

35 North 26th Street

35 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1953	E.P. Rouh & Family
1953	Dr. Joseph J. Guetherman

30 North 26th Street

30 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1910s–1920s	Mrs. Frances Elder
1938–1940	Martin Geis & Family
1938–1940	Martin & Elizabeth Geis
1938–1940	John Geis
1938–1940	Walter Geis

29 North 26th Street

29 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1891–1899	Henry Upjohn — varnish maker
1936–1942	Harry M. Leigh

28 North 26th Street

28 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1897	George W. Osler
1897	George Osler

26 North 26th Street

26 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Eliza A. Whitcraft
1947–1980s	Fourth Spiritualist Church

25 North 26th Street

25 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1955	Edna Wood
1955	New Jersey Bell Telephone

14 North 26th Street

14 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Genevieve Andreoli — Carl Six
1947	Mrs. Genevieve Andreoli
1947	Carl Six
1950s–1960s	Antrim Hardware
1955	New Jersey Bell Telephone

12 North 26th Street

12 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1947	William Farrell — Howard B. Robinson
1947	William Farrell
1947	Howard B. Robinson
1955	American Finance Corporation
2007	Girard Furniture Company

10 North 26th Street

10 North 26th Street — Unit Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1955	Kleinfelder & West, Inc.
1955	New Jersey Bell Telephone

Unit Block of North 26th Street (South of Cramer Street)

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25 North 26th Street — Edna Wood, 1955. New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.

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14 North 26th Street — Antrim Hardware , 1950s–1960s. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.

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American Finance Corporation Means Money for Christmas ON JUST YOUR OWN SIGNATURE GET $25 TO $500 NOW CAMDEN OFFICE: Call GRANT LAPPIN, Mgr. 12 North 26th Street Near Cor. 26th and Federal Streets. Plenty of Parking. WOodlawn 3-8856. License No. 865. GLOUCESTER OFFICE: Call LEON GODFREY, Mgr. 518 Monmouth Street. Corner Monmouth and Broadway. Plenty of Parking. Gloucester 6-4000. License No. 867.

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10 North 26th Street — Kleinfelder & West, Inc., 1955. New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.

Cramer Street & North 26th Street

See also: Cramer Street.

Unit Block of North 26th Street (North of Cramer Street)

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Compulsory Education for Motorists To the Editor: Sir— Apparently the only way to adequately impress the recalcitrant motorist, who fails to observe safety rules regarding sensible automobile driving, and who by so doing not alone endangers his own, but other innocent lives, is a compulsory educational course and spelling lesson at his own expense from which there is no redress but payment. Once when it costs real honest to goodness money, bucks (U.S. currency), then, no matter how fast one drives or how small the sign, he will observe and be impressed by such signs as: Stop Street; 40-Mile Limit, Go Slow; No Left Turn, etc. Perhaps one can save himself needless worry, time and expense by giving heed in advance and taking a tip. WALTER GAIS.

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'Have the Ambulance Ready' To the Editor: I see they are planning to build a new dirigible for the Navy, so I guess they better get ready for the next disaster. The long list of crashes overtaking such lighter-than-air craft should have discouraged the House naval affairs committee from any more such projects. The big balloon probably will turn out to be another flying coffin that will make widows and bereaved mothers on a wholesale scale. If we have to throw that money away, I say, why not put it into some more boondoggling? At least that will keep radio comedians in material for their gags and thus spread cheer over the nation instead of gloom. Or seriously, why not put it in fighting planes which have proved their worth whole? WALTER GAIS. 30 North Twenty-sixth street.

High Street & North 26th Street

100 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 100 to 163 North 26th Street.

103 North 26th Street

103 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1900	Mrs. Mary Middleton — Rena Middleton

107 North 26th Street

107 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1923–1938	Mrs. Mabel Nutt

109 North 26th Street

109 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1947	Albert Mannes & Family
1947	Albert & Anna Mannes
2011	Gone

111 North 26th Street

111 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1935	George B. Wade
1960s–1970s	Kenneth M. Clark
2011–2012	Vacant

112 North 26th Street

112 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1970s–2008	Victory Baptist Church

113 North 26th Street

113 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1958	Mrs. Mary J. Love
1958	Mary Love Lowe — Gertrude Love Endt — Anna Love McCabe — Catherine Love Haines

115 North 26th Street

115 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

121 North 26th Street

121 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924	John Potter — Camden Policeman
1924	John Potter
1926–1978	Mrs. Gertrude Yost Newton
1926–1978	Emily Jean Newton

122 North 26th Street

122 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Dung T. Doan

123 North 26th Street

123 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1955	William Edwards

126 North 26th Street

126 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1933	Star Ice and Coal Company
2011	Cesar Trinidad

130 North 26th Street

130 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Catherine Vincente

131 North 26th Street

131 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1926	Albert G. Cramp & Family
1926	Albert G. & Martha P. Cramp
1932	The Sykes Family — George Raymond Sykes & Helen Viola Sykes

132 North 26th Street

132 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1916–1929	Charles B. Reynolds & Family
1916–1929	Beatrice Reynolds
1916–1929	Dorothy Reynolds
1916–1929	Hazel Reynolds
1916–1929	John Reynolds
1916–1929	Charles B. & Florence Reynolds
2011	Vacant
WWII	Staff Sergeant Charles E. Reynolds

133 North 26th Street

133 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
WWII	Robert C. Cowen

134 North 26th Street

134 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1912	Harry H. Virtue & Family
1912	Harry H. & Blanche Virtue
2011	Gone
WWI	Corporal Ralph B. Elder

136 North 26th Street

136 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

138 North 26th Street

138 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1960	George E. Brown Sr. & Family
2011	Ramona Alvarez

139 North 26th Street

139 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
WWI	Private Leon P. Parker

141 North 26th Street

141 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1914	George Elton

149 North 26th Street

149 North 26th Street — 100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2007	Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Church

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Martha P. Cramp The funeral of Martha P. Cramp, wife of Albert G. Cramp, 131 North Twenty-sixth street, will take place on Monday. Solemn high requiem mass will be said at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Cramp died Wednesday. She was 43.

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WILLIAM EDWARDS, 30, of 123 N. 26th st., was fined $50 plus $4.50 cost on a disorderly conduct charge preferred by Jesse Keller, proprietor of the Bismarck Cafe, at 10 S. 25th st. Keller testified Edwards entered his place Jan. 31 and was refused a drink. Keller testified Edwards walked toward the door, turned and threw a pocket knife, which missed him. Edwards was warned by Judge Dzick that if he again appeared before him, he would be given a jail sentence.

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ANNOUNCEMENT has been made of the marriage of Miss Emily Jean Newton, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Yost Newton, of 121 N. 26th st., to James Stewart Troupe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Troupe, of 2826 Stevens st., in Rosedale Baptist Church on March 21. The Rev. John N. Garrabrandt Jr., pastor of Grace Baptist Church, officiated.

Saunders Avenue & North 26th Street

600 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 600 to 641 North 26th Street.

641 North 26th Street

641 North 26th Street — 600 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1929	William O. Berman (grocery)
1947	Charles W. Woodington (grocery)
1970–1990s	Terry's Cafe
2003	Vizcaya Liquors

Howell Street & North 26th Street

800 Block of North 26th Street

North 26th Street at Arthur Avenue.

800 Block of North 26th Street

800 Block of North 26th Street — 800 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1957–present	Veterans Memorial Junior High School

Veterans Memorial Junior High School & Veterans Park

900 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 901 to 948 North 26th Street.

904 North 26th Street

904 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1900s–1947	Charles G. Kaiser & Family
1900s–1947	Charles S. Kaiser
1900s–1947	Toy Kaiser
1900s–1947	Elsie Kaiser
1900s–1947	John Kaiser
1900s–1947	Margaret Kaiser
1900s–1947	Elizabeth Kaiser
1900s–1947	Charles G. & Marie Kaiser
1900s–1947	Otto Kaiser

909 North 26th Street

909 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1900s–present	Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church parsonage

910 North 26th Street

910 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1913	Robert Taylor & Family

917 North 26th Street

917 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1923	Mrs. Emma Ortlapp
1950s–1960s	Otto Kaiser

922 North 26th Street

922 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

923 North 26th Street

923 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

924 North 26th Street

924 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

925 North 26th Street

925 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Lincoln Association
2007–2011	Eva Beauty Salon Unisex

926 North 26th Street

926 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

928 North 26th Street

928 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1890s–1926	Robert Gick & Family
1890s–1926	Robert & Anna Gick
1890s–1926	Howard L. Gick

932 North 26th Street

932 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

934 North 26th Street

934 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

939 North 26th Street

939 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Gone

945 North 26th Street

945 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1914–1950	William F. Schmid — Inter-urban Realty
1914–1950	WIlliam F. Schmid
2011	Gone

948 North 26th Street

948 North 26th Street — 900 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1892–1893	Union Hotel — Christopher L. Dietz & Family
1894–1899	Valentine Doerr & Family
1894–1899	Valentine & Catherine Doerr
1899–1904	George Doerrfuss
1914–early 1980s	Pavonia House (aka Strahle's Grill, aka Wonder Inn)

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948 North 26th Street — Christopher L. Dietz, Union Hotel, 1892–1893. Philadelphia saloon-keeper C.L. Dietz came to Camden shortly before the 1892 City Directory was compiled, where he operated the Union Hotel. In 1893 he moved one block, to 1001 North 25th Street, and opened the Crescent Bottling Company.

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M'CAMPBELL TO ADDRESS LINCOLN ASSOCIATION Assemblyman Thereon McCampbell, Monmouth county "dirt farmer," will address the Lincoln Association tomorrow night at 925 North Twenty-sixth street. According to invitation to the meeting sent out by Royd Morrison, McCampbell is "colorful and prolific in interest and as a legislature is invaluable as a prodding lever to move the phlegmatic and inert legislators at Trenton to a keener sense of responsibility to the electorate."

Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church

Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church, built by George Bachmann Sr., at North 26th Street & Hayes Avenue.

1000 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 1000 to 1046 North 26th Street.

1046 North 26th Street

1046 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1933	Michael Fuskeller

1043 North 26th Street

1043 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1900s–1943	Christian Buechler & Family
1900s–1943	Christian & Sophie Buechler
1900s–1943	Harry Hess
1900s–1943	Ralph F. Bingemann
1900s–1943	Mary W. Kobus

1039 North 26th Street

1039 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1906–1950s	Arthur Peterson & Family
1906–1950s	Arthur & Matilda Peterson
1906–1950s	Olga M. Peterson
1935–1960s	Harold I. Vecander & Family
1935–1960s	Harold N. Vecander
1935–1960s	Carol Vecander
1935–1960s	Harold & Olga M. Peterson Vecander

1035 North 26th Street

1035 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1929	Joseph Callari (shoe repair)
1929	Joseph Callari
1930s	Frank The Barber

1033 North 26th Street

1033 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1933	Frank Smekal

1024 North 26th Street

1024 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1932	Charles Bowers

1021 North 26th Street

1021 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1900–1922	Joseph Schlitz & Family
1900–1922	Joseph & Anna Elizabeth Barth Schlitz

1019 North 26th Street

1019 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1910s–1930s	Edward Bearint & Family
1910s–1930s	Edward & Clara Bearint
1910s–1930s	Elwood Bearint — professional baseball player
1910s–1930s	Paul Bearint — professional baseball player
1910s–1930s	Chuck Bearint — professional baseball player

1014 North 26th Street

1014 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1912	Christian Walz & Family
1912	Christian & Caroline Walz

1006 North 26th Street

1006 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2007	M & N Auto Tire Service

1003 North 26th Street

1003 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1955	Supreme Dry Cleaners
1955	New Jersey Bell Telephone

1001 North 26th Street

1001 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2000s	Poblaneta Hispanic Specialty Grocery Store
2000s	Poblaneta

1000 North 26th Street

1000 North 26th Street — 1000 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1914–1916	Philip C. McLaughlin (druggist)
1933	C.C. Read

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VECANDER Suddenly on Sept. 6, 1967, Harold of 1039 N. 26th St., Camden, N.J. Due notice of the funeral will be given by the Gustav Roedel and Son Funeral Home, 804-06 N. 27th St., Camden, N.J.

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SPECIAL! SPECIAL! "I AM INAUGURATING A NEW POLICY FOR" MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Cutting 25 Cents. Friday and Saturday 35 Cents. We also take Special Care of Children. SHAVE 20 CENTS FRANK THE BARBER 1035 N. 26th St., Camden, N.J.

1100 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 1100 to 1149 North 26th Street.

1100 North 26th Street

1100 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1946	August Knorr — Knorr's Bakery
1947–1970s	Gardner's Bakery — William L. Gardner

1101 North 26th Street

1101 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1893–1928	Charles Funfer & Family
1893–1928	Charles John & Catherine Funfer
1929–1933	William J. Cassidy & Family
1929–1933	William & Ruby Cassidy
1932	Benjamin Franklin Myrick (father-in-law)

1102 North 26th Street

1102 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924	No Listing
1929	Ernest Stutzel
1947	Elsie Stutzel — Fredia Stutzel
1947	Elsie Stutzel
1947	Fredia Stutzel
WWII	Staff Sergeant Thomas Mohan

1103 North 26th Street

1103 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1920s–1950	Howard Bean
1920s–1950s	Carrie Bean

1110 North 26th Street

1110 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1928	Mrs. T. Von Newkirk

1111 North 26th Street

1111 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1927	George Smith & Family
1927	George & Ethel Smith

1113 North 26th Street

1113 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2012	Vacant

1116 North 26th Street

1116 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1932	Elwood T. Payne & Family
1932	Elwood T. & Mildred Payne

1119 North 26th Street

1119 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1890s–1900s	Irvin Gehret Family

1121 North 26th Street

1121 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2012	Gone

1122 North 26th Street

1122 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2012	Gone

1130 North 26th Street

1130 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1940	Christian Buechler & Family
1940	Fred C. Bauer
1940	Edward C. Bauer
1940	Bernard Buechler
1940	Christian & Sogie Buechler
1940	Harry Hess
1940	Ralph F. Bingemann
1940	Mary Kobus
1940	Ladder Company 1
1940	Engine Company 11

1147 North 26th Street

1147 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2013	Gone

1148 North 26th Street

1148 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1929	Mrs. Emma Creekmore (grocery)
1929	Mrs. Emma Creekmore
1939	Jacob Merger (bar)
1939	Jacob Merger
1947	John M. Sweet

1149 North 26th Street

1149 North 26th Street — 1100 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924	No Listing
1947	Vacant
1954–1955	Michael Mazzilli

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DENIED WIFE'S KISS, HUSBAND ENDS LIFE Suicide Follows Quarrel; Woman Uncovers Death After Visiting Neighbors Despondent because his wife refused to kiss him after a quarrel, Elwood T. Payne, 27, of 1116 North Twenty-sixth street, committed suicide last night by inhaling gas. According to the wife, Mildred, they recently remarried after having been divorced. Payne, employed in the mechanical department of a Philadelphia newspaper, and his wife quarreled yesterday morning, she told Detective Clifford Carr. At 7 p. m. when she told him she was going to visit neighbors, he asked her to kiss him goodbye. She refused, telling him she was "still mad," she said. When she returned at 9 p. m., she smelled gas in the kitchen and believed her husband had attempted to frighten her. Then, hearing water running in the bathroom, she entered. She found her husband dead, gas pouring from a hot water heater. She summoned police. Physicians at Cooper Hospital, where Payne was removed, said he had been dead about an hour. Coroner Benjamin R. Denny issued the death certificate.

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BENJAMIN F. MYRICK Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at 336 Carteret street, for Benjamin F. Myrick, 83, of 1101 North Twenty-sixth street, who died Monday. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Myrick was the husband of the late Mary E. Myrick.

1200 Block of North 26th Street

Addresses from 1202 to 1244 North 26th Street.

1205 North 26th Street

1205 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	William Getner & Family
1924–1947	William & Gertrude Selah Getner
1924–1947	Harry Leonard
1924–1947	Harry Lipp — George Selah

1214 North 26th Street

1214 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1890s–1900s	Edward H. Mead

1238 North 26th Street

1238 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1920	Axel T. 'Bud' Anderson — tugboat captain
1920	Axel T. "Bud' Anderson
1924	Frederick Hill
1933	Ellis W. McCormick
1955	Roy Bond
1955	Louis Schmidt
1955	Joseph Carpani
1955	Anthony Lario

1239 North 26th Street

1239 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
2011	Vacant

1240 North 26th Street

1240 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1920	Anders Anderson — tugboat engineer
1920	Anders Anderson
1947	Charles C. Anderson — foreman
1947	Charles C. Anderson

1241 North 26th Street

1241 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1935–1940	Herman Dreas
1947	George W. Kiefreider
1950–Late 1970s	Mrs. Ruth Burke — Mary Burke
2011	Vacant

1243 North 26th Street

1243 North 26th Street — 1200 Block of North 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1932–1940	Richard R.C. Donnelly & Family
1932–1940	Richard & Rosella Donnelly

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FIREMAN OVERCOME FIGHTING DUMP FIRE Overcome by heat while helping extinguish a dump fire yesterday, Fireman William Getner, 51, of 1205 North Twenty-sixth street, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital. Getner, a member of Engine company, No. 11, of Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue, was assisting comrades at a dump blaze on River road between Federal and State streets when he collapsed.

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AGED MAN ENDS HIS LIFE WITH SHOT IN TEMPLE Harry Lipp, 84, ended his life yesterday by shooting himself through the temple with a .38-calibre revolver in a garage in the rear of the home of William Getner, a city fireman, of 1205 North Twenty-sixth street. Lipp had boarded at the Getner home 17 years. Mrs. Gertrude Getner, wife of the fireman, told Coroner Harry Leonard her brother, George Selah, of 918 Vine street, discovered the body at 3:30 p. m., and notified police. Leonard issued a certificate of suicidal death. The body was removed to Cooper Hospital. Selah said he went to the garage to get some paint and found Lipp still clutching the revolver. Police said two discharged shells and one good one were found in the chambers of the weapon. Lipp, an old age pensioner, left no note giving the reason for his act.

Wrong Tags, No License / Cost Autoist $35 Fine

Harry Thieme, 34, of 1219 North Twenty-fifth street, was fined $25 and costs last night for driving with improper tags and $10 and costs for having no license, at a hearing before Recorder George E. Yost, in Pennsauken.

Thieme, arrested Wednesday night on Cove road, said the tags were for a car he formerly owned and that he could produce the bill of sale for the car he was driving.

Pierce Avenue & North 26th Street

Unit Block of South 26th Street

Addresses from 16 to 81 South 26th Street.

16 South 26th Street

16 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1955	Camden Cleaners & Dyers
1955	New Jersey Bell Telephone

26 South 26th Street

26 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1954	Wilbert Moore & Family
1954	Wilbert & Wilhelmina Moore

40 South 26th Street

40 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

year↕	name↕
1924	East End Garage (NE corner)

50 South 26th Street

50 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1919–1930s	John A. Mulligan

53 South 26th Street

53 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1914–1920s	Philip John Carlin aka 'Johnny Toomey' — boxer

60 South 26th Street

60 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1972	George Herbert Williams

61 South 26th Street

61 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1946–early 1980s	John A. Megaw Sr. & Family
1946–early 1980s	John A. & Edith N. Megaw
1946–early 1980s	John A. Megaw Jr.

69 South 26th Street

69 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1960	William J. Flemming & Family
1960	Karen Andrus Johnson

81 South 26th Street

81 South 26th Street — Unit Block of South 26th Street

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1947	Carmen DePasquale

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George Williams, Army Retiree, Rites Tomorrow Mass of the resurrection for George H. Williams, a retired Army sergeant, will be tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral, Federal Street, Camden. Friends will gather one hour earlier at the Alloway Funeral Home, 315 E. Maple Ave., Merchantville, where they may also call tonight. Burial, with full military honors, will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Mr. Williams, of 60 S. 26th St., Camden, died yesterday at Cooper Hospital, Camden. He was 49 years of age. A member of the U.S. Army for 22 years, Mr. Williams was a 25-year member of VFW Post No. 705, Camden. He is survived by a brother, Nicholas Waddleton of Camden, and by two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Buechler of Voorhees Township, and Mrs. Helen Dolan of Cherry Hill.

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WILLIAMS Suddenly on June 23, 1972, George H., retired Army Sgt. of 60 S. 26th St., Camden, N.J. Age 49 years. Served 22 years active duty in the U.S. Army in World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars. Survived by one brother, Nicholas Waddleton of Fairview, Camden, two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Buechler of Voorhees Twp. and Mrs. Helen Dolan of Cherry Hill. Relatives and friends of the family, also members of the V.F.W. Post 705, Camden, are invited to attend the funeral at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Alloway Funeral Home, 315 E. Maple Ave., Merchantville, N.J. Mass of the Resurrection and Burial Rite 10:30 a.m., St. Joseph Procathedral, Camden. Interment with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington. Friends may call Monday evening.

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Mr. and Mrs. William J. Flemming, of 69 S. 26th st., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Karren Andrus Johnson, to Mr. Joseph Charles Saiia, son of Mrs. Frank Saiia, of 2411 Howell st., and the late Mr. Saiia. An April wedding is planned.

100 Block of South 26th Street

Addresses from 101 to 113 South 26th Street.

101 South 26th Street

101 South 26th Street — 100 Block of South 26th Street

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1895	Charles L. Alcott
1895	Charles Alcott

113 South 26th Street

113 South 26th Street — 100 Block of South 26th Street

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1913	Patrick Haley

Twentieth Street begins in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill and ends in East Camden at Federal Street. The street had already been laid out by the time the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was published. The street began at Harrison Avenue and runs south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then from Howell Street to Federal Street, and across Federal Street for one block.

In 1954, with the development of the McGuire Gardens public housing project, another section of South 20th Street was created, which ran from Watson Street to Bank Street. Fourteen homes were given South 20th Street addresses. All were razed when McGuire Gardens was torn down and rebuilt in the 1990s.

Unit Block of North 20th Street

935 North 20th Street — Henry J. "Beanie" Keating & Family

915 North 20th Street — Ray F. DiAngelo

Photographs: 1047–1049 North 20th Street — April 1990

1137 North 20th Street — The Langdon Family

1103 North 20th Street — Edwards Washer & Dryer Service

Maps & Aerial Views

Photographs: 1237–1241 North 20th Street

Photographs: 21–25 South 20th Street — 2012

Intersection of Carman Street, Boyd Street & South 20th Street

Camden Courier-Post - September 18, 1933

SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY

Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire

ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY

Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics

Jacob Schiller, 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.

The slayer, William Schiller, 30, a former summer policeman now unemployed, was held over today to the grand jury on a charge of murder. He made no comment whatever during his police court hearing.

A few hours later, young Schiller's wife, Augusta, whom he had also tried to shoot, was found wandering through the city street, in all hysterical condition.

She had written a note which police believed showed intent to commit suicide, and had staggered dazedly through the streets last night. Both in her note and in her incoherent statements to detectives she declared she was to blame for the tragedy.

She said her father-in-law had tried to save her and was killed in the attempt.

The slaying occurred Saturday night at the elder Schiller's home, 2420 Carman Street. It climaxed an estrangement between young Schiller and his wife, with "Jake" Schiller attempting to reconcile the couple.

Mrs. William Schiller, who had had her husband arrested several months ago, said she believed he had become mentally deranged, but Police Judge Pancoast was informed that an alienist had examined young Schiller in July and pronounced him sane.

Couple Separated

Young Schiller had been living with his father at the Carman Street address, while Mrs. Schiller has been residing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Green, 409 North Thirty-seventh Street. The cause of the estrangement has no been revealed by police, but it is stated that young Schiller refused to consent to a reconciliation.

"Jake" Schiller was a Republican worker in the Twelfth ward for years, and was at the time or his death inspector of city street lights.

Were Alone it Home

The father and son were at home 9.00 p. m. Saturday night and apparently were quarreling when the young Mrs. Schiller, her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller and another sister, Mrs. Lottie Bennehler, reached the house.

"Don't come in here," the older Schiller shouted as they started to enter the front sun parlor. But Miller did enter and said young Schiller was clutching a revolver in his right hand. He declared he closed in on his brother-in-law and tried to wrench the revolver from him. Two shots rang out and the father fell to the floor.

Patrolman Joseph Keefe was standing at Twenty-fifth and Federal Streets when two boys ran up and told him there was a shooting at Twenty-fifth and Carman Street. He ran to the scene and said he reached there in time to see young Schiller shooting up the street at his wife.

Keefe said Schiller ran into the house when he saw him. Aided by Miller, Keefe overpowered Schiller and placed an iron claw on his right hand after disarming him.

Jacob Schiller Jr., another son, learning of the shooting, went to his father's home and took him to Cooper Hospital in a passing automobile As he was being taken into the hospital he failed to recognize City Detective Robert Ashenfelter and died five minutes later.

Expresses No Regret

Police Sergeant John Potter joined Keefe and Miller and they took young Schiller to police headquarters.

Keefe said the son expressed no regret at shooting his father.

At about 5 a, m. today, Policeman Keefe was patrolling his "beat" when he passed the Schiller home on Carman Street. He noticed the front door was standing open, and he went inside to investigate.

The officer saw a note on a smoking stand. Picking it up, he read:

"Dear Everybody:

"Please forgive me … You have all been so wonderful … But I couldn't go on to see you all suffer for what is my fault … Lottie was right … He killed his father because of insane love for me … But he didn't. I killed Pop and now am sending Bibs to jail for my weakness.

"Tell him I love him and ask my poor mother and dad to forgive me. I should have done this long ago and saved everyone all this suffering … I love Billy and I know he loves me but I am afraid he has been turned against me. But I forgive him for all.

"Gussie"

"Gussie" is Mrs. Schiller.

Finds 'Gussie' Hysterical

Keefe ran to Federal Street, but could not see Mrs. Schiller.

Meanwhile, Constable Dugan of the Twelfth Ward, saw Mrs. Schiller walking on Federal Street near the Cooper River. She was mumbling to herself and was in a hysterical condition, Dugan said.

Dugan telephoned police headquarters. City Detectives Rox Saponare and Maurice DiNicola went out Federal Street and took her back with them to detective headquarters. There they sought to quiet her, but she continually sobbed.

"I want to take the blame- if I hadn't gone to Pop's home he would be living now."

"Pop wanted to save me," she said. "and he was shot. I can't eat or sleep. I think I'm going crazy."

Later, she was permitted to return to the home.

Young Schiller had been held in the city jail over the weekend. Today he was taken into police court. He wore no necktie and carried a raincoat over his arm. He was rep resented by counsel, C. Lawrence Gregorio, who said he had been retained "by friends" to act as attorney for the accused man.

City detective Benjamin Simon had signed the complaint in which he charged "on information received" that Schiller did feloniously and with malice aforethought shoot and kill his father.

The complaint was read to him and Gregorio told him not to say any thing, as Judge Pancoast would enter a plea of "not guilty" in his behalf. This was done by the court and Schiller was then held without bail pending grand jury action. He was taken to the county jail.

Declared Sane

After the hearing, Mrs. Etta C. Pfrommer, acting overseer of the poor, told Judge Pancoast that on July 26, Dr. Harry Jarrett, Broadway and Cherry Street, well known alienist, had examined young Schiller and declared him sane. The examination was made on the request of Mrs. Schiller in police court on the previous day. At that time young Schiller had been released by the court in the custody of his father.

County Detective Chief Lawrence T. Doran, who was among the first to question young Schiller Saturday night, said the man did not seem repentant over what he had done. He said Schiller did not give authorities much information. According to Doran, young Schiller declared he had objected frequently to his father that he did not want his wife to come to their home.

"It doesn't seem possible," said young Mrs. Schiller some hours after the tragedy. "It seems as though it was only a dream. I don't seem to remember anything.

"Poor Bill. He must have been crazy. He idolized his father. You can blame this all on the depression. He has been without work since they eliminated summer policemen two years ago. He has been worried as a result of being unable to obtain work. Just recently he started to drink.

"Bill intended to shoot me but his father tried to get the gun away from him and I believe it went off accidentally. Nothing could convince me that Bill would shoot his father in cold blood.

"I went to his father's home last night to try to effect a reconciliation with my husband. He had been drinking."

Registered as Sober

The police docket at headquarters shows Schiller registered as sober. The entry was not made until 2.15 a. m., and the shooting occurred shortly after 9.30 p.m.

Relatives said the father had attempted for months to patch up the marital difficulties of the couple.

Young Schiller had been living lately with his sister, Mrs. Bennehler, 2530 Bank Street and his wife with her parents at 409 North Thirty-seventh Street. He formerly lived at that address with his wife. He was appointed a summer policeman in 1929 and served until they were all dismissed two years ago.

Coroner Holl and Dr. Edward B. Rogers, county physician, yesterday performed an autopsy on the senior Schiller's body and ascertained that death was due to an internal hemorrhage caused by a bullet wound of the upper portion of the abdomen. They said a.32-callbre revolver had been used in the shooting.

Camden Lodge of Elks will hold services tomorrow night at the Schiller home, at which time the body will be on view. The funeral will be private on Wednesday with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.

Judge Pancoast last night recalled that young Schiller was arrested two months ago after he had kept his wife a prisoner on a lot all night. At that time "Jake," as he was affectionately known to his friends, tried to act as a mediator between his son and daughter-in-law.

The young Mrs. Schiller at that time told Pancoast she believed her husband was deranged and asked permission to have him examined by physicians she would name. Pancoast released young Schiller in the custody at his father. The police judge said the examination had apparently not been made as no commitment papers had been sent through his office.

Few political workers were better known that "Jake" Schiller. He was born in Philadelphia and was brought to Camden in early life by his parents, who conducted a saloon near Twenty-third and Federal Streets. East Camden was then the town of Stockton and the scene of Saturday night's shooting was a farm. Schiller recalled to friends that he drove cows through a pasture on which his house now stands.

He was originally a Democrat but became a Republican through persuasion of the late U. S. Senator David Baird and remained a friend of the former leader for 40 years.

Schiller had been melancholy over the death of his wife on February 13 last, friends said.

When his son was arrested he remarked to Pancoast: What is next?"

Figured In Shaw Case

None was more in the public eye 35 years ago in South Jersey than Schiller. It was the that he figured prominently in one phase of the locally celebrated Shaw murder trial.

It was during the second trial of Eli Shaw for the murder of his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Anna Shaw and Mrs. Emma Zane. They were found shot to death in September, 1897, in their bedroom of their home on Line Street near Third. Detective John Painter had found a revolver hidden in the chimney, one of several points in the circumstantial evidence that resulted in the indictment of Shaw. He was then a widely known young man about town and his arrest caused a big sensation. As time drew near for the trial feeling was intense, for there were adherents for and against the son and grandson, those arguments often grew bitter.

Henry Sidney Scovel, then one of the prominent criminal lawyers of Camden county, was retained to defend Shaw. Scovel was son of James Matlack Scovel, himself one of the leading barristers of this section. When the trial of Shaw was under way the city was astounded when it was charged Scovel had tampered with the jury. It was Schiller who made the charge.

The trial stopped abruptly. Scovel emphatically denied the story of Schiller and demanded vindication. An indictment for embracery was returned and at a trial, which had Camden on the tip toe of expectancy for days, it developed there was absolutely nothing to verify the charge, and Scovel was acquitted. He acted in two subsequent trials of Shaw, the second being a disagreement and the third acquittal for the son and grandson of the slain women.

Schiller, strangely enough, in later years became friendly with Scovel and when the latter was prosecutor from 1905 to 1912, "Jake," as he was familiarly known, was usually to be found in the office at the courthouse. Scovel was then a white haired man of flowery speech and impressive personality who let bygones be bygones.

Long Excise Inspector

For more than 20 years Schiller was inspector of the Excise Commission in Camden. It was during the days when the principal object of the inspector apparently was to keep the saloonmen in line. He was considered pretty good at that job, by no means an unimportant one from the organization viewpoint. It was also during that period the city had its troubles enforcing the Sunday liquor laws. There were those who considered they had enough pull to keep their back or side doors open on the Sabbath to let in their regular thirsty trade. Some succeeded in getting by, but "Jake" had his own troubles in keeping the boys straight and sometimes causing their arrest, although that was not frequent by any means.

His reign as inspector, too, was in the halcyon days of free lunch and schooner beers. Saloonmen themselves were against the lunch idea eventually since it meant too much of a financial burden. Jake kept tabs on the recalcitrants so that the liquor dealers knew who was obeying the order and who was "cutting corners" to get some extra trade.

Schiller was virtually raised with the saloon trade since his father was one of the old time German beer garden owners here, having had a place at Fourth and Line Streets. That was in the days when that section was largely populated by the German, English and Irish families lately come from the motherlands. When he was a boy, Schiller entered the U. S. Navy and served several years. When he came out he went to the old Town of Stockton, now East Camden, where he opened a saloon on Federal Street near Twenty-fourth. At that period, some 45 years ago, Stockton seethed with politics and it was just as natural for a young man to get into the game as it was for a duck to swim. Jake at that period was a Democrat and during the battle in the middle 90's when the West Jersey Traction and the Camden Horse Railway Company were fighting for the rail franchises in the town he was a candidate for council from the old Second Ward. The late Robert Lee was the Republican candidate and won out by the narrow margin of two votes. In later years Schiller became a Republican and was elected a constable.

Never Ran From Scrap

Throughout his career Schiller never quite forgot his training In the navy, particularly with reference to boxing or fighting at the drop of a hat. He was a scrapper in his early years and never ran from a fight. That was just as true in political battles, frequent then around the polls, as in purely personal matters. And Jake would battle for a friend just as readily as for any personal reason. He was usually in the thick of the political fracases of the years when it was the accepted thing to fight at the drop of a hat. But he also had lots of native wit which kept things interesting when he was a frequenter of the prosecutors' office during the Scovel and Wolverton regime's. In late years, with the approach of age, he had tempered his propensity to get into an argument and liked nothing more than to tell of "the good old days" when he helped the elder Baird in his organization battles.

He made his last political stand for leadership of the Twelfth Ward in 1926 when he supported the candidacy of Sergeant Ray Smith against Commissioner Clay W. Reesman for ward committeeman. Schiller was supporting Congressman Charles A. Wolverton and the late Senator Joseph H. Forsyth in a campaign against former Congressman Francis F. Patterson and State Senator Albert S. Woodruff.

Reesman won and among the first to visit the hospital after learning of the shooting was the city commissioner. Reesman was his latest chief as lights inspector as he was attached to the highway department. Commissioner Frank B. Hanna also visited the hospital.

"In all the years I have known him he has always been an enthusiastic and loyal friend with a good heart for everybody in trouble," Congressman Wolverton said when he learned of Schiller's death.

Schiller was also a familiar figure at the Elks Club, where he was an ardent card player. But after the death of his wife he gave up this pastime, contenting himself with watching the games. He was also a frequent visitor among old friends at the courthouse.