Baxter Street

Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare that runs south, from 338 Pine Street to 335 Division Street, in South Camden. It was originally called Pine Avenue, and appears to have been renamed between 1878 and late 1889 or early 1890.

Concerning the Clare Street listings in the 1887–1888 and 1888–1889 directories, the house number patterns are inconsistent with the location. The 1890–1891 directories have the proper house numbers.

By 2010, if not sooner, there were no homes remaining on Clare Street. Clare Street was renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane by the City of Camden to memorialize former Camden Fire department member Jesthroe Hunt Sr. after his passing in 2005.

Clare Street 800 Block

811 Clare Street

Held for Larceny. Ella Mitchell alias Bella Clark was given a hearing before Mayor Westcott this afternoon, on the charge of stealing some underwear from Benjamin Cavanaugh, of 811 Clare street. She was held in $100 bail.

Held for Assault. William Brown, 20 years old, colored, of 1120 Chestnut street, was today held under $300 bail by Judge Cleary, charged with assault and battery on Robert Sapimora, of 811 Clare street.

In a blast at the administration of WPA the Rev. H. J. Johnson, Negro minister, of 811 Clare street, charged jobs were given at the behest of politicians.

20 Taken in Raids Are Fined $850. The raids were staged Sunday night on houses at 811 Clare street and Pine street by Lieut. Ralph Bakley of the South Camden Police force. Twenty men and women arrested were fined a total of $850 by Police Judge Pancoast.

Boy Badly Hurt by Truck. Joseph De Milo, 6, of 811 Clare street, is in Cooper hospital with a probable pelvis fracture inflicted when struck at Fourth and Pine streets by a truck.

B.E.F. News Vendor Held on Fraud Charge. Joseph Gamello, of 811 Clare street, filed complaint that Louis Cistern secured 50 copies of the B.E.F. News for which he failed to pay.

813 Clare Street

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James Keenan, aged 48 years, of 426 Williams street, tripped and sprained a knee. William Hornsy, aged 12 years, of 328 Mickle street, injury of chin. Helene Mayor, aged 6 years, of 528 Taylor avenue, dog bite of right wrist. Ella Matis, aged 27 years, of 199 Broadway, foreign body removed from right eye. Rocco Giordani, aged 2 years, of 813 Clare street, lacerated scalp, from being hit by a bike. Frank Jones, aged 3 years, of 607 Avon street, stone removed from left nostril.

Cases Treated at the Homeopathic. Rocco Giordani, aged 2 years, of 813 Clare street, lacerated scalp, from being hit by a bike.

Snowballers Are Taught a Lesson. Recorder Stackhouse in Police Court made an endeavor to put a stop to dangerous snowball throwing. Dominic Giordano, of Clare street above Fourth, was among those arraigned.

Marriage Licenses. Vincenzo Marandino, of 351 Pine street, and Aimmizata Coppola, of 813 Clare street.

815 Clare Street

Twice Arrested for Same Offense. Isaac Chambers, colored, of 815 Clare street, was arrested twice for assaulting Isaiah Nickerson on May 24. After an investigation by the county authorities Chambers was released from jail.

11 Injured When Coal Truck Hits Crowded Trolley. Joseph Davis, aged 45, of 815 Clare street, driver of the motor coal truck, was among those injured when his machine skidded into a trolley at Broadway and Mickle streets.

Woman Hurt in Crash Admitted to Hospital. Miss Hilda Baylis, 31, of 815 Clare street, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital with cuts of the face as the result of an automobile collision at Ninth street and Atlantic avenue.

817 Clare Street

Cases Treated at the Homeopathic. Rosetta Johnson, aged 14 years, of 817 Clare street, ankle sprained by a fall downstairs.

Captain Stohr and a detail of officers made a successful roundup of men and women at 817 Clair street. Edward Brown, 25 years old, who lives at that address, was charged with keeping a disorderly house.

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THREE COLORED WOMEN ARE GIVEN TWO MONTHS. Three colored women, charged with acting disorderly, were sentenced to two months each in the county jail by Acting Recorder James Smith in Police Court today. They were Rosetta Blue, 22 years old, 741 Baxter street; Mary Gross, 21 years old, Baxter street, and Rebecca Baylor, 21 years old, 717 Baxter street. They were arrested on South Camden streets early this morning by Policemen John Hallowell, John Skolski and John Kowal. Curlie McGee, colored, 36 years old, 817 Clare street, arrested with one of the girls, was sentenced to four months in the county jail, charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons.

Gets Four Months for Carrying Gun. Four months in the county jail was the sentence imposed on Curlie McGee, 36, of 817 Clare street, charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons.

819 Clare Street

Used Club on Ex-Boss. Angered because of the loss of his position at the coke works, Harrison Merchant, of 819 Clare street, brutally assaulted Henry A. Kulp, a foreman at the plant.

Local Light Luncheon. Angelo Tario, aged 19 years, of 819 Clare street, an employee of the N. Z. Graves Co., suffered a severe contusion of a shoulder after being caught between a wagon and a freight platform.

Former Sweetheart Nemesis in Court. Hezekiah Allen appeared before Recorder Stackhouse, with Mary Water, now of 819 Clare street, as the principal witness against him.

Negro Burglar Held for Court. William Davis, of 819 Clare street, was arrested for breaking and entering the home of Mrs. Peacock, of 731 Penn street, and committed for court without bail.

Marriage Licenses. David Pratt, aged 25 years, of 819 Clare street, and Anna Duncan, aged 30 years, of 1714 Mulford street.

823 Clare Street

In the Vale of Shadows. Ann, wife of John Dolan, died on Wednesday at her husband's residence, 823 Clare street.

A birthday anniversary party was tendered Miss L. Agustus at her home, 823 Clare street, Saturday night. The guests spent a merry evening playing games and in singing.

Four Are Arrested After Family Brawl / Youth Held for Assault on Mother. George Graham, a negro, aged 38 years, of 823 Clare street, was arrested alongside his wife and stepson Elwood Wiggins following a domestic disturbance. Wiggins was later held in $200 bail for court on the charge of assault and battery on his mother.

Kossuth Street runs south from 733 Van Hook Street, across Central Avenue, Ferry Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, and Chelton Avenue, ending at the railroad tracks. Named for the famed Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, it appears to have been laid out prior to 1871, while that part of Camden was still Newton Township. Kossuth Street originally ended at Jefferson Avenue, but was extended in the early 1940s when the Chelton Terrace public housing project was built.

1700 Block of Kossuth Street

1700 Kossuth Street

1700 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1888	John Ring; Samuel Vickers
1890	James P. Rand
1894	Vacant — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1918–1924	George & Mary Hainsworth — grocery
1929	Abraham Ingram
1938	Razed February 1938

1702 Kossuth Street

1702 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1894	Thomas Biddle — destroyed by fire December 11, 1894
1899	George Fisher
1923	George W. Brown
1924	William Milline
1929	Frank Jackson
1938	Razed February 1938

1705 Kossuth Street

1705 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1929	Bond Laundry Company
1947	No Listing

1706 Kossuth Street

1706 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1920–1950	Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church
1950–1951	Associated Fuel Oil Dealers Inc. — warehouse
1951	Sold to Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $1,600 — January 9, 1951 — razed

1709–1737 Kossuth Street

1709–1737 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1947–1969	Camden Grain Company Inc. — Samuel Adelson

1731 Kossuth Street

1731 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1890	Charles C. Miller; Mrs. Virginia Daniel (widow of Frederick Daniel)
1890	Hugh Greenan; 1899 William Greenan
1923–1929	Albert 'Bert' Johnson
1930	Mrs. Estella Trublood & Family — Robert C. Trublood; Howard Trublood; Ethel Trublood; Edith Trublood
1947	No Listing

1733 Kossuth Street

1733 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1890	John Chapman
1923	Stephen Percival
1929	Harry Cropper
1947	No Listing

1735 Kossuth Street

1735 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899	Joseph J. Butler
1923–1924	Joseph Allen
1929	Vacant

1737 Kossuth Street

1737 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1890	Mrs. Juliet Jones; 1899 Herman Roth
1919–1920	Joseph Duchneskie & Family
1923–1924	Anton Wasilewski
1929	Sarah E. Wilson

1740 Kossuth Street

1740 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899	Augustus Westcott
1929	Charles H. Givens — junk

1741 Kossuth Street

1741 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1921	Mrs. Nancy A. Abbott
1923–1924	William H. Greenwood — painter
1931–1943	Cleophas Hood — Eighth Ward Democratic Club headquarters
1969	No Listing

1742 Kossuth Street

1742 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1923	James Painter
1924	Charles Givens

1746 Kossuth Street

1746 Kossuth Street — 1700 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1923	Mrs. Laura Dorsey
1924–1951	Levi May
1952	Sold to Housing Authority of the City of Camden for $3,050 — January 15, 1952 — razed

1700 & 1800 Blocks — Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor

In the early 1950s, all properties on the east side of the 1700 Block and all properties on both sides of the 1800 Block of Kossuth Street were acquired and razed to make way for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor public housing project. This project was completed by 1954 and was razed in turn in the spring of 2007.

Intersection of Ferry Avenue & Kossuth Street

1900 Block of Kossuth Street

1909 Kossuth Street

1909 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899	Joseph Bowen
1899–1918	Jacob Madelaine & Family — Jacob & Caroline Madelaine; Eugene Madelaine (1899–1924)
1929–1947	Nicholas Ciano & Family — Nicholas & Frances DiCiano; Charles, Dominick, Joseph, Albert, Rose, Louis DiCiano; 1947 Dominick DiCiano — coal
1969–1980	R.O. Fullard

1911 Kossuth Street

1911 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899–1906	John B. Boullion & Family
1918	George Morris & Family — George & Mary Morris
1923	Dominick DiDiego
1924–1929	Massimo Saccehetti
1947	Sarge Novick
1969–1980	Anna M. Taylor

1913 Kossuth Street

1913 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899	Adam Muller
1918	John Morrazene & Family — John and Kate Morrazene
1923–1929	Frank Sircovich
1947	Carol Fink
1969	No Listing

1915 Kossuth Street

1915 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1899	Herman Schultz
1918–1923	John Barrett & Family — John J., Robert, and Cecelia Barrett
1924–1947	Santi DiCampli & Family — Santi & Mary DiCampli
1943	Anthony Ferri
1969	No Listing

1917 Kossuth Street

1917 Kossuth Street — 1900 Block of Kossuth Street

year↕	name↕
1923–1945	Nicholas Delano & Family — Joseph Delano
1947	Vacant
1969–1980	Ralph Merrell

All properties on the 2000 and 2100 blocks of Kossuth Street were acquired in the early 1950s for the Chelton Terrace public housing project and razed in the 1990s. City directory records, 1947–1980.

2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace

1930–1944 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)

1930–1944 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace

year↕	name↕
1947	1930 Richard Davis; 1932 Chester Carr; 1934 Joshua Robinson & Family; 1936 Woodrow Amos; 1938 David Lowe; 1940 George Hall; 1942 Mrs. Sadie McCoy; 1944 Stephen Wilmer
1990s	Entire project razed

2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)

2000–2062 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace

year↕	name↕
1947	2000 Thelma Byrd; 2002 James A. Forchion; 2004 James Wallace; 2006 Louis Beverly; 2008 John Bostic; 2010 Harry Black; 2016 William Owens; 2018 Edward Fraction; 2020 Albert Wansley; 2022 Raymond Davis; 2024 Mrs. Fannie Burgess; 2026 Kathryn Jacobs; 2032 George Thomas; 2034 Mitchell Woodard
1956	2035 John Coney, age 5 — West Jersey Hospital case, Camden Courier-Post Aug. 14, 1956
1990s	Entire project razed

2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace)

2101–2145 Kossuth Street (Chelton Terrace) — 2000 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace

year↕	name↕
1947	2106 Mrs. Evelyn Foster; 2107 Richard Harris; 2108 Henry Singleton Jr.; 2109 Alex Clark; 2110 Bernard Robinson; 2111 Timothy Adams; 2112 Albert Wilson; 2113 Earl Davis; 2114 Robert Wesley; 2115 William Robinson; 2116 John S. Nelson; 2117 Russell Innis (trucking)
1952–1961	2117 The Beasley Family
1947	2122 Victor Harrison; 2123 Connie Thomas; 2124 Horace Robinson; 2125 Stephen Kersey; 2126 Raymond Smith; 2127 Lenan Washington; 2128 William Brown; 2129 George Warren; 2134 William Irvin; 2135 David K. Kennely; 2136 Eugene Tally; 2137 Fred Greene; 2138 Rufus Tilly; 2139 Benjamon Russ; 2140 Hillyer Botts; 2141 Louie Muse; 2142 Edward Gray; 2143 Herman Spencer; 2144 Gilbert Crawford; 2145 Osa Meekins
1990s	Entire project razed

2100 Block of Kossuth Street — Chelton Terrace

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CAMDEN MAN STABBED BY GANG NEAR HOME Frank Banks, 38, of 700 Baxter street, was stabbed in the chest and arms by a gang near his home Friday night. He was found on the sidewalk bleeding profusely and taken by police to West Jersey hospital. Police said they will question him later.

Camden Man Stabbed By Gang Near Home

Frank Banks, 38, of 700 Baxter street, was stabbed in the chest and arms by a gang near his home Friday night.

He was found on the sidewalk bleeding profusely and taken by police to West Jersey hospital. Police said they will question him later.

Camden Courier-Post - August 16, 1933

Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets

Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.

E. C. Rochester, in a letter to James Nelson of 930 North Seventh Street, writes "all the boys are gaining in weight and eating good and hearty."

A number of the men at the camp are World War veterans and are widely known in Camden. All recently were transferred to the Vermont camp from Plattsburg. N. Y., where they underwent preliminary training.

Most of the Camden men are keenly interested in local affairs and anxiously await the arrival each day of the mailman carrying several copies of the Courier-Post newspapers.

"We are glad to note," Rochester writes, "that the Pyne Poynt Quoit Club has made the front and right in the running."

Clear Way for Dam

"We are now in the Green Mountains of Vermont, about four miles above the state capital. Our job at present is to clear the mountainside and valley of timber and to make way for one of three dams which will check the ice and flood waters from the Mad River."

The climate is quite cool here, especially at night. It is necessary to sleep under two or three heavy blankets. It is very dry, high and healthy here. All of us have put on weight and are eating good and hearty."

Edward Mulligan, brother, of James Mulligan, Democratic leader in the Second Ward, and Tom Rozier, another North Camden man, are with Rochester, he writes. Rochester's home is at 734 Elm Street, Mulligan lives at 925 Vine Street and Rozier at 416 North Seventh Street.

Others on Roster

Others from this section at the camp are: Nicholas Game of 206 Mickle Street, Giuseppe Gerafino, 239 Pine Street; Edward McCrory, 843 Grant Street; F. J. Gillespie, 1173 Liberty Street; Marlin Martin, 909 North Second Street; Remi Capiotti, 513 South Fifth Street; Joseph D'Agostino, 507 South Third Street; G. Pfleger, Atco.

John V. Kinney, 844 York Street; Joseph H. Foster, Pine Hill; Herman P. Campbell, 1935 West River Drive, Delaware Gardens; William L. Carter, 805 Cherry Street; William T. Stoutenburgh, 819 Walnut Street; Michael J. Lancellotti, 208 Benson Street; William Yawerson, 670 Morgan Street; Louis C. Wurst, 730 Birch Street; H. G. Richard, Lindenwold; Clarence Kidd, 1039 North Second Street; Chester Burnett, 710 Spruce Street; Charles Hipple, 927 Liberty Street; R. Asher, 1222 Hyde Park; C. F. Boyle, 927 Liberty Street; William Heston, Mantua.

Anthony Luccio, Hammonton; James J. Hampson, Paulsboro; John Larningan, 229 North Twenty-fourth Street; L. J. Leosner, 101 South Logan Avenue; Louis F. Brecht, Mt. Ephraim; Emory Harkins, Camden; J. William Wadland, Camden; Elwood Rogers, 1038 Federal Street; Richard Peters, Delair; Joseph A. McCallum, Delair'

William Myers, 136 North Twenty-second Street; Ralph Walker, 705 Baxter Street; Fred Sales, 1001 Chestnut Street, and John L. Fallon, 708 Carman Street.

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STORE ROBBER GIVEN 10 YEARS IN PRISON. Case of Companion Will Be Put Before Grand Jury This Week. Floyd Alter Bell, 36, alias "Twenty," of 1719 Van Buren street, Philadelphia, was sentenced to 10 years in state's prison yesterday by Judge Shay in Criminal Court on charges of robbery and carrying a gun. Bell pleaded guilty to robbing the Star Beef Company, Sixth street and Kaighn avenue, on September 12, the charge on which he was sentenced to seven years. According to Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin, Bell and Frank M. Bank, 19, of 717 Baxter street, Camden, robbed the store of sausages, ham and other food stuffs, loaded them on a truck and escaped. Both were arrested December 1 by Policemen Rheim and Feitz after the car they are alleged to have stolen from Railroad avenue and Van Hook street struck a pole at Sixth street and Kaighn avenue. The case of Bank will be presented to the grand jury this week, Baldwin said. Bell, according to the prosecutor, confessed to committing several holdups in Camden and vicinity since July 1. Hams stolen from the beef concern were sold at $1 each in the Eighth Ward, $23 being collected.

Store Robber Given 10 Years In Prison.

Case of Companion Will Be Put Before Grand Jury This Week.

Floyd Alter Bell, 36, alias "Twenty," of 1719 Van Buren street, Philadelphia, was sentenced to 10 years in state's prison yesterday by Judge Shay in Criminal Court on charges of robbery and carrying a gun.

Bell pleaded guilty to robbing the Star Beef Company, Sixth street and Kaighn avenue, on September 12, the charge on which he was sentenced to seven years. According to Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin, Bell and Frank M. Bank, 19, of 717 Baxter street, Camden, robbed the store of sausages, ham and other food stuffs, loaded them on a truck and escaped.

Both were arrested December 1 by Policemen Rheim and Feitz after the car they are alleged to have stolen from Railroad avenue and Van Hook street struck a pole at Sixth street and Kaighn avenue.

The case of Bank will be presented to the grand jury this week, Baldwin said. Bell, according to the prosecutor, confessed to committing several holdups in Camden and vicinity since July 1. Hams stolen from the beef concern were sold at $1 each in the Eighth Ward, $23 being collected.

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BOY ADMITS HE HURLED BRICK IN WOMAN'S FACE Ten-year-old Donald Pollard, of 779 Baxter street, stood before Police Judge Bertman today and admitted hitting a 49-year-old woman in the face with a brick. He was sentenced to five days in the Detention Home. Mrs. Rose Fanelli, 212 Line street, testified Donald and other boys had been throwing stones against her front window. She said she rebuked them and Donald swore at her. Donald then picked up a brick and threw it at her, the stone striking her forehead, she testified. The youthful defendant told the court he "wouldn't have thrown the brick" if Mrs. Fannelli hadn't "called him an ugly name."

Boy Admits He Hurled Brick In Woman'S Face

Ten-year-old Donald Pollard, of 779 Baxter street, stood before Police Judge Bertman today and admitted hitting a 49-year-old woman in the face with a brick.

He was sentenced to five days in the Detention Home.

Mrs. Rose Fanelli, 212 Line street, testified Donald and other boys had been throwing stones against her front window. She said she rebuked them and Donald swore at her. Donald then picked up a brick and threw it at her, the stone striking her forehead, she testified.

The youthful defendant told the court he "wouldn't have thrown the brick" if Mrs. Fannelli hadn't "called him an ugly name."

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Vice Squad Raids Nine Disorderly Houses Starting at midnight Saturday the vice squad and other police raided nine alleged colored disorderly houses in South Camden. The biggest raid was made at the home of Walter Edgerton, colored, 1088 Ivins street. Edgerton, a former prize fighter known many years ago as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was held in $500 bail as the proprietor of the place. Twelve men, all said to have been rolling dice, were arrested. Several of the players had scrambled for doors and windows, but nobody escaped. Others whose places were raided and who were held in $500 bail each as principals are Ruth Smith, 714 Locust street; Unity Hall, 318 Joint alley; Addie Johnson, 213 Pine street; Mamie Booker, 703 Baxter street; Miriam Robinson, 312 Division street; John and Mary Walker, 1133 South Second street; June Loftus, 822 Locust street, and Ethel Davis, 821 Locust street. All are colored.

Starting at midnight Saturday the vice squad and other police raided nine alleged colored disorderly houses in South Camden.

The biggest raid was made at the home of Walter Edgerton, colored, 1088 Ivins street. Edgerton, a former prize fighter known many years ago as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was held in $500 bail as the proprietor of the place. Twelve men, all said to have been rolling dice, were arrested. Several of the players had scrambled for doors and windows, but nobody escaped.

Others whose places were raided and who were held in $500 bail each as principals are Ruth Smith, 714 Locust street; Unity Hall, 318 Joint alley; Addie Johnson, 213 Pine street; Mamie Booker, 703 Baxter street; Miriam Robinson, 312 Division street; John and Mary Walker, 1133 South Second street; June Loftus, 822 Locust street, and Ethel Davis, 821 Locust street. All are colored.

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Vice Squad Raids Nine Disorderly Houses Starting at midnight Saturday the vice squad and other police raided nine alleged colored disorderly houses in South Camden. The biggest raid was made at the home of Walter Edgerton, colored, 1088 Ivins street. Edgerton, a former prize fighter known many years ago as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was held in $500 bail as the proprietor of the place. Twelve men, all said to have been rolling dice, were arrested. Several of the players had scrambled for doors and windows, but nobody escaped. Others whose places were raided and who were held in $500 bail each as principals are Ruth Smith, 714 Locust street; Unity Hall, 318 Joint alley; Addie Johnson, 213 Pine street; Mamie Booker, 703 Baxter street; Miriam Robinson, 312 Division street; John and Mary Walker, 1133 South Second street; June Loftus, 822 Locust street, and Ethel Davis, 821 Locust street. All are colored.

Starting at midnight Saturday the vice squad and other police raided nine alleged colored disorderly houses in South Camden.

The biggest raid was made at the home of Walter Edgerton, colored, 1088 Ivins street. Edgerton, a former prize fighter known many years ago as the “Kentucky Rosebud,” was held in $500 bail as the proprietor of the place. Twelve men, all said to have been rolling dice, were arrested. Several of the players had scrambled for doors and windows, but nobody escaped.

Others whose places were raided and who were held in $500 bail each as principals are Ruth Smith, 714 Locust street; Unity Hall, 318 Joint alley; Addie Johnson, 213 Pine street; Mamie Booker, 703 Baxter street; Miriam Robinson, 312 Division street; John and Mary Walker, 1133 South Second street; June Loftus, 822 Locust street, and Ethel Davis, 821 Locust street. All are colored.

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THREE COLORED WOMEN ARE GIVEN TWO MONTHS. Three colored women, charged with acting disorderly, were sentenced to two months each in the county jail by Acting Recorder James Smith in Police Court today. They were Rosetta Blue, 22 years old, 741 Baxter street; Mary Gross, 21 years old, Baxter street, and Rebecca Baylor, 21 years old, 717 Baxter street. They were arrested on South Camden streets early this morning by Policemen John Hallowell, John Skolski and John Kowal. Curlie McGee, colored, 36 years old, 817 Clare street, arrested with one of the girls, was sentenced to four months in the county jail, charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons.

Three Colored Women Are Given Two Months.

Three colored women, charged with acting disorderly, were sentenced to two months each in the county jail by Acting Recorder James Smith in Police Court today.

They were Rosetta Blue, 22 years old, 741 Baxter street; Mary Gross, 21 years old, Baxter street, and Rebecca Baylor, 21 years old, 717 Baxter street. They were arrested on South Camden streets early this morning by Policemen John Hallowell, John Skolski and John Kowal.

Curlie McGee, colored, 36 years old, 817 Clare street, arrested with one of the girls, was sentenced to four months in the county jail, charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons.

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50 TAKEN IN VICE RAIDS Camden Determined to Get Rid of "Undesirables" A big haul in one of the biggest number of raids were made in several parts of South Camden during yesterday morning. In the dragnet the police and detectives caught old and young, white and blacks. Police officials stated that it was another move toward ridding Camden of undesirables. Just about the time Captain of Police Lewis Stehr and other officers failed the alleged disorderly house at Louis Jackson, a years old, 811 Kossuth Street, City Detective Stanley and officers raided the home of a colored woman, at 731 Baxter Street, Sergeant Snow and officers raid Etta Shorts on Joint Alley and Robert Fish-olds at 754 on 7th Street. City Detectives Moffett and Murray arrested Mary Peoples, the old, in a raid on her house at 219 Joint Alley. More than this men and women were arrested in the raids and ordered held as prisoners for their appearance before Recorder Stackhouse this morning.

Camden Determined to Get Rid of "Undesirables"

A big haul in one of the biggest number of raids were made in several parts of South Camden during yesterday morning. In the dragnet the police and detectives caught old and young, white and blacks. Police officials stated that it was another move toward ridding Camden of undesirables. Just about the time Captain of Police Lewis Stehr and other officers failed the alleged disorderly house at Louis Jackson, a years old, 811 Kossuth Street, City Detective Stanley and officers raided the home of a colored woman, at 731 Baxter Street, Sergeant Snow and officers raid Etta Shorts on Joint Alley and Robert Fish-olds at 754 on 7th Street. City Detectives Moffett and Murray arrested Mary Peoples, the old, in a raid on her house at 219 Joint Alley. More than this men and women were arrested in the raids and ordered held as prisoners for their appearance before Recorder Stackhouse this morning.

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Charged by James Buck, of 716 Sycamore street, with assault and battery Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter street, was held under $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse. There were four enlistments yesterday at the army recruiting station, the first for a week.

Charged by James Buck, of 716 Sycamore street, with assault and battery Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter street, was held under $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse.

There were four enlistments yesterday at the army recruiting station, the first for a week.

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Stole to Buy Funeral Garb When Harry Cross, a negro, 22 years old, of 619 Sycamore street, was arraigned in Camden yesterday charged with stealing iron pipe from Charles W. Moore, he admitted his guilt and said he had been driven to that extremity because he wanted to get clothes in order that he might attend his sister's funeral yesterday afternoon. Herbert Lamb, 20 years old, of 741 Baxter street, admitted he was with Gross to aid him. The Recorder permitted the two to go to attend the funeral on their promising to reappear this morning for a hearing.

Stole to Buy Funeral Garb

When Harry Cross, a negro, 22 years old, of 619 Sycamore street, was arraigned in Camden yesterday charged with stealing iron pipe from Charles W. Moore, he admitted his guilt and said he had been driven to that extremity because he wanted to get clothes in order that he might attend his sister's funeral yesterday afternoon. Herbert Lamb, 20 years old, of 741 Baxter street, admitted he was with Gross to aid him. The Recorder permitted the two to go to attend the funeral on their promising to reappear this morning for a hearing.

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Camden, New Jersey, July 19.—In a quarrel which the police declare was caused by jealousy, early this morning, Lizzie Green, 50 years old, plunged a fork into the heart of John Gains, a negro, 20 years old, killing him instantly. The quarrel occurred in the house in which they lived at 716 Baxter street, and was over a woman. The couple had often quarrelled over this woman, and the Green woman, who is white, told Gains he must stop paying attentions to the other woman. The couple quarrelled last night, and during the night the quarrel was continued again, with the result that the white woman grabbed a fork from a table and plunged it into the heart of the young negro. The police were summoned to the house by neighbors and they placed the woman under arrest. They say she admitted killing the man and she is now held without bail on a charge of murder.

Camden, New Jersey, July 19.—In a quarrel which the police declare was caused by jealousy, early this morning, Lizzie Green, 50 years old, plunged a fork into the heart of John Gains, a negro, 20 years old, killing him instantly. The quarrel occurred in the house in which they lived at 716 Baxter street, and was over a woman. The couple had often quarrelled over this woman, and the Green woman, who is white, told Gains he must stop paying attentions to the other woman.

The couple quarrelled last night, and during the night the quarrel was continued again, with the result that the white woman grabbed a fork from a table and plunged it into the heart of the young negro. The police were summoned to the house by neighbors and they placed the woman under arrest. They say she admitted killing the man and she is now held without bail on a charge of murder.

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NEGRO MURDERED BY WHITE WOMAN. Elizabeth Green Plunges Knife Into John Gideon, Causing Wound Which Ended in His Death, Following Wordy Quarrel on Baxter Street in Which Slayer Says Her Victim Used Vile Terms. Another murder was added to the criminal history of Baxter street last night, when Elizabeth Green, aged 22 years, a homeless white woman, stabbed John Gideon, colored, aged 19 years, over the heart and in the left side. He died at Cooper Hospital fifteen minutes after being rushed there in the downtown patrol wagon. The stabbing took place at 10:30 o'clock in front of 731 Baxter street where Gideon lived with his mother. Captain Hyde was on duty at police headquarters when a telephone message was received that a man had been stabbed on Baxter street between 7th and Kaighn avenue. This was followed by the report that the man had been stabbed and was bleeding to death in that section. The downtown patrol was sent to the scene as quickly as possible and take all the officers in the district. In about fifteen minutes every policeman on duty in the Seventh ward was at the scene. When they arrived at the scene the patrol wagon was also at the scene. The man was rushed to Cooper Hospital. Elizabeth Green did the stabbing at 1030 o'clock in front of 731 Baxter street, where Gideon, who lived there, came along. The two had been talking and at first denied all knowledge of the crime, stating she had seen nothing. In the cell she said: "Captain Hyde, you know me and you know I would not use a knife. He called me names that a decent woman should not have to hear from a man." Captain Hyde was on duty at police headquarters when the call came in. He rushed to the Jay park and the man was lying on the table in your office, and after he died turned it over to Policeman Thompson. Green was arraigned in Police Court before Recorder Stackhouse on a charge of assault and battery against the victim before he died, but the charges were upgraded to murder after Gideon died at Cooper Hospital. The green woman was visibly under the influence of liquor when arraigned and on the way to prison was almost incoherent. Because of the condition it was decided not to question her until she was in a better state and address. Gideon is the son of William Gideon and had been with the Green woman for some time. He has been separated from his parents who lived at 737 Baxter street at the time. The father, William Gideon, a respectable colored man, deeply lamented the death of his son and could not explain how the boy had come to keep such company. Elizabeth Green was arraigned in Police Court on the charge of murder. She was represented by Police Headquarters Detective Hart, who stood guard at her cell. When the detective began to talk to her she appeared to be agitated with grief and when asked to tell her story she hysterically gasped: "I did not murder him; he attacked me." In the car, says the facts of the tragedy, Elizabeth Green is 22 years old and John Gideon is the son of William Gideon, the witness. The Green woman admitted having stabbed Gideon after he had called her vile names and attacked her. Christina Cooper, the witness in the murder, arrested by Policeman Thompson, stated that she did not actually see the stabbing but had seen the knife taken from.

Negro Murdered By White Woman.

Elizabeth Green Plunges Knife Into John Gideon, Causing Wound Which Ended in His Death, Following Wordy Quarrel on Baxter Street in Which Slayer Says Her Victim Used Vile Terms.

Another murder was added to the criminal history of Baxter street last night, when Elizabeth Green, aged 22 years, a homeless white woman, stabbed John Gideon, colored, aged 19 years, over the heart and in the left side. He died at Cooper Hospital fifteen minutes after being rushed there in the downtown patrol wagon.

The stabbing took place at 10:30 o'clock in front of 731 Baxter street where Gideon lived with his mother. Captain Hyde was on duty at police headquarters when a telephone message was received that a man had been stabbed on Baxter street between 7th and Kaighn avenue. This was followed by the report that the man had been stabbed and was bleeding to death in that section.

The downtown patrol was sent to the scene as quickly as possible and take all the officers in the district. In about fifteen minutes every policeman on duty in the Seventh ward was at the scene. When they arrived at the scene the patrol wagon was also at the scene. The man was rushed to Cooper Hospital.

Elizabeth Green did the stabbing at 1030 o'clock in front of 731 Baxter street, where Gideon, who lived there, came along. The two had been talking and at first denied all knowledge of the crime, stating she had seen nothing. In the cell she said: "Captain Hyde, you know me and you know I would not use a knife. He called me names that a decent woman should not have to hear from a man."

Captain Hyde was on duty at police headquarters when the call came in. He rushed to the Jay park and the man was lying on the table in your office, and after he died turned it over to Policeman Thompson. Green was arraigned in Police Court before Recorder Stackhouse on a charge of assault and battery against the victim before he died, but the charges were upgraded to murder after Gideon died at Cooper Hospital.

The green woman was visibly under the influence of liquor when arraigned and on the way to prison was almost incoherent. Because of the condition it was decided not to question her until she was in a better state and address.

Gideon is the son of William Gideon and had been with the Green woman for some time. He has been separated from his parents who lived at 737 Baxter street at the time. The father, William Gideon, a respectable colored man, deeply lamented the death of his son and could not explain how the boy had come to keep such company.

Elizabeth Green was arraigned in Police Court on the charge of murder. She was represented by Police Headquarters Detective Hart, who stood guard at her cell. When the detective began to talk to her she appeared to be agitated with grief and when asked to tell her story she hysterically gasped: "I did not murder him; he attacked me."

In the car, says the facts of the tragedy, Elizabeth Green is 22 years old and John Gideon is the son of William Gideon, the witness. The Green woman admitted having stabbed Gideon after he had called her vile names and attacked her.

Christina Cooper, the witness in the murder, arrested by Policeman Thompson, stated that she did not actually see the stabbing but had seen the knife taken from.

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Raid on a Baxter Street House Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning raided a house on Baxter street, Camden, alleged to be kept by Edward Jackson and Mame Douglas, both colored. Besides the alleged proprietors the police arrested Louis Smith, Benjamin Jenkins, Mary Burk and Ida Phillips, also colored. The warrant was issued by Recorder Stackhouse on complaint of Police Sergeant Hyde.

Raid on a Baxter Street House

Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning raided a house on Baxter street, Camden, alleged to be kept by Edward Jackson and Mame Douglas, both colored. Besides the alleged proprietors the police arrested Louis Smith, Benjamin Jenkins, Mary Burk and Ida Phillips, also colored. The warrant was issued by Recorder Stackhouse on complaint of Police Sergeant Hyde.

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RAIDED A GAMBLING DEN. Police Swooped Down Upon a Baxter Street House and Caught Six Men With the Goods. SAID TO HAVE BROKEN IN THE PLACE. An alleged gambling den at 729 Baxter street was raided early yesterday morning by a squad of police of the Second district and a complete crap and poker paraphernalia were captured, along with six colored men. The raid was in charge of Captain Stanley, assisted by Sergeant Nowrey and Policemen Cunningham, Donovan, Matlack and Mines. The colored men were surprised by the officers and when taken to the City Hall gave their names as William Rollins, aged thirty-two years; Ernest Baker, aged twenty-nine years; Benjamin Counsellor, aged twenty-two; Frank Smothers, aged thirty-nine; Hiawatha Monroe, aged thirty-two years. The raid was made at 1 o'clock and Policeman Matlack was the first to reach the room on the second floor, where the men were playing. The appearance of the bluecoats put the game to a sudden stop. The "bones" were thrown in the corner and Matlack grabbed the "kitty," which contained nine cents, and also a dime which was lying on the table. Later the "bones," several packs of cards and a box of antiquated poker chips were found. These, along with a table about five feet long and two feet wide, were taken to the City Hall. The men all pleaded not guilty and said the place was rented by a man named Harry Hill. A statement was made by Real Estate Agent George W. Jessup, who has charge of the property, that the property was not rented to anyone and that the men had broken into the building, or, rather, it is a shanty, before and destroyed about one-third of the weather boards. The prisoners, with the exception of Rollins, said they had been in the house, which was a so-called "club," on previous occasions. On the testimony of Captain Stanley, Sergeant Nowrey and the officers the six men were found guilty and fined $5 each.

Raided A Gambling Den.

Police Swooped Down Upon a Baxter Street House and Caught Six Men With the Goods.

SAID TO HAVE BROKEN IN THE PLACE.

An alleged gambling den at 729 Baxter street was raided early yesterday morning by a squad of police of the Second district and a complete crap and poker paraphernalia were captured, along with six colored men.

The raid was in charge of Captain Stanley, assisted by Sergeant Nowrey and Policemen Cunningham, Donovan, Matlack and Mines. The colored men were surprised by the officers and when taken to the City Hall gave their names as William Rollins, aged thirty-two years; Ernest Baker, aged twenty-nine years; Benjamin Counsellor, aged twenty-two; Frank Smothers, aged thirty-nine; Hiawatha Monroe, aged thirty-two years.

The raid was made at 1 o'clock and Policeman Matlack was the first to reach the room on the second floor, where the men were playing. The appearance of the bluecoats put the game to a sudden stop. The "bones" were thrown in the corner and Matlack grabbed the "kitty," which contained nine cents, and also a dime which was lying on the table. Later the "bones," several packs of cards and a box of antiquated poker chips were found. These, along with a table about five feet long and two feet wide, were taken to the City Hall.

The men all pleaded not guilty and said the place was rented by a man named Harry Hill.

A statement was made by Real Estate Agent George W. Jessup, who has charge of the property, that the property was not rented to anyone and that the men had broken into the building, or, rather, it is a shanty, before and destroyed about one-third of the weather boards. The prisoners, with the exception of Rollins, said they had been in the house, which was a so-called "club," on previous occasions.

On the testimony of Captain Stanley, Sergeant Nowrey and the officers the six men were found guilty and fined $5 each.

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Policemen Took Hand in the Games Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning made a raid on a house at Baxter and Sycamore streets, Camden. It is said card and crap games were in full blast. The police arrested William Rollins, Ernest Baker, Benjamin Counsellor, Walter Chambers, Frank Smother and Hiawathia Moore. The house is vacant. The owners had appealed to the police that it had been taken possession of by a number of colored men. The raid resulted. Cards, poker chips, a dice table and other paraphernalia were taken.

Policemen Took Hand in the Games

Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning made a raid on a house at Baxter and Sycamore streets, Camden. It is said card and crap games were in full blast. The police arrested William Rollins, Ernest Baker, Benjamin Counsellor, Walter Chambers, Frank Smother and Hiawathia Moore. The house is vacant. The owners had appealed to the police that it had been taken possession of by a number of colored men. The raid resulted. Cards, poker chips, a dice table and other paraphernalia were taken.

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Round-Up by Police Over in Camden Vigorous Crusade Against Vice in a Down-Town District Several Persons Were Captured in Raids and Held on Policy and Disorderly Charges Police Captain Stanley, of Camden, began a crusade yesterday against alleged policy-writers and speak-easies in this district. With a squad of officers and fortified with warrants, sworn out by Charles W. Noyes, an agent of the Law and Order League, Captain Stanley raided the houses of Pearl Welcome, colored, at 914 South Third street, and Lizzie Purnell, colored, at Second and Division streets. The alleged proprietresses and several other persons were arrested and a quantity of policy paraphernalia was seized. Charles Green, white, was arrested at Eighth street and Kaighn avenue, on a charge of being a "writer." Lizzie Purnell was committed to the county jail in default of $500 bail, on the policy charge, and $1000 bail on charges of maintaining a disorderly house and selling liquor without a license. Pearl Welcome was committed in default of $500 bail, and Green was held for a hearing to-day. All the warrants were issued by Justice Stackhouse. Last evening Captain Stanley made another series of raids on warrants sworn out by Noyes before Stackhouse. The following were captured and committed to the county jail on the charges named: Maud Moore, alias Givens, 721 Baxter, selling without license; Jennie Wilson, alias Rose Mitchell, 721 Baxter, Sunday selling and selling without license; Mary Susan Jones, 703 Baxter, selling without license; William Lockman, 275 Spruce street, selling without license; John and Kate Eckert, 738 and 739 Sycamore street, disorderly house, Sunday selling and selling without license; Robert Mathews, 700 Sycamore street, Sunday selling and selling without license; Norman Simmons, 701 Baxter street, selling without license and Sunday selling; and Maggie Dilks, 703 Baxter street, selling without license. The prisoners were committed in default of $500 bail on each charge.

Round-Up by Police Over in Camden

Vigorous Crusade Against Vice in a Down-Town District

Several Persons Were Captured in Raids and Held on Policy and Disorderly Charges

Police Captain Stanley, of Camden, began a crusade yesterday against alleged policy-writers and speak-easies in this district. With a squad of officers and fortified with warrants, sworn out by Charles W. Noyes, an agent of the Law and Order League, Captain Stanley raided the houses of Pearl Welcome, colored, at 914 South Third street, and Lizzie Purnell, colored, at Second and Division streets. The alleged proprietresses and several other persons were arrested and a quantity of policy paraphernalia was seized.

Charles Green, white, was arrested at Eighth street and Kaighn avenue, on a charge of being a "writer."

Lizzie Purnell was committed to the county jail in default of $500 bail, on the policy charge, and $1000 bail on charges of maintaining a disorderly house and selling liquor without a license. Pearl Welcome was committed in default of $500 bail, and Green was held for a hearing to-day. All the warrants were issued by Justice Stackhouse.

Last evening Captain Stanley made another series of raids on warrants sworn out by Noyes before Stackhouse. The following were captured and committed to the county jail on the charges named: Maud Moore, alias Givens, 721 Baxter, selling without license; Jennie Wilson, alias Rose Mitchell, 721 Baxter, Sunday selling and selling without license; Mary Susan Jones, 703 Baxter, selling without license; William Lockman, 275 Spruce street, selling without license; John and Kate Eckert, 738 and 739 Sycamore street, disorderly house, Sunday selling and selling without license; Robert Mathews, 700 Sycamore street, Sunday selling and selling without license; Norman Simmons, 701 Baxter street, selling without license and Sunday selling; and Maggie Dilks, 703 Baxter street, selling without license.

The prisoners were committed in default of $500 bail on each charge.

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Policeman George Horneff Gathers Them In Gently. Policeman George Horneff gathered in a number of prisoners yesterday. For some time he has been watching No. 705 Baxter street, which had been reported as a disorderly house. Yesterday he noticed that the "growler" was being steadily run at the Baxter street house, and late in the afternoon he commenced his task of gathering the parties in. The first to be caught was John Helmbold, ex-fireman of No. 3 house. John had the pail in his hands when arrested, but was unable to steady himself sufficiently to reach the saloon. Julia Lamott, James Lewis and Harman Shafer next left the house, all in a state of intoxication, and the jolly officer promptly called the patrol and had them conveyed to the City Hall. Horneff then entered the house and there found Mamie Boyle, Amanda Cross and Frank DuBois. These, too, were brought to the hall. Last night Mayor Pratt gave them a hearing. Helmbold, Lewis, Shafer, DuBois and the woman Julia Lamott, were committed to the county jail under the disorderly act. Mamie Boyle and Amanda Cross, alias Mamie Meyers, were committed in default of $500 bail for keeping a disorderly house.

Policeman George Horneff Gathers Them In Gently.

Policeman George Horneff gathered in a number of prisoners yesterday. For some time he has been watching No. 705 Baxter street, which had been reported as a disorderly house. Yesterday he noticed that the "growler" was being steadily run at the Baxter street house, and late in the afternoon he commenced his task of gathering the parties in. The first to be caught was John Helmbold, ex-fireman of No. 3 house. John had the pail in his hands when arrested, but was unable to steady himself sufficiently to reach the saloon. Julia Lamott, James Lewis and Harman Shafer next left the house, all in a state of intoxication, and the jolly officer promptly called the patrol and had them conveyed to the City Hall. Horneff then entered the house and there found Mamie Boyle, Amanda Cross and Frank DuBois. These, too, were brought to the hall. Last night Mayor Pratt gave them a hearing. Helmbold, Lewis, Shafer, DuBois and the woman Julia Lamott, were committed to the county jail under the disorderly act. Mamie Boyle and Amanda Cross, alias Mamie Meyers, were committed in default of $500 bail for keeping a disorderly house.

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ROBBERS IN SKIRTS. Baxter Street Thieves Adopt Feminine Attire. The police having succeeded in jailing many of the notorious colored females of the Seventh Ward, who managed to make a good thing by robbing unsuspecting citizens who wander through the tenderloin while suffering from too much bug juice, the lovers of the women who shared their ill-gotten gains have, if the story of George Brown, of Magnolia, is true, resorted to the same means, and in order to make their schemes work have donned feminine attire. Brown, who is a man of sixty years, was arrested late on Saturday night by Officer Donovan, who was attracted to Baxter street by cries of "help!" He found Brown in a maudlin condition. This morning, when arraigned, Brown said he was passing through Baxter street, when approached by two "ladies." He engaged in a conversation about the weather, when suddenly one of the "ladies" grabbed him by the arms, while the other rifled his pockets of three ten dollar "Williams." The "ladies" then ran toward Lilly Row, and in their flight lifted their skirts showing men's trousers. At this juncture, Donovan appeared and sent Brown out. The Recorder administered a severe reprimand to Brown and then suspended sentence. The police are looking for his "lady" friends.

Robbers In Skirts.

Baxter Street Thieves Adopt Feminine Attire.

The police having succeeded in jailing many of the notorious colored females of the Seventh Ward, who managed to make a good thing by robbing unsuspecting citizens who wander through the tenderloin while suffering from too much bug juice, the lovers of the women who shared their ill-gotten gains have, if the story of George Brown, of Magnolia, is true, resorted to the same means, and in order to make their schemes work have donned feminine attire.

Brown, who is a man of sixty years, was arrested late on Saturday night by Officer Donovan, who was attracted to Baxter street by cries of "help!" He found Brown in a maudlin condition.

This morning, when arraigned, Brown said he was passing through Baxter street, when approached by two "ladies." He engaged in a conversation about the weather, when suddenly one of the "ladies" grabbed him by the arms, while the other rifled his pockets of three ten dollar "Williams." The "ladies" then ran toward Lilly Row, and in their flight lifted their skirts showing men's trousers. At this juncture, Donovan appeared and sent Brown out. The Recorder administered a severe reprimand to Brown and then suspended sentence. The police are looking for his "lady" friends.

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THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICIAL SHINER. Ernest Waples Gets One Year and His Troubles Get an Airing. Ernest Waples was the centre of a comedy in the Criminal Court late yesterday afternoon, which suddenly turned to a tragedy for him. Ernest bore the rather dubious title of "Official bootblack to the City Hall." He came to Camden ten years ago, a "kid" in short pants and chocolate hued face. Rather an "innocent kid" was he, but the allurements of crap and Baxter street sassiety led him from the strict and narrow path. He had been driving for a doctor but that must have made him sick for he threw up the reins and became a bootblack. Humble as the occupation was, honors fell on him thick and fast. It was not long before he was known as the "official bootblack." The police also knew Ernest as a boy who hung around ex-Chief Dodd's office listening for tips relative to raids on policy and crap shooters. Forthwith he was banished and his descent to degradation was rapid. He became a frequenter of Baxter street dives and a character known to the police. Time and again he was arrested for scrapping and stealing. The last time previous to yesterday Judge Armstrong warned him that if he came before him again he would surely go to State prison. Yesterday the dark form of Ernest loomed up again in the dock, this time charged with three assaults on divers persons. The divers persons were Mary Douglass, a reluctant "cullud leddy," whose head Waples split open at a sociable gathering on Baxter street, Policeman Donovan, a colored cop with an Irish name, whom Ernest found no easy mark, and John Mason, a black beauty, whose face bore the dent of a brick fired by the self-same tough young gent in the dock. Waples was in love with Julia. He denied being married to her but admitted he paid her board. Or rather she paid his. Shortly after his arrest Julia herself was jugged and the two used to send each other dime novels. In the novels they also used to send each other the most tender love messages which the jailers capped and which Assistant Prosecutor Archer produced in court yesterday, while Julia glared and Ernest snickered. "Who gave you that mark?" asked Mr. Archer. "Which one?" asked Julia, "dis or dat or dem dere?" She evidently had them all labeled. "I mean the one on your face," said Mr. Archer. "Oh, I got dat drinking beer." "What! do you bleed every time you drink beer?" "Not 'less some one bangs me." Judge Armstrong acquitted Waples of the assaults on Mary Douglass and Policeman Donovan, but convicted him on the assault on Julia Mason. "You're a tough, bad man, your actions and appearance denote that," Judge Armstrong. "Nothin' bad 'bout me," protested Waples. "Silence!" roared a constable with a cavernous voice. Judge Armstrong then sentenced Waples to one year in the State prison. "When I get out I'll do you up," he said to Turnkey Entriken who had testified against him as he was taken back to jail. He got off lucky. Spectators expected to see him get five years. Julia Mason's trial on the charge of assault was postponed on account of the illness of the man whom she slugged.

The Love Affairs Of The Official Shiner.

Ernest Waples Gets One Year and His Troubles Get an Airing.

Ernest Waples was the centre of a comedy in the Criminal Court late yesterday afternoon, which suddenly turned to a tragedy for him. Ernest bore the rather dubious title of "Official bootblack to the City Hall." He came to Camden ten years ago, a "kid" in short pants and chocolate hued face. Rather an "innocent kid" was he, but the allurements of crap and Baxter street sassiety led him from the strict and narrow path. He had been driving for a doctor but that must have made him sick for he threw up the reins and became a bootblack. Humble as the occupation was, honors fell on him thick and fast. It was not long before he was known as the "official bootblack." The police also knew Ernest as a boy who hung around ex-Chief Dodd's office listening for tips relative to raids on policy and crap shooters. Forthwith he was banished and his descent to degradation was rapid. He became a frequenter of Baxter street dives and a character known to the police. Time and again he was arrested for scrapping and stealing. The last time previous to yesterday Judge Armstrong warned him that if he came before him again he would surely go to State prison. Yesterday the dark form of Ernest loomed up again in the dock, this time charged with three assaults on divers persons. The divers persons were Mary Douglass, a reluctant "cullud leddy," whose head Waples split open at a sociable gathering on Baxter street, Policeman Donovan, a colored cop with an Irish name, whom Ernest found no easy mark, and John Mason, a black beauty, whose face bore the dent of a brick fired by the self-same tough young gent in the dock.

Waples was in love with Julia. He denied being married to her but admitted he paid her board. Or rather she paid his. Shortly after his arrest Julia herself was jugged and the two used to send each other dime novels. In the novels they also used to send each other the most tender love messages which the jailers capped and which Assistant Prosecutor Archer produced in court yesterday, while Julia glared and Ernest snickered.

"Who gave you that mark?" asked Mr. Archer.

"Which one?" asked Julia, "dis or dat or dem dere?"

She evidently had them all labeled.

"I mean the one on your face," said Mr. Archer.

"Oh, I got dat drinking beer."

"What! do you bleed every time you drink beer?"

"Not 'less some one bangs me."

Judge Armstrong acquitted Waples of the assaults on Mary Douglass and Policeman Donovan, but convicted him on the assault on Julia Mason.

"You're a tough, bad man, your actions and appearance denote that," Judge Armstrong.

"Nothin' bad 'bout me," protested Waples.

"Silence!" roared a constable with a cavernous voice.

Judge Armstrong then sentenced Waples to one year in the State prison.

"When I get out I'll do you up," he said to Turnkey Entriken who had testified against him as he was taken back to jail. He got off lucky. Spectators expected to see him get five years.

Julia Mason's trial on the charge of assault was postponed on account of the illness of the man whom she slugged.

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ONE YEAR FOR WAPLES. The Bean of Baxter Street Banished from His Old Haunts. Ernest Waples, the pride of Baxter street, will be missing from his usual haunts on that thoroughfare for at least one year, which was so decreed by Judge Armstrong, yesterday afternoon, when he adjudged him guilty of a charge of assault and battery on his inamorata, Julia Mason. Ernest fully expected more than he got from the Court, as he told Constable Voigt, when he was removed to the County Jail, that he expected to get two years. There were three charges against him for assault and battery, but he was found guilty on one only. The first complaint tried was the one made against him by Mary Douglass. When Mary went on the stand she said she did not want anything done to him but after threatening to put her in jail, she reluctantly answered the questions. She admitted that she and Ernest had an argument and that he struck her, but said he did not hurt her. Ernest, in his own defense, denied striking her and said he only placed his hand on her. Two other Baxter street belles took the stand and their evidence showed they had a warm spot for Ernest and did not want him to be banished from their sight. The next charge which he confronted was that of assault and battery on Policeman Donovan. Officer Donovan was not positive as to who did injure him and there was not much in this case. Waples was then charged with throwing bricks and glassware at Julia Mason, one of which struck Julia, causing her to have a hemorrhage of the head. Julia said she did not think Ernest hit her and could not tell who did strike her. At this point Assistant Prosecutor Archer flashed up a number of letters from Waples to Julia, which had been intercepted. The contents of the letters showed that Ernest had struck Julia and he was posting her as to how to testify and save him from doing time at Trenton. Just before Julia left the stand Judge Armstrong succeeded in getting her to admit that Ernest had struck her in the head with a tumbler. The Court then told Waples that he was a bad man in the community, and adjudged him not guilty of the charges made against him by Mary Douglass and Policeman Donovan, but found him guilty of assault and battery on Julia and sentenced him to one year in the State Prison.

One Year For Waples.

The Bean of Baxter Street Banished from His Old Haunts.

Ernest Waples, the pride of Baxter street, will be missing from his usual haunts on that thoroughfare for at least one year, which was so decreed by Judge Armstrong, yesterday afternoon, when he adjudged him guilty of a charge of assault and battery on his inamorata, Julia Mason. Ernest fully expected more than he got from the Court, as he told Constable Voigt, when he was removed to the County Jail, that he expected to get two years. There were three charges against him for assault and battery, but he was found guilty on one only. The first complaint tried was the one made against him by Mary Douglass. When Mary went on the stand she said she did not want anything done to him but after threatening to put her in jail, she reluctantly answered the questions. She admitted that she and Ernest had an argument and that he struck her, but said he did not hurt her.

Ernest, in his own defense, denied striking her and said he only placed his hand on her. Two other Baxter street belles took the stand and their evidence showed they had a warm spot for Ernest and did not want him to be banished from their sight.

The next charge which he confronted was that of assault and battery on Policeman Donovan. Officer Donovan was not positive as to who did injure him and there was not much in this case. Waples was then charged with throwing bricks and glassware at Julia Mason, one of which struck Julia, causing her to have a hemorrhage of the head. Julia said she did not think Ernest hit her and could not tell who did strike her.

At this point Assistant Prosecutor Archer flashed up a number of letters from Waples to Julia, which had been intercepted. The contents of the letters showed that Ernest had struck Julia and he was posting her as to how to testify and save him from doing time at Trenton.

Just before Julia left the stand Judge Armstrong succeeded in getting her to admit that Ernest had struck her in the head with a tumbler. The Court then told Waples that he was a bad man in the community, and adjudged him not guilty of the charges made against him by Mary Douglass and Policeman Donovan, but found him guilty of assault and battery on Julia and sentenced him to one year in the State Prison.

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TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM. Sumner Derrickson Dangerously Wounded During a Row. THEY FOUGHT OVER A WOMAN. Robert, alias Charles Taylor, colored, made a desperate attempt last night to murder Sumner Derrickson. Taylor is locked up at the City Hall and Derrickson is at the Cooper Hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen. The shooting was the outcome of jealousy. Taylor and Charles Derrickson and the latter's brother, Sweeney Derrickson, were gambling in a house on Baxter street, between Ann and Seventh streets. A dispute arose and Taylor says that the Derricksons, who are known as bad men, chased him from the house. Sumner Derrickson, Taylor says, had a gun, and Sweeney Derrickson had a knife. At Seventh and Sycamore streets Taylor states that he found his pursuers were pressing him too closely. He turned as he ran and drawing his pistol fired at the two men. The bullet struck Sumner Derrickson in the abdomen and he fell to the ground with a groan. Sweeney stopped to look after his wounded brother and Taylor continued his flight. The wounded man was taken to the Cooper Hospital where the surgeons found the bullet had taken an upward course and lodged beneath the skin in Derrickson's chest. The ball was extracted and Derrickson was made as comfortable as possible for the night. Taylor was arrested at the Federal street ferry while attempting to flee to Philadelphia. Policeman Fitzsimmons recognized Taylor by a scar on his neck and quickly grabbed him. When arrested the revolver with which the shooting was done was found in Taylor's pocket, with the empty chambers reloaded.

Taylor Shot To Kill Him.

Sumner Derrickson Dangerously Wounded During a Row.

THEY FOUGHT OVER A WOMAN.

Robert, alias Charles Taylor, made a desperate attempt last night to murder Sumner Derrickson. Taylor is locked up at the City Hall and Derrickson is at the Cooper Hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen.

The shooting was the outcome of jealousy. Taylor and Charles Derrickson and the latter's brother, Sweeney Derrickson, were gambling in a house on Baxter street, between Ann and Seventh streets. A dispute arose and Taylor says that the Derricksons chased him from the house. At Seventh and Sycamore streets Taylor turned as he ran and drew his pistol, firing at the two men. The bullet struck Sumner Derrickson in the abdomen and he fell to the ground.

The wounded man was taken to the Cooper Hospital where the surgeons found the bullet had lodged beneath the skin in Derrickson's chest. The ball was extracted and Derrickson was made as comfortable as possible.

Taylor was arrested at the Federal street ferry by Policeman Fitzsimmons, who recognized him by a scar on his neck. When arrested the revolver was found in his pocket, the empty chambers reloaded. Mayor Westcott held Taylor to await the result of Derrickson's injuries.

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HAT THIEVES CAUGHT. One Has Served Time at Trenton, the Other in the County Jail. Police Officer Hyde, of the Seventh ward, last night captured Charles Monroe, 735 Liberty street, and Alfred Robinson, 705 Baxter street, the men who stole two hats from William Ross, Fourth and Kaighn avenue, on Wednesday night. They sold the hats to a second-hand dealer named Samuel Albert, 705 Kaighn avenue, and although they cost Mr. Ross $1.50 each, the dealer paid the men thirty-five cents for the two. Ross identified the goods and recognized the men as the two who were in his store. They were locked up in default of $300 bail by the Mayor for court. Monroe has served two terms in State Prison, and Robinson has been arrested and confined in the county jail several times for petty thieving.

Hat Thieves Caught.

One Has Served Time at Trenton, the Other in the County Jail.

Police Officer Hyde, of the Seventh ward, last night captured Charles Monroe, 735 Liberty street, and Alfred Robinson, 705 Baxter street, the men who stole two hats from William Ross, Fourth and Kaighn avenue, on Wednesday night. They sold the hats to a second-hand dealer named Samuel Albert, 705 Kaighn avenue, and although they cost Mr. Ross $1.50 each, the dealer paid the men thirty-five cents for the two. Ross identified the goods and recognized the men as the two who were in his store. They were locked up in default of $300 bail by the Mayor for court. Monroe has served two terms in State Prison, and Robinson has been arrested and confined in the county jail several times for petty thieving.

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POLICE MAKE A RAID. This Time They Broke Up an Infamous Colored Den. The police made another raid Saturday night. This time it was on a disorderly house at No. 1065 Diamond street kept by Charles Purnell, colored. Among those captured in addition to the proprietor were Carrie Green, of No. 721 Baxter street, and James McDonald, white; Mary Todd, Charles Monroe and Alexander Coffee, colored. At the hearing this morning Purnell pleaded guilty to keeping a disorderly house and Mayor Westcott committed him in default of $500 bail. The others were sentenced to pay a fine or spend twenty days in the county jail.

Police Make A Raid.

This Time They Broke Up an Infamous Colored Den.

The police made another raid Saturday night. This time it was on a disorderly house at No. 1065 Diamond street kept by Charles Purnell, colored. Among those captured in addition to the proprietor were Carrie Green, of No. 721 Baxter street, and James McDonald, white; Mary Todd, Charles Monroe and Alexander Coffee, colored.

At the hearing this morning Purnell pleaded guilty to keeping a disorderly house and Mayor Westcott committed him in default of $500 bail. The others were sentenced to pay a fine or spend twenty days in the county jail.

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Damsels in a Scrap. Clara Green, Minnie Depew and Rachel Gibbs, colored, together with Edw. Jackson, also colored, engaged in a free fight on Baxter street last night and spent the rest of the night in the city lockup. This morning they were given a hearing by the Mayor and sentenced to ten days each.

Damsels in a Scrap.

Clara Green, Minnie Depew and Rachel Gibbs, colored, together with Edw. Jackson, also colored, engaged in a free fight on Baxter street last night and spent the rest of the night in the city lockup. This morning they were given a hearing by the Mayor and sentenced to ten days each.

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BAD MAN DERRICKSON. Arrested for Attempting to Kill Charles Burton. "Sweeney" Derrickson was arrested last night on a charge of attempting to kill Charles Burton, colored. Burton says that Derrickson pulled out a pistol and shot at him three times without any cause whatever. The shooting occurred on Baxter street in the colored quarter. Burton and Derrickson had been drinking beer. Burton had just returned from a corner saloon with a "growler" when Derrickson drew his gun and banged away at him three times. Burton ran and jumped over a fence, spraining his right ankle. One of the witnesses of the shooting was Ida Parker, the colored woman who was accidentally shot in the thigh by Harry Oliver yesterday. Before the Mayor this morning Ida testified that Derrickson also pointed his pistol at her. She ran to Mrs. Griffin's house screaming for help. Mrs. Griffin and her little boy were in the front room. Derrickson appeared at the window with the smoking pistol in his hand. "Don't shoot, Marwood," exclaimed Mrs. Green; "If you do you'll kill me and my child." Meanwhile Burton had limped around to the patrol house on Chestnut street and told Sergeant Harvey what had happened. Sergeant Harvey accompanied Burton back to Baxter street and arrested Derrickson. Derrickson drew a table fork on Harvey, but the latter quickly disarmed the desperate man and put handcuffs on him. The Mayor held Derrickson in $500 bail for court.

Bad Man Derrickson.

Arrested for Attempting to Kill Charles Burton.

"Sweeney" Derrickson was arrested last night on a charge of attempting to kill Charles Burton, colored. Burton says that Derrickson pulled out a pistol and shot at him three times without any cause whatever.

The shooting occurred on Baxter street in the colored quarter. Burton and Derrickson had been drinking beer. Burton had just returned from a corner saloon with a "growler" when Derrickson drew his gun and banged away at him three times. Burton ran and jumped over a fence, spraining his right ankle.

One of the witnesses of the shooting was Ida Parker, the colored woman who was accidentally shot in the thigh by Harry Oliver yesterday. Before the Mayor this morning Ida testified that Derrickson also pointed his pistol at her. She ran to Mrs. Griffin's house screaming for help. Mrs. Griffin and her little boy were in the front room. Derrickson appeared at the window with the smoking pistol in his hand.

"Don't shoot, Marwood," exclaimed Mrs. Green; "If you do you'll kill me and my child."

Meanwhile Burton had limped around to the patrol house on Chestnut street and told Sergeant Harvey what had happened. Sergeant Harvey accompanied Burton back to Baxter street and arrested Derrickson. Derrickson drew a table fork on Harvey, but the latter quickly disarmed the desperate man and put handcuffs on him.

The Mayor held Derrickson in $500 bail for court.

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THINKS HER GIN WAS DRUGGED. Serious Charges Made By Mother Against Daughter. WARRANT ISSUED FOR HER ARREST. An Aged Colored Woman Swears That Three Attempts Have Been Made On Her Life to Secure Insurance Money. Aged Elizabeth Nevis, colored, has been lying at her home, No. 934 East Baxter street, in a precarious condition for several days from the effects of alleged poisoning and the mysterious disappearance of her married daughter, Mary Walker, of No. 702 Baxter street, coupled with a chain of singular circumstances, has caused suspicion to rest upon her and warrants are now out for her arrest. Several days ago Mrs. Nevis went to the home of her daughter to assist her in making some skirts. The daughter had ten cents and asked her mother if she would have some gin. "I don't care if I do," was the latter's reply, and the girl went for the coveted dram. When she returned with the drink the girl poured out a small glass full for her mother and she drank the contents. In five minutes the old lady was taken with spasms and laid unconscious for several hours. The sick woman regained enough consciousness to go out in the yard for air. "Don't die out there, mother," cried the girl, "come in the house and die," were the words the girl used according to her mother's statement to a Telegram reporter this morning. The girl then left the house and the sick woman's husband took her home. Dr. N. W. Coyne was called in and his diagnosis of the case was that the woman had taken an overdose of something. Mrs. Nevis' body began to swell and the administering of emetics failed to produce vomiting. The husband of the sick woman said his daughter went to the homes of neighbors asking for sheets with which to lay out her dead mother. He told the Telegram reporter, too, that he had positive proof that the girl went around collecting money with tears in her eyes, saying that her mother was dead. Mrs. Nevis had her life insured in the Metropolitan Insurance Company for $230 in her daughter Mary's favor. The girl, so says her father, called at the insurance office after her mother was taken sick to see if the policy was paid up. Mrs. Nevis says that her daughter attempted to take her life twice before. Once, she said, her daughter was caught by a neighbor just as she was about to plunge a knife in her neck while she was sleeping, and another time she chased her with a razor. A warrant for the girl's arrest on suspicion of placing a drug in her mother's gin has been sworn out before Justice Colding and she is supposed to be in Newark. At that place she was arrested a day or two ago for drunkenness, but was discharged on paying a fine.

Thinks Her Gin Was Drugged.

Serious Charges Made By Mother Against Daughter.

WARRANT ISSUED FOR HER ARREST.

An Aged Colored Woman Swears That Three Attempts Have Been Made On Her Life to Secure Insurance Money.

Aged Elizabeth Nevis, colored, has been lying at her home, No. 934 East Baxter street, in a precarious condition for several days from the effects of alleged poisoning and the mysterious disappearance of her married daughter, Mary Walker, of No. 702 Baxter street, coupled with a chain of singular circumstances, has caused suspicion to rest upon her and warrants are now out for her arrest.

Several days ago Mrs. Nevis went to the home of her daughter to assist her in making some skirts. The daughter had ten cents and asked her mother if she would have some gin. "I don't care if I do," was the latter's reply, and the girl went for the coveted dram. When she returned with the drink the girl poured out a small glass full for her mother and she drank the contents. In five minutes the old lady was taken with spasms and laid unconscious for several hours. The sick woman regained enough consciousness to go out in the yard for air. "Don't die out there, mother," cried the girl, "come in the house and die," were the words the girl used according to her mother's statement to a Telegram reporter this morning.

The girl then left the house and the sick woman's husband took her home. Dr. N. W. Coyne was called in and his diagnosis of the case was that the woman had taken an overdose of something. Mrs. Nevis' body began to swell and the administering of emetics failed to produce vomiting.

The husband of the sick woman said his daughter went to the homes of neighbors asking for sheets with which to lay out her dead mother. He told the Telegram reporter, too, that he had positive proof that the girl went around collecting money with tears in her eyes, saying that her mother was dead.

Mrs. Nevis had her life insured in the Metropolitan Insurance Company for $230 in her daughter Mary's favor. The girl, so says her father, called at the insurance office after her mother was taken sick to see if the policy was paid up.

Mrs. Nevis says that her daughter attempted to take her life twice before. Once, she said, her daughter was caught by a neighbor just as she was about to plunge a knife in her neck while she was sleeping, and another time she chased her with a razor.

A warrant for the girl's arrest on suspicion of placing a drug in her mother's gin has been sworn out before Justice Colding and she is supposed to be in Newark. At that place she was arrested a day or two ago for drunkenness, but was discharged on paying a fine.

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Warrant for a Baxter Street Belle. A warrant was issued this morning by Recorder Braker for the arrest of Lulu Robinson, a Baxter street belle, charging her with assault and battery on Mary Jones.

Warrant for a Baxter Street Belle.

A warrant was issued this morning by Recorder Braker for the arrest of Lulu Robinson, a Baxter street belle, charging her with assault and battery on Mary Jones.

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INVESTIGATING A MYSTERY. Richard White Dies in Baxter Street Under Suspicious Circumstances. Richard White, a middle-aged man residing at No. 916 East Baxter street, died under supposed mysterious circumstances at his home last night and County Physician Jones will hold a post mortem examination this afternoon to determine whether or not the man died from poisoning. White and another man had a quarrel over the latter's intimacy with his wife. The man struck White, for which he was arrested and taken before the Grand Jury. A bill was not found against the man and he was released from custody. White died suddenly last night.

Investigating A Mystery.

Richard White Dies in Baxter Street Under Suspicious Circumstances.

Richard White, a middle-aged man residing at No. 916 East Baxter street, died under supposed mysterious circumstances at his home last night and County Physician Jones will hold a post mortem examination this afternoon to determine whether or not the man died from poisoning.

White and another man had a quarrel over the latter's intimacy with his wife. The man struck White, for which he was arrested and taken before the Grand Jury. A bill was not found against the man and he was released from custody. White died suddenly last night.

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LAVINIA SOUGHT REVENGE. When George Deserted Her and Wedded Another Dusky Belle. Lavinia Tunnell, a buxom colored lass, formerly shared the comforts of the same home with George Matthews, as man and wife, in a Baxter street house, but to-day they are apart. George went and got married to another Baxter street belle and Lavinia sought revenge. In search of a soothing syrup for her sorrows Lavinia made a visit to the house of her former lover yesterday and found George and his bride gently cooing in each other's arms. The spark of wrath in the timid heart of Lavinia flamed as hot as Old Nick's furnaces are said to be and she blazed away with her tongue at George. Things waxed warmer and warmer and Lavinia thought it was about time she was taking a sneak. She vamoosed in the darkness and as she did a clock and coat went with her, so George says. The latter went to the office of Recorder Braker and swore out a warrant for Lavinia. She was apprehended and taken before the Recorder on a charge of disorderly conduct and larceny of the two articles, but was dismissed.

Lavinia Sought Revenge.

When George Deserted Her and Wedded Another Dusky Belle.

Lavinia Tunnell, a buxom colored lass, formerly shared the comforts of the same home with George Matthews, as man and wife, in a Baxter street house, but to-day they are apart.

George went and got married to another Baxter street belle and Lavinia sought revenge. In search of a soothing syrup for her sorrows Lavinia made a visit to the house of her former lover yesterday and found George and his bride gently cooing in each other's arms.

The spark of wrath in the timid heart of Lavinia flamed as hot as Old Nick's furnaces are said to be and she blazed away with her tongue at George. Things waxed warmer and warmer and Lavinia thought it was about time she was taking a sneak. She vamoosed in the darkness and as she did a clock and coat went with her, so George says. The latter went to the office of Recorder Braker and swore out a warrant for Lavinia. She was apprehended and taken before the Recorder on a charge of disorderly conduct and larceny of the two articles, but was dismissed.

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Slashed With a Razor. Alexander Briscoe, of Ninth and Kaighn avenue, and Charles Jordan, two dark-complexioned youths, engaged in a game of poker about ten o'clock last night. When the game was partly through Jordan claimed Briscoe took a quarter from the pot and a row followed during which Jordan struck Briscoe upon the head with a brick. The latter resented by producing a razor and slashing Jordan across the face. Jordan was sent to the hospital for repairs, and Officers Butts and Ripley scoured the ward for the injured man's assailant. He was located at 922 Baxter street early this morning and Officer Butts sent him to the hall. In the Police Court this morning Briscoe was released in his own recognizance for a further hearing.

Slashed With a Razor.

Alexander Briscoe, of Ninth and Kaighn avenue, and Charles Jordan, two dark-complexioned youths, engaged in a game of poker about ten o'clock last night.

When the game was partly through Jordan claimed Briscoe took a quarter from the pot and a row followed during which Jordan struck Briscoe upon the head with a brick. The latter resented by producing a razor and slashing Jordan across the face. Jordan was sent to the hospital for repairs, and Officers Butts and Ripley scoured the ward for the injured man's assailant. He was located at 922 Baxter street early this morning and Officer Butts sent him to the hall.

In the Police Court this morning Briscoe was released in his own recognizance for a further hearing.

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ROW ON BAXTER STREET. A Giddy Colored Woman Causes a Lively Racket. Charles Bruce, colored, living at Coxtown, has been separated from his wife for some time. Last night he received information that she was at the house of Della Brown, who lives with her husband Charles who occupies two rooms of the house at 704 Baxter street. According to Bruce's story he went to the house of the Browns last night and was set on by Della and her husband and cut so badly that he has been in the Cooper Hospital ever since, with the exception of a few minutes he spent at the hearing this morning. At the hearing Bruce claimed that his cuts, of which there were many, were inflicted by Brown and his wife, mostly by Brown, who, he says, had a knife in his hand. Mrs. Brown took all of the responsibility for the affair and said she inflicted the wound with a piece of a broken stove, while defending herself from Bruce who came to the house, created a row and cut her hand with a razor. Mrs. Brown's hand was also badly cut which she said was done by Bruce. Mrs. Brown was held in bail for court.

Row On Baxter Street.

A Giddy Colored Woman Causes a Lively Racket.

Charles Bruce, colored, living at Coxtown, has been separated from his wife for some time. Last night he received information that she was at the house of Della Brown, who lives with her husband Charles who occupies two rooms of the house at 704 Baxter street.

According to Bruce's story he went to the house of the Browns last night and was set on by Della and her husband and cut so badly that he has been in the Cooper Hospital ever since, with the exception of a few minutes he spent at the hearing this morning. At the hearing Bruce claimed that his cuts, of which there were many, were inflicted by Brown and his wife, mostly by Brown, who, he says, had a knife in his hand. Mrs. Brown took all of the responsibility for the affair and said she inflicted the wound with a piece of a broken stove, while defending herself from Bruce who came to the house, created a row and cut her hand with a razor. Mrs. Brown's hand was also badly cut which she said was done by Bruce. Mrs. Brown was held in bail for court.