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Camden's News Budget A Prominent Builder Fails—His Liabilities Far Exceed His Assets. The failure of George Matthews, one of the most prominent builders in Camden, was announced yesterday. His liabilities are figured at $17,000. Mr. Matthews, who has been sick with typhoid fever for some time, attributes his downfall to his book-keeper. He claims that during his illness the latter has had full control of his affairs and that he misused the funds and decamped. Matthews' assets are put at $2,000. He has confessed judgment to Lawyer Howard S. Carrow and ex-Sheriff Fredericks to the amounts of $550 and $1,700 respectively. The other principal creditors are: Smith & Pfeiffer, $4,500; Grant Stockham, $1,600; Klosterman & Bros., $1,000; J. H. Berryman, $1,000; Charles B. Coles, $5,000. There are also a number of small creditors. At the time of his failure Mr. Matthews had a contract for 100 houses in Organe, N. J., and also a contract for a $16,000 mill building. NOTES. Henry Cox, a married man, living at 306 Locust street, disappeared from his home last week. His friends think that he strayed away while in a state of mental aberation. John Haines, a well-known farmer of Haddonfield and a member of the Society of Friends, died on Sunday. Henry Anderson, of the Fifth ward, was appointed a letter-carrier by Postmaster Browning yesterday. Professor Ayres, of the Manual Training School of Philadelphia, explained the workings of his school to the Camden Board of Education last night. The members were well pleased with the professor's talk and will make an effort to establish a similar institution in Camden. The Republicans hold their conventions to-day. Frank F. Michellon and W. B. E. Miller will be nominated for City Treasurer and Councilman-at-large, respectively. George Anderson, of Leipsic, Delaware, employed as a brakeman on the Atlantic City Railroad, had a leg cut off yesterday by falling under the wheels of the engine. Harry M. Dey, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, living at 330 Bridge avenue, was thrown from the train at Palmyra yesterday and had a leg broken. Camden Division, No. 14, Sons of Temperance, celebrated their twenty first anniversary at Morgan's Hall, last night. 'Squire Cassady yesterday held Ephraim Hillman and Policeman Peters in $500 bail each on the charge of libeling Mrs. Mary Hillman. This is the outcome of the statement made by Hillman that Mrs. Hillman confessed to striking the blow which killed Herman Seideman, for which crime his son was hung.

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CHAPMAN — Suddenly, on February 19, 1938, at his address, 2303 7th Ave., New York City, N. Y., Seldon G. Chapman, age 48 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services on Wednesday at 12 o'clock Noon at 645 Locust St., Camden, N. J. Interment at Mt. Peace Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening after 7 o'clock at 645 Locust St., Camden, N. J.

Hospital Cases WEST JERSEY Alfred Fabiano, 26, of 2614 Manall ave., Pennsauken, cut fingers. Nathaniel Winthers, 45, of 823 Sycamore st., cut hand. Julia Williams, 6, of 688 Hazelton ct., cuts over eye. Rochelle Rivera, 3, of 643 Locust st., cut forehead. Ronald De Pasquale, 8, of Central ave., Glendora, cut forehead. COOPER Susan Harvey, 3, of 907 Pine st., cut scalp. Rosie Ross, 79, of 312 Cherry st., dog bite of arm. Clarence Chapman, 65, of 739 Kaighns ave., cut head. Leroy Freedman Jr., 7, of 952 Linden st., cut over eye. Karen Mathis, 5, of 169 Frazer ave., Collingswood, cut face.

CASES TREATED AT COOPER HOSPITAL Falling from the roof of a boat house on Cooper river, Christopher Umberger, aged 34 years, of 256 Lawrence street, Philadelphia, sustained a fractured rib and lacerations of the scalp. He was treated at Cooper Hospital Other cases treated at the institution since late Saturday afternoon are as follows: John T. Gordan, aged 36 years, of 647 Locust street; contusion of foot. Frank Fains, aged 45 years, of 336 Chester street; puncture wound of thigh. Paul J. Maggiencalda, aged 23 years, of 428 Stevens street; incised wound of hand. Julia May, aged 38 years, of 623 Liberty street; splinter under nail of finger.

Camden Judge E. Ambler Armstrong is suffering from a severe cold. Former Postmaster Harry B. Paul is able to be about again, after being confined to his home with the grip for a week. Mr. H. J. Rumrille, private secretary to United States Senator Sewell, has pronounced inventive genius, and although a very busy man he has found time to perfect a number of useful inventions. One of these, and the latest of his ingenious contrivances, is a hair curler that should gain for him the favor of the fair sex. It will replace the awkward tongs most ladies use in fixing their hair, and with which they are forever burning their delicate fingers. Mr. Rumrille's device is a small brass tube, with a simply-adjusted clamp to hold the hair, and a wooden handle that guards the fingers from the heat. Mrs. Lizzie B. Koehler, of 708 Market street, Camden, daughter of George E. Boyer, Sr., is on a visit to Lansdale, Pa., where she is the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. S. Conver. Mrs. Elizabeth Read, of Fifth and Cooper streets, is visiting her son, William Schellenger, at Wyncote, Pa. William Swindell, of Baltimore, Md., was renewing acquaintanceships in Camden on Thursday. Miss Sarah Mumford has returned from a visit to friends in Millville. Florence Ivins, of 648 Locust street, entertained a number of friends on the occasion of her fifteenth birthday anniversary, on Thursday evening. Rev. Joseph Garrison, the retiring pastor of Asbury M. E. Church, was tendered a farewell reception by his congregation on Thursday evening. He will assume charge of Medford M. E. Church to-day. Miss Susie Lawrenson, of Mt. Ephraim, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Springer, of the East Side.

George Murray Found Lifeless in Snow Drift Former City Detective Suffers Fatal Heart Attack While Taking After-Dinner Walk SURVIVED BY WIFE AND EIGHT CHILDREN Former City Detective George Murray dropped dead at Locust and Beckett streets last night. His lifeless body was found in a snow drift by Mrs. S. C. Moore and another woman. Coroner Holl gave a certificate of death from heart disease superinduced by acute indigestion, from which the former policeman had been suffering from for three days. Murray was 52 years old and resided at 649 Locust street. He is survived by his wife and eight children, whose ages range from two months to eighteen years. The former detective had been suffering from indigestion since Thursday and after dinner last night had a particularly severe attack. Mrs. Murray gave her husband a liberal dose of hot water and baking soda. This afforded him some relief and he concluded to take a walk with the thought that the exercise would aid in getting rid of the trouble. Half an hour after he left the house his body was found in a huge drift of snow at Locust and Beckett streets. He had fallen into the drift as he toppled over while walking on the sidewalk. Several men in the neighborhood carried the inanimate form into his home nearby and Drs. Branch and Vaughan were summoned. The police were also notified and when the ambulance went to the scene it carried Dr. Gamen, of the Cooper Hospital staff. All three doctors pronounced Murray dead and agreed that death was due to a heart attack brought on by indigestion. Murray resigned from the police force four weeks ago after charges had been preferred against him as a result of the inquiry into vice conditions. It was alleged that he took money from habitues of the underworld to afford them protection from prosecution. The evidence gathered in this probe is now before the Grand Jury and definite action of some sort was expected this week. Murray was appointed a policeman on March 1, 190[?], and was made a detective April 1, 1913.

Two Negroes Arrested for Murder in Camden Bullet Through Heart Killed Hageney—Pockets Looted, But Assailant Missed Gold Watch That the highwayman who murdered Francis Martin Hagency at Twenty-seventh street and Marlton ave., on Thursday night, is the same one who shot and killed Rev. T. M. L. Childrey on the White Horse pike five weeks ago, is the belief of the Camden police. The cobined force of city and county detectives are at work on the case, and thus far two suspects have been arrested, an armed negro and a colored woman being taken into custody yesterday. The prisoners are Henry Thomas, aged 23 years, and "Brownie" Jones, aged 20 years. They were arrested at 636 Locust street by Detectives Moffet and Murray, following receipt of word that they had quarreled and that the man had threatened to kill the woman. Thomas carried a loaded pistol, a blackjack and a box of cartridges. They deny any knowledge of the crime. The police claim that six persons who were recently held up in various sections of the city, yesterday identified the negro as their assailant. The slain man was 33 years old and lived at 418 Reed street, Philadelphia. He was murdered and robbed while walking along a lonely section of Twenty-seventh street from Pensauken township, where he had spent the evening with Thomas Martin. He formerly lived in what is known as the Highland section, moving to Philadelphia three years ago after the death of his wife. He was employed at the Washington street wharf as a munition checker for the British Government. The robber used but one bullet to murder his victim. The shot struck him in the breast just over the heart, and severed an artery leading to that organ. A post-mortem examination was made by County Physician Stem and Coroner Pratt, and although they probed for an hour, they were unable to locate the bullet. The slain man's brother, John Hageney, of 1240 South American street, Philadelphia, claimed the body, which will be buried on Monday at Calvary Cemetery. Hageney's lifeless body was found by John A. Wenderoth, of 2305 Mickle street, and George O. Prince, of 212 North Thirty-eighth street, while driving along Twenty-seventh street in an automobile. The head light of the car revealed the prostrate form on the side of the road. The dead man lay on his face, and the pockets of his trousers had been turned inside out. One cent lay on the ground near the body, and the slain man's straw hat was six feet away. There was no money left in the clothing, but in his haste, the murderer overlooked a lady's watch which Hageney carried in the small pocket of his trousers. It belonged to his dead wife.

The Camden Press Club yesterday permanently organized by electing Alexander Schlesinger president; Joseph M. Engard, vice president; Richard W. Kerswell, secretary; Samuel E. Hudson, treasurer.

With a pistol wound of the knee, Thomas Sparks, 28 years old, of 652 Locust street, Camden, was taken to Cooper Hospital at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. He said he was held up by a colored man at Second and Pine streets and robbed of $9 in money and a watch. James Wilson was arrested on suspicion and is being held for investigation.

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Front. REGISTRATION CARD. No. 162. 1. Name in full: Andrew Suriano. Age in yrs.: 28. 2. Home address: 705 Locust, Camden, N. J. 3. Date of birth: November 18, 1889. 4. Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention (specify which)? Alien. 5. Where were you born? Scerni, Chieti, Italy. 6. If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen or subject? Italy. 7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office? Brick layer. 8. By whom employed? Silvio [?]. Where employed? River Side. 9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? Wife and child. 10. Married or single (which)? Married. Race (specify which)? White. 11. What military service have you had? Rank: none; branch: none; years: none; Nation or State: none. 12. Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? No. I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true. Andrea Suriano (signature or mark). Back. REGISTRAR'S REPORT 1. Tall, medium, or short (specify which)? 5 ft 7. Slender, medium, or stout (which)? Medium. 2. Color of eyes: Brown. Color of hair: Black. Bald? No. 3. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, or both eyes, or is he otherwise disabled (specify)? No. I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: Wm. Brady (signature of registrar). Precinct: 1-Sixth ward. City or County: Camden. State: N. J. 5 June (date of registration). Camden N. J.

Flames caused by an overheated stove yesterday damaged the rear of the dwelling of James Dare, 707 Locust street.

For mixing mortar on an asphalt street, in violation of a city ordinance, Andrew Sureno, 24 years old, of 710 Locust street, was fined $25 yesterday by Recorder Stackhouse.

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.

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THREE WOMEN NABBED HERE ON VICE CHARGES Two women were arrested as inmates of a disorderly house and a third as proprietor last night. Viola Lewis, 45, of 807 Locust street, is the alleged proprietor. The alleged inmates are Cleo Chacker, 33, of 914 Yeager's court, and Hattie Green, 40, of 312 Locust street. All are colored. According to Patrolman James McTaggart, he was accosted by Hattie Green when he drove passed the Locust street address last night. Taken to police headquarters, McTaggart said, she made a statement to Sergeant John Garrity and Detective Clifford Carr which implicated the other women. The Chacker woman was arrested at Third and Sycamore streets and the Lewis woman at her home, McTaggart said. They will receive a police court hearing today.

Alleged Blackmailer in Toils Declared by Camden's police to have confessed to being one of the gang of "black handers" who conspired against John Piligro, mulcting him of his savings through alleged protection against threats of vengeance, August Marino, twenty-seven years old, of 808 Locust street, was arrested by Detective Troncone and held for a hearing tomorrow before the Recorder. Three other of the alleged conspirators were recently convicted and are awaiting sentence. The police say that Marino engaged the ones already convicted, the conspiracy having its inception when Michael Castilanno told of his rage against John Piligro because the latter's revolver, accidentally discharged, had killed a young son of Castelanno's. The latter, through Marino, is alleged to have hired the three "to cut Piligro's face." They told Piligro of the plot and demanded blackmail.

MURDERED AND HER BODY BURIED A Woman's Corpse Dug Up in a Camden Cellar. Her Murderes Escaped Across the Delaware. The Victim's Skull Beaten in With a Hammer—A Search by Neighbors Which Led to the Discovery of the Body—Witnesses Arrested. Ella Ford, a twenty-two-year-old colored woman, of 809 Locust street, Camden, was found murdered at 3:20 o'clock last evening. Her skull was badly fractured about two inches over the nose, and five ghastly, gaping hammer wounds were found about the head. The supposed murderer is George Morris, a 65-year-old colored man, for whom the dead girl has kept house for three months. He has not yet been arrested. Charles Wesley Law, of 807 Locust street; Rebecca Price, of 108 Pine street; Ella Price, a sister of Rebecca, doing housework in Philadelphia, and William Johnson are all under arrest as witnesses and possible accessories to the crime. All the prisoners are colored. The Search for the Body. Officer Casper Hart was notified on Cherry street at 9 o'clock by one of the Price girls, who was accompanied by several neighbors, that Ella Ford was missing. Ella Price said she had come over from Philadelphia to visit Miss Ford, and finding the house shut up, she, with others, forced the door. In the cellar-way a small hammer, shaped like a blacksmith's sledge, and the handle of a tin bucket were found, both smeared in blood. Officer Hart at once went to the house. In the corner of the back kitchen he found some bloody skirts. Charles Law led the way down into the cellar, where there was evidence that the earth had been disturbed in one corner. After digging with a shovel only a few inches beneath the surface the officer came upon the torn portion of a dress, and a few seconds later excavated the dead body of the missing girl. Officials at the Scene. Coroner Jeffries, Chief of Police Dodd, Lieutenant Foster, Assistant Prosecutor Ridgway and County Physician Iszard were soon on the scene. Their questioning led to the arrest of the witnesses. But little could be learned of the whereabouts of the murderer or of the history of his victim. The Price girls and Law seemed to know more about the crime than they cared to tell. They claimed that the house had been shut up since Wednesday, and that Morris had been seen leaving the place yesterday. Escaped Across the River. William Johnson, one of the witnesses under arrest at the City Hall, says he wheeled a trunk down to the Federal street ferry in a push-cart for George Morris yesterday afternoon, and Morris took it across the river. The Philadelphia authorities were notified, but only a meagre description of the murderer could be furnished. After the body had been excavated it was carried up stairs and examined by County Physician Iszard. Death was evidently due to the hammer wounds on the head. There were no other marks of violence on the body, which was removed to the Morgue. The theory of the police is that Morris killed the woman in a quarrel prompted, probably, by jealousy. The county detectives were hunting for him last night in this city.

Ella Ford, a twenty-two-year-old colored woman, of 809 Locust street, Camden, was found murdered at 9.20 o'clock last evening. Her skull was badly fractured about two inches over the nose, and five ghastly, gaping hammer wounds were found about the head. The supposed murderer is George Morris, a 65-year-old colored man, for whom the dead girl has kept house for three months. He has not yet been arrested. Charles Wesley Law, of 807 Locust street; Rebecca Price, of 10[?] Pine street; Ella Price, a sister of Rebecca, doing housework in Philadelphia, and William Johnson are all under arrest as witnesses and possible accessories to the crime. All the prisoners are colored. The Search for the Body. Officer Casper Hart was notified on Cherry street at 9 o'clock by one of the Price girls, who was accompanied by several neighbors, that Ella Ford was missing. Ella Price said she had come over from Philadelphia to visit Miss Ford, and finding the house shut up, she, with others, forced the

door. In the cellar-way a small hammer, shaped like a blacksmith's sledge, and the handle of a tin bucket were found, both smeared in blood. Officer Hart at once went to the house. In the corner of the back kitchen he found some bloody skirts. Charles Law led the way down into the cellar, where there was evidence that the earth had been disturbed in one corner. After digging with a shovel only a few inches beneath the surface the officer came upon the torn portion of a dress, and a few seconds later excavated the dead body of the missing girl. Officials at the Scene. Coroner Jeffries, Chief of Police Dodd, Lieutenant Foster, Assistant Prosecutor Ridgway and County Physician Iszard were soon on the scene. Their questioning led to the arrest of the witnesses. But little could be learned of the whereabouts of the murderer or of the history of his victim. The Price girls and Law seemed to know more about the crime than they cared to tell. They

claimed that the house had been shut up since Wednesday, and that Morris had been seen leaving the place yesterday. Escaped Across the River. William Johnson, one of the witnesses under arrest at the City Hall, says he wheeled a trunk down to the Federal street ferry in a push-cart for George Morris yesterday afternoon, and Morris took it across the river. The Philadelphia authorities were notified, but only a meagre description of the murderer could be furnished. After the body had been excavated it was carried up stairs and examined by County Physician Iszard. Death was evidently due to the hammer wounds on the head. There were no other marks of violence on the body, which was removed to the Morgue. The theory of the police is that Morris killed the woman in a quarrel prompted, probably, by jealousy. The county detectives were hunting for him last night in this city.

Terrific Explosion of a Locomotive—Several Persons Injured. At twenty minutes of seven o'clock Tuesday evening the large and powerful freight locomotive, No. 688, of the New York division of the Pennsylvania railroad exploded with great violence and loud noise just within the entrance of the round house at Camden, shattering a portion of the building and injuring several men. The locomotive was used in drawing the New Brunswick freight train, and was about to be moved to its proper position. Mr. William Conk, the engineer, a resident of New Brunswick; Charles Adams, fireman, a resident of Beverly, and Elias —, the fireman of engine No. 850, who were on the locomotive at the time of the explosion, escaped with slight injuries. They were removed to an adjacent house, and placed under proper attention. Richard Rourk, a watchman, was standing in the round house, not far from the locomotive. He was severely injured, not only by steam, but by fragments of the building striking or falling on him. He was rescued from his perilous position as soon as possible, and conveyed to his residence, on Second, below Line street. The report attending the explosion caused considerable excitement in the neighborhood, and many people hastened to the scene to render any necessary service. There is a singularity about this explosion which will require careful and scientific investigation to demonstrate. The locomotive was built about four years ago at the shops of the Camden and Amboy railroad company at Bordentown. It was large and powerful and weighed between twenty-eight and thirty tons. It was thoroughly overhauled about two months ago, since which time it has been continuously employed in drawing heavy freight trains. It was provided with the government safety escape valve, and at the time of the explosion there was nothing to indicate an unusual pressure of steam. The engineer and fireman had just taken their position on the engine to move it to the freight train, when in a moment, before the throttle valve was opened, or even touched, the explosion occured. A large hole was blown in the left side of the boiler, near the top, just forward of the engineer's station. The engine and the tank were thrown over to the right, and fell on their sides. The escape of steam was immense, the surroundings being obscured as though by a heavy fog. Added to this was the crashing of a part of the round house. The roof immediately above the locomotive was blown into fragments, and a part of the side of the building that received the full force of the concussion was splintered, some of the debris being hurled to a considerable distance. To all appearance the locomotive was in excellent order, and it is evident had not as heavy a head of steam on as is required when drawing the heavy freight trains. The occurrence is somewhat similar to the explosion of the steel locomotive which happened on American street, above Berks, several months ago. That locomotive like the one in Camden, was standing still at the time of the disaster. Fatal Result.—On Wednesday Coroner Armstrong empannelled a jury of scientific men to inquire into the cause of the boiler explosion at the depot, in this city, on last Tuesday evening. The inquest was held on the body of Richard Rourke, who received injuries causing his death about ten o'clock on the evening of the mishap. The jury rendered a verdict that Rourke came to his death from injuries received from the explosion of the boiler of engine No. 688, and that no blame is attached to the company or its employes. Rourke, after receiving his wounds, was taken to his residence, 708 South Second street, where he died about three hours after the accident. He had taken the place of the regular watchman, who was sick. He was fifty years old and leaves a wife and seven children.

Fatal Result.—On Wednesday Coroner Armstrong empanneled a jury of scientific men to inquire into the cause of the boiler explosion at the depot, in this city, on last Tuesday evening. The inquest was held on the body of Richard Rourke, who received injuries causing his death about ten o'clock on the evening of the mishap. The jury rendered a verdict that Rourke came to his death from injuries received from the explosion of the boiler of engine No. 688, and that no blame is attached to the company or its employes. Rourke, after receiving his wounds, was taken to his residence, 708 South Second street, where he died about three hours after the accident. He had taken the place of the regular watchman, who was sick. He was fifty years old and leaves a wife and seven children. [illegible]

CAMDEN NEWS NOTES Rudolph Climes, of the Seventh ward, was appointed a policeman by Mayor Ellis yesterday, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the dismissal of Lawrence Doran. Robert Kaighn yesterday took out a permit for the erection of ten dwellings at Fourth and York streets. Judge Joline yesterday transferred the county liquor license of Shelby Weatherby, of Waterford, to George Early. Posts Nos. 5 and 37, G. A. R., have been invited to attend a reunion at the home of General E. Burd Grubb, at Edgewater Park, on May 3. Many old wooden bridges that span the creeks in Camden county are to be abandoned, according to plans of the Bridge Committee of the Board of Freeholders. A meeting was held in Camden yesterday, when it was reported that most of these old structures, always an expense to the county, are seldom if ever used. During a sham battle between rival crowds of boys yesterday, Jasbury Hammond, aged 13 years, of 810 Locust street, was struck on the head with a brick. A bad wound resulted, with a slight concussion of the brain.

Accidents of the Day A Big List of Victims of the Firecracker and Pistol. The following victims of firearms were admitted to the Cooper Hospital, Camden, yesterday: Martin Frand, of 571 Royden street, forefinger blown off and face and eyes burned by the premature discharge of a cannon. Edward Weston, of 747 Berkley street, lacerated wound of the hand, caused by a cannon shot. Allie Bechtol, a lad, 704 Lime street, wound of the face, caused by a gun shot. George H. Johnson, colored, aged 31 years, living at 811 Locust street, eye destroyed and in a precarious condition, the result of the careless handling of a revolver by Herman Testmeir. The ball was removed by Dr. Macuen. Samuel Cover, aged 15 years, 560 Benson street, face and eyes burned from fireworks.

2 HOMES DAMAGED SLIGHTLY BY FIRES A fire in the basement of the home of Percy DeRoche, 2937 Berkley street, yesterday caused slight damage. It was extinguished by firemen under the direction of Capt. Daniel Smith, of Engine Co. 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets, and Engine Co. No. 11, Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue. Chief William Harring, after an inspection, said that the blaze was caused by a defective water back. Slight damage was caused by a fire in the home of Etta Adams, 819 Locust street, where firemen said an oil stove had been placed too close to a couch and ignited it. The blaze was extinguished before firemen arrived in response to an alarm.

Notice of Application Take notice that Caesar Campana, trading as A Bar Restaurant, has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for a Plenary Retail Consumption License for premises situated at 826 Locust St., Camden, N. J. Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to Mary K. MacClennan, Deputy City Clerk of Camden. (Signed) CAESAR CAMPANA, 527 N. Second St., Camden, N. J. ($4.80)

CLEANING OUT A COLORED DIVE The Proprietress, a Colored Woman, Held in Heavy Bail Eucevia Manor, a colored woman who runs a dive at Locust and Division streets, Camden, was committed in default of $1000 bail by Recorder Nowrey yesterday on a charge of harboring minors in her house for immoral purposes. The police raided her place early Sunday morning and arrested the proprietress and a white girl named Mabel Schooley, who appears to be about 12 years of age, but claims to be 16 years old. They were arraigned side by side in the Camden police court yesterday. Captain Stanley, who conducted the raid, had a number of witnesses on hand to prove the bad reputation of the place. Among these witnesses were three colored boys and a white boy, their ages ranging from 14 to 16 years. Other witnesses testified to revelries that were participated in by white and colored persons of both sexes. Mrs. Mary E. Beckett, who resides nearby, swore that the defendant had enticed her 16-year-old daughter to the house and kept her there for six days. When the witness went to the house to get her daughter she was refused admission. Recorder Nowrey sentenced the Schooley girl to thirty days' imprisonment, and in the meantime efforts will be made to have her sent to the State Industrial School for Girls. Eucevia Manor has a bad record. She has served two years in State Prison for stabbing her sister, and last April was sentenced to ninety days for disorderly conduct.

In Jail, His License Revoked Receiving from the court a certified copy of the conviction of Nicholas Verratti on a charge of keeping a disorderly house at his liquor saloon, 842 Locust street, the Camden Excise Board last night revoked Verratti's license. Verratti did not appear before the board, being in jail in default of the payment of a fine of $200. Transfers were granted as follows: Ludwig Buch, 2142-44 Broadway, to Emil Engel; George H. Jones, 400 Mickle street, to Caspar Lutz; William Lickfeld, 200 Mickle street, to Harry Wein; Robert Snyder, 339 Kaighn avenue, to James McCreary. The last named is a wholesale license.

Camden Woman Dies in Midst of Alcoholic Orgies With four men stupid with drink lying about, the body of Mrs. Maggie Donnelly, 40 years old, was found in a vacant house at 844 Locust street, Camden, yesterday. Although the police are convinced that the woman's death was due to alcoholism, the men were placed under arrest pending a hearing. According to persons living in that neighborhood, the woman and her male companions had been noticed about the house the past several days, all much the worse for drink. When Detective Painter went to the house one of the men, Edward Kline, 42 years old, attacked him. With Detective Brothers he placed Kline, together with James Ford, 30 years old; John Smith, 40 years old, and Alonzo Fisher, 60 years old, under arrest. The woman and the men have been frequently in the Recorder's court

CAMDEN NEWS NOTES Roy West, a colored boy, was held in $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse yesterday, charged with breaking into the home of Mrs. Fannie Clark, 847 Locust street.

Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning raided the house of Fannie Clark, colored, at 847 Locust street, on complaint of Rita Veratti. The officers expected to gather in a wagon load of prisoners, but the Clark woman was the only one they found. She was sent to the city jail.

Speakeasies Raided Following out instructions of Mayor Ellis to clean up alleged speakeasies, Camden's police early yesterday raided two places. Catherine Mooney, 22 years old, of 850 Locust street, and Hezekiah Allen, 25 years old, of 800 South Second street, were the defendants, both being held for a hearing before Recorder Stackhouse today. Sixteen men and women were corralled, along with several cases of beer, whisky and gin. It has been reported to Mayor Ellis that a number of such places have been flourishing, especially since there have been so many sailors and soldiers around. In the past several weeks a crusade has been in force and the district is now said to be comparatively clean.

Accused Admits Robbery Accused of being the burglar who broke into the place of Lawrence Lamaina, Locust and Spruce streets, Camden, three weeks ago, Carl Green, a negro, aged 23 years, of 268 Spruce street, was committed to jail without bail by Recorder Stackhouse yesterday. The man was arrested by Detectives Moffett and Murray and they found a full set of burglar's tools in his room. When searched he wore a watch that had been stolen from the home of Santo Marco three years ago. He admitted robbing the Lamaina place.

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* The Camden police yesterday arrested Frank Yeager on a charge of selling liquor to minors at Locust and Spruce streets. Mayor Pratt found out that Yeager had bought the saloon from Christian Eppinger, but the license had not been transferred. He discharged Yeager.

ALLEGES PRISONER GOT OFF WITH $300 Both Man and Woman Are Charged With Conducting a "Speakeasy" HAD ALSO JUMPED HIS BAIL BOND Charged with jumping his bail and stealing $300 from Marie Gelima, of 90[?] Locust street, Antonio Dilgrande, of Locust street, is being held at the county jail. A detainer was filed against him to-day. Both the man and woman were arrested and held under $200 bail to answer in court the charge of conducting a "speakeasy." The arrest took place about seven weeks ago, at that time Anthony Paolo went bail for both parties. Mrs. Gelima missed the $300 shortly after Dilgrande went out on Saturday last. She at once notified Policeman Troncone; an hour later, the fugitive was picked up by a Philadelphia constable and turned over to the local police this morning. Mrs. Gelima swore out a warrant before Justice of the Peace Tatem, charging him with the larceny of [?] money.

NEGRO WHO SHOT WOMAN CAUGHT Arrested on a charge of firing three shots Friday night into the side of Annibel Williams, colored, 27 years old, 208 Spruce street, Ebenezer Phipps, a negro, 33 years old, 920 Locust street, was arrested in Camden yesterday by Detectives Brothers and Troncone. The police say they will make an example of Phipps to stop reckless use of firearms.

In a small fire in the rear of the home of Mrs. Rose Miller, 920 Locust street, two box alarms and a local call were sent in yesterday, with the result the street was in an uproar. Persons in the row of houses threw out their belongings and for a time the police had their hands full in caring for the hysterical women.

CAMDEN MYSTERY MORE INVOLVED Bones Found in the House in Which Mrs. Lillian Chambers Died AUTHORITIES AROUSED Wilkins, the Vocdoo Doctor, Under Arrest, and Investigation Being Made CARSON'S LAST WORK The Murdered Prosecuting Attorney Visited the House Just Before Leaving Camden The investigation following the death of Mrs. Lillian Chambers, of 706 North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, at the house of William H. Wilkins, colored fortune teller, planet reader, voodoo doctor and astrologist, at 825 Locust street, Camden, on Friday afternoon, has revealed what may be a clue to one of the most ghastly and horrible crimes known. Hidden within a concealed fireplace in the room where the "voodoo" received his dupes was found a great boiler filled with what Coroner and police think are human bones and flesh. Beneath it were the embers of a fire, in which other bones had been placed. The stench when the fireplace when opened was overpowering. On Friday afternoon the body of Mrs. Chambers was found in the rocking chair at Wilkins' house. The woman had left her home in the early morning, and when her husband, Henry Chambers, returned for his dinner he found his wife missing and the house locked up. A Chinaman, who occupies the store portion of the Chambers house, gave him the key, stating that Mrs. Chambers had left early in the morning, not stating where she was going. The Woman's Death Considerably worried, Chambers ate his dinner and hurried back to Baldwin's Locomotive Works, where he is employed as a laborer. On his way, however, he was met by his sister-in-law, Annie Stewart, and Wilkins, the fortune teller. Wilkins, in great excitement, told Chambers that Mrs. Chambers had been taken ill at his house and that he must at once go back with them. Chambers and the others immediately hurried across to Camden and to the Wilkins house, on Locust street. Wilkins entered first, being closely followed by Chambers. In the parlor of the squalid frame house in a rocking chair sat Mrs. Chambers, her arms outstretched, but perfectly motionless. Chambers rushed to her and threw his arms around her. The body fell forward. "She's cold. My God! they've killed my wife!" shrieked Chambers. He rushed into the street shouting "murder!" Policeman Harry Frisby pushed the frantic husband aside, and, laying his hand on the motionless woman's heart, found that she was dead. He immediately placed all in the house under arrest. Chief of Police Foster, after notifying Coroner Landes, began an investigation. Wilkins stated that he had never seen the Chambers woman until Friday, when he met her on the street sick. Taking her into the house he learned her name and address and had notified her people. This was before 12 o'clock, as Officer Frisby remembered seeing Wilkins and the Stewart woman going toward the ferry at 11.30. Coroner Landes, who arrived shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, stated that the woman had then been dead from four to six hours. At the autopsy performed on Saturday afternoon by County Physician Jones it was found that death was due to a criminal operation. A Ghastly Find The house was searched from top to bottom. In the front room where the Chambers woman was found the police noticed a disagreeable odor. Apparently there was nothing to cause it, suddenly Captain Hanley and Sergeant Hyde pushed aside the stove that stood on one side of the room and exposed a fireplace, sealed with a strip of zinc. The zinc was torn aside. An odor which almost overpowered those present issued from this aperture. Within on two bars of iron was a great washboiler. In it, almost filling it to the top, was a mass of bones and flesh. Beneath it were the embers of a fire, among the ashes of which were a number of small charred bones. Coroner Landes ordered the contents of the boiler to be taken to the yard and emptied of the liquid, which was over them and which seemed to be some pickling fluid. As they were placed in another receptacle he was struck by their resemblance to human bones. He immediately ordered them taken to the Morgue. Yesterday Captain Stanley, Sergeant Hyde and the Coroner all reiterated their impression that the bones were those of human beings. Wilkins was questioned as to their nature. He said that it was an opossum that he had been cooking. And that was all he would say. His daughter, Louisa, was then questioned. She denied all knowledge of any bones being in the house. They had never had any opossum to cook, she told Chief of Police Foster. Carson's Last Act Strangely enough the investigation which resulted in the ghastly find was started by Assistant Prosecutor Carson before he left to take part in the reception to General Sewell. An Inquirer reporter noticing him leaving the room frequently, in which the body of Mrs. Chambers was found asked him what his reason was for so doing? He replied, "There is such a peculiar smell that I cannot stay in that room any length of time." "Do you think it comes from the body of Lillian Chambers?" asked the reporter. "I do not and I have given strict orders to have the house thoroughly searched by the police, and I expect they will find evidence of a murder," was his reply. Before leaving he left his address at Belmar with Chief Foster, with instructions to notify him at once if a find was made. Chief Foster heard of Mr. Carson's death shortly after the discovery of the remains in the washtub. Coroner Landes when seen yesterday expressed his intention of securing the services of Dr. Deever, the celebrated anatomist of the University of Pennsylvania, to examine the bones. "I do not wish to trust to my own impression," he said, "and will have Dr. Deever and probably another expert examine the bones The odor from them was simply indescribable. They had probably been hidden in the fireplace for weeks." Both Captain Stanley and Sergeant Hyde also spoke of their impression that the bones were of human beings, but had been instructed to say nothing until after the examination. Numbers of letters and photographs of women were found by the police. The contents of the letters they refuse to reveal until the inquest. Some of them, it was learned, however, were requests for spells to take away trouble, to bring back lovers or to put charms on others. A letter, which was found by an Inquirer reporter in the squalid parlor where the woman died, and the ghastly find was made, was from a Philadelphia woman, praying the "Dear doctor" to assist her lawyer by his charms in making her husband support her. There were others of like character. Just as soon as the bones found are in condition for examination, a rigid one will be made. It was in this same house that some time ago were found a number of baby's bones. When questioned Chambers denied to the police that he had ever known his wife to visit Camden, but the Stewart woman told them that Mrs. Chambers had made frequent trips across the river. The Wilkins house is closed and under the surveillance of the police. [Illustration, captioned:] Front of Wilkins's House [Illustration, captioned:] William H. Wilkin [Illustration, captioned:] Fireplace where the Bones where Found

The investigation following the death of Mrs. Lillian Chambers, of 706 North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, at the house of William H. Wilkins, colored fortune teller, planet reader, voodoo doctor and astrologist, at 825 Locust street, Camden, on Friday afternoon, has revealed what may be a clue to one of the most ghastly and horrible crimes known. Hidden within a concealed fireplace in the room where the "voodoo" received his dupes was found a great boiler filled with what Coroner and police think are human bones and flesh. Beneath it were the embers of a fire, in which other bones had been placed. The stench when the fireplace when opened was overpowering. On Friday afternoon the body of Mrs. Chambers was found in the rocking chair at Wilkins' house. The woman had left her home in the early morning, and when her husband, Henry Chambers, returned for his dinner he found his wife missing and the house locked up. A Chinaman, who occupies the store portion of the Chambers house, gave him the key, stating that Mrs. Chambers had left early in the morning, not stating where she was going. The Woman's Death Considerably worried, Chambers ate his dinner and hurried back to Baldwin's Locomotive Works, where he is employed as a laborer. On his way, however, he was met by his sister-in-law, Annie Stewart, and Wilkins, the fortune teller. Wilkins, in great excitement, told Chambers

that Mrs. Chambers had been taken ill at his house and that he must at once go back with them. Chambers and the others immediately hurried across to Camden and to the Wilkins house, on Locust street. Wilkins entered first, being closely followed by Chambers. In the parlor of the squalid frame house in a rocking chair sat Mrs. Chambers, her arms outstretched, but perfectly motionless. Chambers rushed to her and threw his arms around her. The body fell forward. "She's cold. My God! they've killed my wife!" shrieked Chambers. He rushed into the street shouting "murder!" Policeman Harry Frisby pushed the frantic husband aside, and, laying his hand on the motionless woman's heart, found

that she was dead. He immediately placed all in the house under arrest. Chief of Police Foster, after notifying Coroner Landes, began an investigation. Wilkins stated that he had never seen the Chambers woman until Friday, when he met her on the street sick. Taking her into the house he learned her name and address and had notified her people. This was before 12 o'clock, as Officer Frisby remembered seeing Wilkins and the Stewart woman going toward the ferry at 11.30. Coroner Landes, who arrived shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, stated that the woman had then been dead from four to six hours. At the autopsy performed on Saturday afternoon by County Physician Jones it was found

William H. Wilkin Fireplace Where the Bones Where Found

that death was due to a criminal operation. A Ghastly Find The house was searched from top to bottom. In the front room where the Chambers woman was found the police noticed a disagreeable odor. Apparently there was nothing to cause it, suddenly Captain Hanley and Sergeant Hyde pushed aside the stove that stood on one side of the room and exposed a fireplace, sealed with a strip of zinc. The zinc was torn aside. An odor which almost overpowered those present issued from this aperture. Within on two bars of iron was a great washboiler. In it, almost filling it to the top, was a mass of bones and flesh. Beneath it were the embers of a fire, among the ashes of which were a number of small charred bones. Coroner Landes ordered the contents of the boiler to be

taken to the yard and emptied of the liquid, which was over them and which seemed to be some pickling fluid. As they were placed in another receptacle he was struck by their resemblance to human bones. He immediately ordered them taken to the Morgue. Yesterday Captain Stanley, Sergeant Hyde and the Coroner all reiterated their impression that the bones were those of human beings. Wilkins was questioned as to their nature. He said that it was an opossum that he had been cooking. And that was all he would say. His daughter, Louisa, was then questioned. She denied all knowledge of any bones being in the house. They had never had any opossum to cook, she told Chief of Police Foster. Carson's Last Act Strangely enough the investigation which resulted in the ghastly find was started by Assistant Prosecutor Carson

Front of Wilkins's House

before he left to take part in the reception to General Sewell. An Inquirer reporter noticing him leaving the room frequently, in which the body of Mrs. Chambers was found asked him what his reason was for so doing? He replied, "There is such a peculiar smell that I cannot stay in that room any length of time." "Do you think it comes from the body of Lillian Chambers?" asked the reporter. "I do not and I have given strict orders to have the house thoroughly searched by the police, and I expect they will find evidence of a murder," was his reply. Before leaving he left his address at Belmar with Chief Foster, with instructions to notify him at once if a find was made. Chief Foster heard of Mr. Carson's death shortly after the discovery of the remains in the washtub. Coroner Landes when seen yesterday expressed his intention of securing the services of Dr. Deever, the celebrated anatomist of the University of Pennsylvania, to examine the bones. "I do not wish to trust to my own impression," he said, "and will have Dr. Deever and probably another expert examine the bones The odor from them was simply indescribable. They had probably been hidden in the fireplace for weeks."

Both Captain Stanley and Sergeant Hyde also spoke of their impression that the bones were of human beings, but had been instructed to say nothing until after the examination. Numbers of letters and photographs of women were found by the police. The contents of the letters they refuse to reveal until the inquest. Some of them, it was learned, however, were requests for spells to take away trouble, to bring back lovers or to put charms on others. A letter, which was found by an Inquirer reporter in the squalid parlor where the woman died, and the ghastly find was made, was from a Philadelphia woman, praying the "Dear doctor" to assist her lawyer by his charms in making her husband support her. There were others of like character. Just as soon as the bones found are in condition for examination, a rigid one will be made. It was in this same house that some time ago were found a number of baby's bones. When questioned Chambers denied to the police that he had ever known his wife to visit Camden, but the Stewart woman told them that Mrs. Chambers had made frequent trips across the river. The Wilkins house is closed and under the surveillance of the police.

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Police Guard Gas Tank More Men Put to Work and No Trouble Occurs Thirty men were put at work yesterday on the big gas holder being constructed at Locust and Walnut streets, Camden, in place of the striking riveters. Eighty men from the Camden Iron Works assisted them in lowering the base of the tank. It was expected trouble would ensue between the workmen and the strikers, but Chief of Police John Foster had a large squad of officers at the scene all day preventing any disturbance. George Daly, one of the strikers, was held in $600 bail by Recorder Stackhouse, charged with assaulting Edward S. Strang and Charles F. Watkins.

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Anthony J. Lauria, of 1008 Locust street, has been honorably discharged from the Army after serving since his enlistment Jan. 15, 1941. He served two and a half years with the engineer corps in Iceland, then in England, Normandy, France and Germany with the signal corps. He returned to this country March 5 and received his discharge papers May 27 after amassing 105 points. He celebrated his 26th birthday the following day.

DRIVER IS UNINJURED WHEN CAR OVERTURNS A Camden man escaped injury yesterday when a car he was driving on River road in Pennsauken overturned. Ladislaus Kaminski, 21, of 1033 Locust street, told police the car skidded and overturned as he was "hurrying to work" on River road west of Cove road. He crawled out, righted the car with the help of a group of WPA workers, and continued to his work at a slower pace, police said.

MOSELANDER.—On June 17, 1902, Maggie May, daughter of Jennie and Robert W. Moselander, aged 9 months 9 days. Funeral on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from 1035 Locust street, Camden, N. J. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

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GIRL KEPT SUIT. And Installment Dealer Had Cecelia Simons Arrested. Cecelia Simons, aged 20 years, of 1113 Locust street, was committed to the County Jail in default of $200 bail, by Justice Baldwin, on Saturday night, on a charge of obtaining a suit of clothes under false pretences. The complaint was made by S. Lewis, an installment dealer, of 1109-111 Broadway. At the hearing it was testified that the girl got a suit of clothes from Lewis under the plea she wanted to show them to her father before purchasing. Lewis is acquainted with the family and let her have the suit. She did not return either goods or money and the suit was brought.

Much apprehension is felt for the safety of Harry Shaw, 63 years old, of 1117 Locust street, who has been missing from home since November 12. When he left it is said that he made the threat that he would either get work or do away with himself

John Kennedy, 16 years old, of 1117 Locust street, in a fall at the New York Shipyard yesterday suffered severe scalp lacerations and the probable fracture of both knees. He was taken to Cooper Hospital.

Over In Camden City Assessor Charles Pedigree was last evening re-elected to represent the Twelfth ward in the Republican City Executive Committee. With one-half of the capital stock of $50,000 said to be paid in, the D'Olier Engineering Company filed incorporation articles yesterday. Barking dogs frightened off burglars who attempted to rob the saloon of James Croker, at Fourth and Jasper streets, early yesterday morning. It is reported that Governor Voorhees will today appoint former Judge Richard T. Miller a member of the State Fish and Game Commission, to succeed Henry S. Budd, of Burlington, who recently resigned. John L. Lattimore, of 1120 Locust street, an employe of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, broke his leg yesterday by jumping from a car in the Bulson street yard. He was admitted to Cooper Hospital. Attorney John L. Semple has been retained by the Italian societies of Camden to endeavor to secure a reprieve for Murderer Francisco Abbatto, until his appeal for clemency can be heard by the Board of Pardons. Abbatto is under sentence to be executed on May 10. Yesterday cards for the execution were sent out by the Sheriff. The funeral of Howland Croft, the worsted goods manufacturer, was largely attended yesterday afternoon. Services were held at his late residence, at 204 Cooper street, and fully five thousand persons viewed the remains. Camden Lodge of Elks conducted services at the grave in Harleigh Cemetery.

City detectives today were questioning three youths arrested in different sections of Camden, who are believed to be responsible for a series of robberies. At the same time police were investigating the theft of clothing from a store at Ann and Sycamore streets, and the pilfering of $1.50 from the desk of a teacher of the Broadway school. Francis Smith, 19 years old, of 1120 Locust street, and Raymond Walker, 19 years old, of 747 Woodland avenue, were arrested by Policeman James McTaggart, in the rear of a house at Broadway and Atlantic avenue. The boys said they were "waiting for somebody." McTaggart took them to police headquarters at 1.50 o'clock this morning. There, screw drivers were found when their clothing was searched.

Suit Over Fallen Boiler For injuries which she claims she sustained when a boiler fell from a hook and lacerated her head, Mrs. Frances Waters yesterday brought suit for $10,000 against Jacob Barag, a grocer at 1121 Louis street, Camden. Her husband, William Waters, also brought suit for $5000.

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TRUCK INJURES CAMDEN MAN Harvey Bryan, 28, of 3049 Mt. Ephraim avenue, received contusions of the right arm and leg Saturday night when struck by an automobile at Collings avenue and Alabama

road. Harry Cohen, 19, of 1134 Locust street, driver of the car, took Bryan to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.

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FATALLY CRUSHED BY AN ELEVATOR Sixteen-Year-Old Lad Killed in a Camden Rug Factory While running a freight elevator at the Fries-Breslin Smyrna Rug Works, in South Camden, yesterday afternoon Daniel Breslin, 16 years old, a nephew of a member of the firm, was crushed to death. His head was caught between the floor of the elevator and the landing of the third floor. Before fellow-workmen, who heard his agonizing cry for help, could aid him, his neck was broken. He was dead when taken from the elevator. Coroner Bushey will investigate the accident. The lad's body was taken to his parents' residence, at 1241 Locust street. The accident caused so much excitement among the 400 employes that the plant was closed down for the day. Young Breslin's father and two of his sisters work in the factory. One of the young women fainted three times after learning of her brother's death. The top of young Breslin's head fell in the weaving room, where 200 girls were at work.

Marriage Licenses William K. Cook, aged 28 years, of Central Y. M. C. A., and Adelaide H. Foster, aged 21 years, of 836 North Eighth street. Frank E. Connelly, aged 24 years, of 1248 Locust street, and Jennie Wilhelm, aged 19 years, of 265 Mechanic street.

Here and There in Camden In a fall from a trolley car, Emma Steck, 19 years old, of 905 Point street, was injured about the side, arms and head yesterday and was taken to the Cooper Hospital. Stumbling down-stairs, Ruth Collins, 39 years old, of 717 VanHook street, sustained a lacerated scalp and was cared for at the Cooper Hospital. Sustaining a fracture of the ankle in a fall yesterday, 4-year-old Mary Carvins, of 324 Division street, was taken to the Cooper Hospital for treatment. Struck by an automobile belonging to Henry Garrison near the home of the boy yesterday afternoon, 7-year-old Charles O'Neil, of 1248 Locust street, was injured about the head and was taken to the Cooper Hospital.

SECOND ATTEMPT TO END HIS LIFE FAILS Disappointed Husband Tries to Choke Himself With Handkerchief After Being Placed in Cell Committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse for trying to end his life on Sunday last by shooting himself in the head, Louis Asseline, a jockey, aged 22 years, of 364 West Thirty-sixth street, New York, tied a handkerchief about his neck with the intention of choking himself to death shortly after being placed in a cell yesterday. His act was witnessed by Policeman Kates, who summoned Sergeant Reed and the desperate young man was relieved of his improvised garrote. Asseline told the Recorder at the hearing that he was despondent because his wife refused to return home with him. He had visited her at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Barry, Locust and Mechanic streets. The formal charge of attempted suicide was made by Police Captain James on information received.

Walter Kennedy, former Camden boxer who fought under the ring name of Walter West, is also scheduled to go on trial tomorrow on a charge of carrying concealed deadly weapons. Kennedy, who is a shell-shocked World War veteran and former Camden soft drink parlor proprietor, is charged with attempting to hold up a Public Service bus on State street, four months ago.

12 QUESTIONED, 2 MEN HELD IN MURDER PROBE COLSEY LEADS CITY-WIDE HUNT FOR BANDIT KILLERS OF COP Comrades Eager to Avenge Feitz, Shot 4 Times in Back at Holdup ORLANDO CONDUCTS OWN INVESTIGATION Mad Scramble of 20 to Escape Tragedy Scene Described by Sleuth The greatest man-hunt in the history of the Camden police department was under way today to apprehend the murderers of Detective William T. Feitz, slain early yesterday when he surprised bandits holding up 20 persons in a South Camden disorderly house. Feitz, recently promoted from a patrolman, was shot four times in the back as he attempted to reach the front door of the establishment at 243 Sycamore street to summon aid. Police today said they "had a pretty good idea" as to the identity of his slayers, although none has been charged with the crime. A "mystery blonde" was arrested in the case early today in Atlantic City by Detective Stanley Wertz. Police refused to reveal her name and will not allow anyone to talk to her. A man, first believed to have been the trigger-man, arrested in Philadelphia early today, was released by police after a few minutes' questioning. Two men are being held "incommunicado" in connection with the case, while a dozen material witnesses were being questioned at detective headquarters. Probe Rushed The investigation into the shooting, begun within a few minutes of the slaying continued throughout the day and night without a break. Police Chief Arthur Colsey took personal command of the probe with Detective Lieut. George Ward and Detective Sergeant Gus Koerner. Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando, who "sat in" yesterday as police questioned a score of witnesses, stated this morning he will open his own investigation today. He intimated "new developments" may throw a startling light on the case. Feitz' slayers escaped as 20 inmates and frequenters of the alleged disorderly house scrambled mainly for freedom beneath the eyes of Detective Joseph H. Leonhardt, who sat outside the place in a police radio car. Leonhardt told his superiors he was so startled by the shooting he failed to act until after the slayers had escaped. Feitz and Leonhardt had driven to the scene in the radio car, after trailing a suspicious sedan for 15 minutes through a maze of South Camden streets. Followed 3 Men The sedan had stopped near the Sycamore street place and three of the men had entered the dwelling. Feitz followed and Leonhardt remained in the car. Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, alleged proprietress of the house, and Cornelius Murphy, 50, doorkeeper, headed a list of 14 witnesses held by police for questioning or as material witnesses. Murphy was booked early today as a material witness, with Thomas Bonelli, 27, of 207 Walnut street; Edward Grapatin, 32, of 246 Kaighn avenue; Joseph McKenna, 30, and Catherine Lougheed, 32, an inmate, and Edith Miller and Edna Butler, colored domestics employed by Mrs. Heisler. Joseph Powell, 25, former Camden boxer, and Stanley, his brother, were the two men held incommunicado. Police refused to reveal what connection either had with the murder, although stating they were merely being held pending investigation. Feitz died five minutes after being admitted to West Jersey Homeopathic hospital, where he was taken by Leonardt and McKenna, who stopped in his flight from the house to assist the wounded policeman. Three .32-calibre slugs were buried in his back and a fourth had pierced his wrist. Lieutenant Ward today clamped down on news of the investigation, ordering all detectives and police to refuse information to news reporters. Orlando said he would make known facts in the case known to him later today. The Heisler woman, said by police to be the sister-in-law of Patrolman Thomas Cheeseman, recently demoted city detective, was not booked on the police docket this morning, but Ward declared he was not through questioning her and that she would be "booked" later in the day. Several of the witnesses made their escape from the vicinity of the shooting in Powell's car, police stated, one of whom was the mysterious woman arrested early today in Atlantic City. Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd last night declared the case would be investigated by the September Grand Jury. It will not, he said, assume more importance in that body's deliberations than the numbers racket. Note Lack of Noise Investigators were at a loss to understand why Feitz and Leonhardt, seated in an automobile on a quiet side street within 20 feet of where a holdup was taking place, did not hear any accompanying sounds. The belief was expressed that 20 men and women, being robbed, would become hysterical and noisy. The Sycamore street house is a ramshackle, two-story structure, with no vestibule leading into the parlor. There is no porch. Powell drove first to the Lougheed woman's home, where Mrs. Heisler, the Lougheed woman and Grapatin alighted. He then drove to Atlantic City with the unidentified girl, he said. Police, advised of Powell's presence in the house, dispatched the license number of his green sedan over the police teletype system. Powell was apprehended at Folsom, 40 miles from Camden, as he was returning to Camden from Atlantic City. Sergeant Albert T. Varreiman of the Mt. Ephraim state police barracks stopped Powell's machine and took him into custody. Powell was alone. Feitz's murder was a climax to half an hour's scrutiny by him and Leonhardt into the suspicious actions of the four bandits. A car in which they were riding was sighted in the neighborhood by the two detectives at 2 a. m. Trailed Car Fifteen Minutes They trailed it in their police car for 15 minutes, as it wound through the narrow streets, repeatedly passing the Sycamore street house. Finally, the detectives saw the bandits park their machine on Locust street. Three of them emerged, walked down Sycamore street, and entered the house. According to Leonhardt, neither he nor Feitz obtained the license number of the bandit car. Upon seeing them enter the place, Leonhardt drove the police car around the block and stopped in front of the house. Feitz and Leonhardt sat outside in their machine for 15 minutes. Finally, Leonhardt said, Feitz opened the door and stepped to the sidewalk. "I'm going in there and see what's going on," he said. Turning, he walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. Leonhardt said the door was opened after a short pause, and Feitz entered. The door was closed. Hears Bandits' Guns Almost immediately, Leonhardt heard the muffled roar of the bandits' revolvers. Feitz's body came flying through the door. Pandemonium followed. As the persons in the house fled, neighbors came to doors and windows. Almost immediately, the street was filled. Leonhardt was so shocked he was unable to drive. An unnamed witness drove the police car with Feitz's body in it to the hospital. Prosecutor Orlando indicated his office will step into the probe today. Shooting Reconstructed With the aid of witnesses, police yesterday were able to reconstruct the shooting. "Feitz walked into the house just as the three bandits were holding up the inmates," Detective Gus Koerner said. "Witnesses say that when the doorbell rang, the three bandits conferred briefly and decided to admit whoever was at the door. They thought it was another frequenter. "'Let him in; we'll take his money too,' one of the witnesses said a bandit ordered. One of the bandits went to the door, opened it and admitted Feitz. The detective took five steps into the living room, pausing at the door of the dining room, where he was recognized by a bandit who was frisking the inmates. "This bandit shouted: 'It's a dick; let 'im have it!'" Shot in Back As Feitz reached for his revolver, the man who had admitted him shot him in the back. Feitz attempted to reach the front door, apparently to call Leonhardt, and three more slugs tore into his body. "It is not known whether the shooting was done by only one of the bandits, or whether all three fired. We do not know whether Feitz opened the front door himself and fell to the street; whether he fell through the glass, or whether the bandits opened the door and pushed him to the street. "The glass in the front door was broken later by police, who struck it with their blackjacks in order to gain admittance. Leonhardt told me he is unable to clear up this point as everything happened too quickly. "He said he suddenly heard shots, and a moment later, saw Feitz' body on the pavement." One of the bandit's bullets went wild, imbedding itself in the wall near the front door. It was fired from the dining room. Ballistics tests will be made of the bullet. City-wide Raids Follow Under the direction of Detective Lieut. George Ward, Camden was subjected yesterday and last night to a fine tooth-combing for suspects. All police leaves were cancelled, and all patrolmen volunteered to do active duty until some results of the probe are forthcoming. A series of raids on known disorderly houses resulted last night in the arrests of more than 20 persons all of whom were taken to police headquarters and lined up for the perusal of witnesses. It was not known whether this scrutiny brought results. Chief Colsey declared last night the murder will be the signal for an intensive "cleanup" of the city. Policemen in patrol cars were dispatched on prowl duty, ordered to pick up everyone of a suspicious nature. City officials and citizens voiced their regrets at the killing. Feitz was the father of two children, a boy and a girl. Their names could not be obtained last night. He was estranged from his wife, who resides in Cape May with the children. Woman Questioned Mrs. Heisler, regarded by police as a key witness, was questioned several hours in detective headquarters by Chief Colsey, Ward, Orlando and Koerner. The officers refused to disclose the results of the quiz. No adequate description of the bandits could be furnished by any of the witnesses, Koerner said. Two were described as being of average height, one taller. Two were dark, the third blond. None of the three was masked. Each was armed. Mrs. Heisler and Murphy were held without bail as material witnesses. Powell, accompanied by Camden detectives, left for Atlantic City to show them where he dropped off the unidentified girl inmate of the house. They had not returned at a late hour last night. According to Murphy, two of the bandits previously had visited the house as patrons, and at one time attempted to "shake down" Mrs. Heisler. She resisted their demands, Murphy declared. Other persons arrested as material witnesses who, after hours of questioning were released in their own recognizance, include: Frank Adams, 21, of 938 Atlantic avenue; Joseph MacDonald, 20, of 1605 South Sixth street; Henry Gorba, 19, of 17 North Twenty-first street and Edward McKenna, 31, of 1304 Broadway. Edith Miller, 28, colored, of 205 Sycamore street, and Edna Butler, 32, also colored, 1122 South Second street, also were arrested and held as witnesses. They are inmates of the house, Koerner said. Police said the bandits, in their search for booty, forced their victims to remove their shoes during the holdup to ascertain whether they were concealing any money. Only $8 was taken. An autopsy performed on Feitz' body yesterday by Coroner Arthur H. Holl and County Physician Edward B. Rogers showed that two of the bullets had penetrated the detective's body. Coroner Holl, in whose undertaking establishment the detective's body lay last night, declared death was virtually instant. Chief Colsey last night denied Feitz and Leonhardt were acting under orders to watch the Sycamore street house. "There have been general orders out to clean up all disorderly houses for a long time," Colsey said. "I imagine the detectives were more interested in what the four men were doing than they were in the house. I talked at great length with Leonhardt and he told me neither he nor Feitz knew the place was a disorderly house." Leonhardt could not be reached last night to give his version of the affair. Colsey said Leonhardt was taking an active part in police efforts to solve the crime. "If I had known the house in Sycamore street was a disorderly house," Colsey said, "I would of course have ordered it raided long ago." Feitz and Leonhardt were assigned to detective duty from the uniformed ranks last week, replacing former Detectives Thomas Cheeseman and Vernon Jones, who are now reduced to rank of patrolmen. Chief Colsey said the reason Cheeseman and Jones were reduced was "merely for the good of the department." He would not amplify that statement. According to Detective Rox Saponare, Cheeseman is the brother-in-law of Mrs. Heisler, charged with operating the house. Cheeseman, also active in the investigation of the killing, could not be reached last night to comment. Commended for Bravery Feitz was appointed to the police force March 1, 1928. He was appointed to the detective bureau last week by Mayor Roy R. Stewart. In 1931, Feitz was commended for bravery in arresting three men in a holdup at a chain grocery store at Locust street and Kaighn avenue. Last week, the same store was robbed, and Feitz arrested three other men for the theft. Leonhardt, 39, resides at 512 Division street. The last arrest he made in company with Feitz was at 12.45 a. m. the morning of Feitz' death. The officers nabbed Cecilia Spencer, 28, colored, at 806 Locust street, a block from the Sycamore street house, on charges of soliciting. Chief Colsey and other city officials reached Feitz' bedside in the hospital too late to see him alive. The officer died without regaining consciousness. Funeral arrangements were not completed last night. Before the estrangement from his wife two years ago, Feitz lived with her and their children at 1062 Langham avenue. He resided recently at the Liberty street address with his widowed mother, Mrs. Pauline Feitz, who last night was prostrated at the news of her son's death. Chief Colsey last night absolved Leonhardt of any negligence in not chasing the killers. The police chief declared Leonhardt's first duty was to look to the condition of Feitz. Chief Colsey said Mayor Stewart, vacationing in Ocean City, will not return until tomorrow morning. Any investigation into possible negligence on the part of police in permitting the Sycamore street house to operate will be conducted after the mayor returns, Colsey said. "I consider it more important at this time to lend all our efforts toward solving the crime rather than in conducting any side-bar probe into the question of negligence by any policemen," Colsey said.

Camden News Notes Miss Grace Todd, a representative of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, delivered two addresses in Camden yesterday on "China." In the morning she spoke at the First M. E. Church, and at night at the Broadway M. E. Church. Police Captain Stanley and a squad of officers early yesterday morning raided the house of Fannie Clark, colored, at 847 Locust street, on complaint of Rita Veratti. The officers expected to gather in a wagon load of prisoners, but the Clark woman was the only one they found found. She was sent to the city jail. Rev. J. W. Lee, at the Kaighn Avenue M. E. Church, last night preached on "Why We Love the Memory of Washington." The fifteenth annual ball of the Butchers' Beneficial Society will be given to-night at Turner Hall. William St. Clair, colored, aged 65 years, was attacked by a crowd of men early yesterday morning at Broadway and Chestnut streets. He was badly cut on the chin with a razor. He was subsequently found and sent to the Cooper Hospital. Forty houses are to be erected in the spring on a plot of ground west of the house occupied by the custodian of St. Patrick's cemetery, East Camden. The ground has just been purchased from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, for $18,000. Evangelist Howard Amer and wife conducted the services at the Wesley M. E. Church, East Camden, yesterday morning. With his bride of only two months, Evangelist Amer is making a tour of the large cities.

Alleged Policy People Arrested One of the Most Fruitful Raids in Years Was Made in Camden Yesterday One of the most successful policy raids in years, in Camden, was made under the supervision of Chief of Police Foster yesterday. Sergeant Hyde and squad arrested Thomas F. Waters, alias "Uncle Frank," aged 73 years; Isaac G. Johnson, seven persons, male and female, white and colored, and captured a quantity of drawings, "dream books" and plays, at 257 Division street.

Court Dismisses Gambling Charge Eli Johnson and Those Caught in Raid Are Freed by Recorder. THIRTY-ONE TAKEN IN TWO DESCENTS It was late yesterday afternoon when the hearings in the raids in two alleged disorderly houses in South Camden, made early on Sunday morning by Captain Stanley, Sergeant Nowrey and details of police, were concluded in Police Court. In the case of Eli Johnson, colored, charged with conducting a gambling house at 307 Spruce street, Recorder Stackhouse found him not guilty and discharged the defendant and the persons captured in the raid. Lawyer William P. Walsh represented Johnson. Daniel Bussey, a negro, was charged with being the principal at 829 Locust street, but the testimony showed that he was but one of a colored social and beneficial club which held forth at that place. Recorder Stackhouse therefore fined Bussey and the fourteen others caught in the raid $3 each. All paid. An amusing attempt of a negro to escape lent a touch of merriment to the descent on the Locust street house. Hearing the pattering of shoe leather on the cellar steps, Detective Painter got a lamp and descended into the dungeon-like darkness and in a far corner of the cellar, loking as if he were trying to squeeze himself through a crack in the angle of the wall, was found hiding a terrified young negro. "Come out of that mister corner man," said Painter shading the lamp with his hand. "What's you doing in there" "I didn't run out the back way," explained the prisoner, "because I was scared of de dawg." One of the negroes caught in the raid at 829 Locust street is Walter Edgerton, now aged 52 years, a former famous prize fighter known as the "Kentucky Rosebud," who has been living in South Camden for some time. A couple of years ago Edgerton figured in a sensational case in the Philadelphia courts in his desperate but futile efforts to retain possession of a white baby whom he had adopted and on whom he lavished the finest clothing and luxuries which money could buy. No liquor was found at either of the places raided. In fact it was not alleged that they were speak-easies but gambling houses. No gaming paraphernalia was found at 307 Spruce street. At 829 Locust street, the police copped a crap table and four big bloodhued bones. Captain Stanley resurrected the cubes from the depths of a coal basket in the second-story front room where they had been shoved and shuffled up when the police were heard approaching.

Auto Fire Engine Skids Into Window Driver of Camden Apparatus Sticks to Post Uninjured—Two Firemen Jump to Safety Skidding in rounding the corner at Broadway and Kaighn avenue while responding to an alarm yesterday the auto fire engine attached to Company No. 3, of the Camden Fire Department, jumped the curb and crashed into a display window of a department store. The window was wrecked, one of the pillars of the store knocked out of place and the springs of the machine put out of commission. Several persons on the sidewalk narrowly escaped being hit by the apparatus. Riding on the back of the machine Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate saved themselves by jumping. Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post and escaped injury. In aiding the firemen to back the engine off the sidewalk, Andrew Fritz, aged 50, of 1425 Broadway, crushed one of his fingers so badly that it was amputated at Cooper Hospital. The fire was at Locust street and Kaighn avenue, where a load of hay on a wagon was destroyed.

Baldwin to Fix Responsibility in Fatal Explosion An investigation to fix responsibility, "if any," in the fatal explosion at Locust and Cherry streets today, is underway, according to an announcement made by Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin. Baldwin, notified of the explosion shortly after 7 a. m., immediately went to the scene. Two hours after his return to the courthouse, he issued the following statement: "I have just been on the scene of the accident and have begun an investigation which will be continued in detail to determine the responsibility, if any, for thi terrible affair. "Further than that, I am unable to say anything now."

Police Roundup at 817 Clare Street Captain Stehr 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. Seven cases of beer, a quart of gin and a quart of whisky were taken in the raid. Henry Butler, [?]2, of 214 South Second street, was listed as a witness as were also Carrie Washington, 30[?] Federal street; Rhoda Montgomery, [?]4, 644 South Second street; Marie Gibbs, 811 Locust street; and Hazel Shipman, 307 Washington street.

'Kentucky Rosebud' Accused by Police Accused of keepoing a disorderly house, Walter Edgerton, at one time a famous lightweight colored pugilist, known as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was held in $[?]00 bail by Justice McClong this morning. The defendant, now in his fifties, lives at 811 Locust street, where he was arrested by Police Captain Stanley yesterday. No intoxicants were found, but it is charged that the "Rosebud" maintained a house of assignation. He waived a hearing.

Pernier Convicted in Gun Case, Faces Three to Seven Years in J[?] ONLY 12 MINUTES REQUIRED BY JURY TO REACH VERDICT Three Cops Tell of Warm Weapon in His Hand in Fight With Enemies PAL OF SLAIN BONNER A jury of 12 men after deliberating 12 minutes yesterday convicted William Pernier of carrying a revolver. The trial of the former pal of William "Shooey" Bonner, slain gangster, was one of the shortest in the history of Camden County Criminal Court. The trial consumed but 2[?] minutes from the time the jurors were sworn until they were sent out for their deliberation. Pernier, who is 32, and who gave an address of 293 Liberty street, through his attorney Julius Sklar, offered a defense which Assistant Prosecutor Rocco Palese termed a "smoke screen." After three policemen testified that they found Pernier with a revolver in his hand on the night of Oct. 30, after he had allegedly fired on thugs who shot him at Locust street and Kaighn avenue, Pernier said the weapon was not his. "I was walking along Kaighn avenue with my wife, Mary, and three men friends," he said, "when as we reached Locust street, this car pulled along the curb and the occupants fired at me. I was shot in both legs and after shooting me they threw the revolver at me. I picked it up and tried to shoot at them with it, but it would not go off. I never owned a gun." Policemen William Whaland, Joseph Lack and Joseph Leonhardt, however, testified that the gun with four empty shells and one cartridge in it, was still warm when they took it from Pernier's hand. After the jury announced that they had found Pernier guilty, Palese stated that he would ask for sentence this morning. Judge Samuel M. Shay remanded Pernier to jail without bail pending sentence. He faces a sentence of from three to seven years in prison.

Fireman Joseph Ware Dies As a result of being struck in the face by an automobile crank on June 6, Fireman Joseph Ware, son of Policeman James Ware, died yesterday at his home at 170[?] Fillmore street, Camden. He is survived by a wife and a young child. Ware was a member of No. 1 Engine Company and he operated the battalion chief's auto. After going to a fire at Locust and Pine streets he was cranking the machine when the handle slipped and he was struck in the face. The facial bones were crushed.

Blast at Purifying Plant Killing 14 P.S. Workers Is Held Unpreventable Prosecutor, Coroner and Officials of Company Say Spontaneous Combustion Probably Caused Tragedy—All But One of 4 Injured Are Out of Danger Although they had not reached an official decision, investigators today were unanimous in their belief that spontaneous combustion probably caused the explosion in the purifying plant of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Locust and Cherry streets, which cremated 14 workmen and burned four others yesterday. Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin said today that Lawrence T. Doran, chief of county detectives, still was questioning witnesses, but so far as can be determined, spontaneous combustion was responsible for the tragedy. Baldwin said that it also was possible sawdust used in the purifying process had somehow been ignited. "While the sawdust was smouldering," he said, "one of the 19 men may have removed one of the plates at the bottom of the tank. It was windy yesterday and an inrush of air might have fanned the fire into a real blaze." Saw 'Little Fire' This would bear out a statement by Rudolph Walker, 37, colored, of 718 South Second street, the only one of the workmen to escape unscathed. He said he saw a "little fire" burning in one corner of the tank and climbed out a moment before the explosion. Coroner Benjamin R. Denny likewise thought spontaneous combustion was the cause. "We will hold an inquest unless the prosecutor and I can determine definitely that this tragedy was not accidental," he said. "As far as we have learned, it was just an unfortunate accident, probably due to spontaneous combustion." The same theory was advanced by Public service officials. The following statement was issued by Walter F. Allen, director of publicity, at his office in Newark. "The cause of the explosion has not been learned definitely, but it is believed to have been due to spontaneous combustion." Meanwhile, physicians at Cooper Hospital reported that all but one of the injured are out of danger. The man whose condition still is critical is Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem street, who suffered burns over his entire body. Five hours were required to remove the horribly distorted bodies from the tank. At first firemen were unable to descend into the tank because of gas fumes and most of the bodies were taken out by use of a block and tackle.

15th Victim Dies in Gas Plant Blast Funerals Held Today for Four of Men Killed in Explosion With the death toll in Wednesday's gas blast disaster increased to 15, bereaved families of the victims began today to bury their dead. Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem street, who was burned all over his body when he was trapped in the purifying tank of the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. at Locust and Cherry streets, died last night in Cooper Hospital. He never regained consciousness. The first of the victims to be buried was Nunzio Ferraro, 51, of 1131 South Fourth street. Services were held this afternoon in a funeral parlor at Fourth and Division streets. Interment was in New Camden Cemetery. Benediction was said in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Following the funeral of Ferraro, services were conducted in the same place for Lorenzo Carcione, who lived at the southwest corner of Third and Spruce streets. After benediction at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Curcione was buried in Calvary Cemetery. Later, services were held in a funeral establishment at 1135 Kaighn avenue for Farrell Coleman, 44, colored, of Second and Pine streets, and George Williams, 33, colored, 277 Sycamore street. Both were buried in Mt. Peace Cemetery, Lawnside.

CAMDEN'S SCARRED PATRIOTS Fourth Marked by Absence of Serious Accidents All Camden entered into the spirit of the Fourth of July yesterday. One noticeable feature of the day was the absence of serious accidents. Not a Fourth of July victim was treated at the Homeopathic Hospital, while at the Cooper Hospital but eight were admitted, as follows: Albert Owens, aged 24 years, of 227 Mechanic street; powder burns of the back. Charles Haines, aged 54 years, of 110 Birch street; burned hands. Joseph Simons, aged 47 years, of 1113 Locust street; contusions of the eyelid. Russell Hutchins, aged 11 years, of 557 Royden street, gunshot wound of right leg. William Fabor, aged 14 years, of 226 Washington street; blank cartridge wound of right hand. Florence McGann, aged 33 years, of 226 Erie street; powder burns of hands. Samuel Ross, aged 14 years, of 5 North Third street; face burned. Frank Kupp, aged 14 years, of 1043 Pine street; burned hands. Yesterday afternoon flag raising and christening ceremonies were held at the new apartment house at Sixth and Mickle streets. At Pyne Point Park exercises appropriate to the day were observed. They consisted of singing, music, reading of the Declaration of Independence by F. Wayland Potter and addresses by Rev. F. A. De Maris, of the State Street M. E. Church; Mayor Joseph E. Nowrey, and ex-Assemblyman Joseph M. Engard. Last night splendid pyrotechnical displays were given.

Viciously Attacked in Fight on Street Leon Branch, aged 24 years, a engro of 816 Locust street, was stabbed in a row with a colored woman at Third and Cherry streets about 12.30 o'clock this morning and had certain parts of his anatomy so savagely slashed that but for the timely arrival of the Second District patrol wagon he might have bled to death. The wagon took the razor-carved victim to Cooper Hospital, where the flow of his life-fluid was checked and long, deep, ghastly-looking gashes in an arm and one side of his body sewed up. Branch was able to leave the hospital after having his wounds dressed and was then taken to Police Headquarters to make a complaint of atrocious assault and battery against his assailant. But the man could not be induced to press a charge against the wicked-hearted weapon-wielder and even refused to give Sergeant McClong any details of the bloody fracas. He did state, however, that it was a woman who stabbed him and that her name is Lulu Parks. Owing to the obstinate refusal of Branch to have a warrant issued for the negress no arrest could be made. A policeman who investigated the slashing this morning could not find the woman at her old haunts. It was evident that fearful of arrest and a term in prison she skipped to a safe refuge in Philadelphia.

Charge, Murder to Italian Now on Sea Camden Police Believe Man Sailing for His Home Killed William Gallagher Sailing on the high seas to what he presumably thinks is safety in his native province of Italy, Ilario Di Antonio, alleged to be the murderer of William Gallagher, who was stabbed to death in Camden a couple of weeks ago, is being awaited by the authorities, who will place him under arrest as soon as he lands. Chief of Police Gravenor, of Camden, yesterday communicated with Italian Consul Felece Ronce at Trenton, and word was at once forwarded to the Province Di Ascoli, Italy, Di Antonio's home. With virtually nothing upon which to work, the case was assigned Detectives Schregler and Troncone. Gallagher was stabbed to death early Sunday morning of December 8 at Locust and Pine streets. He was found bleeding to death and succumbed to his injuries shortly after being admitted to the Cooper Hospital. Through Troncone, who is the Italian detective in Camden, it was learned that Giuseppe Azzari, of 204 Beckett street, knew something about the crime. He was placed under arrest yesterday, and as a result Antonio Da Andea, of 9[?]5 Locust street, was also apprehended. They both broke down and told the facts in the tragedy. According to their stories, the alleged slayer of Gallagher took exception to an insulting remark Gallagher had made concerning a woman. Words followed and then the stabbing. Di Antonio, according to his compatriots, stabbing Gallagher through the heart with a stiletto As soon as possible Di Antonio took ship for his home. The alleged murderer lived in an Italian tenement house at Third and Line streets, next to the place where Agostine Toscane was stabbed to death by Giuseppe Diane on October 1. The latter is a fugitive.

STORE, THREE HOMES ENTERED BY THIEVES Robbers Get Cash in East Camden Market; Jewelry Taken at Residence Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night. Gaining entrance into a vacant house at 2703 Westfield avenue, the thieves chopped a hole through the plaster-wall to reach the Atlantic and Pacific store at Twenty-seventh street and Westfield avenue. The loot consisted of $218.52 in cash hidden on a shelf behind some groceries. The robbery was discovered by the store manager, Robert McKenna, who reported it to the police. The thieves had worked quietly, shielded from sight of motorists by a closet in which the hole was cut. The home of John H. Kramer, 525 North Fourth street, was robbed last night during the absence of the family. Thieves jimmied a side window and gained entrance. A wallet containing $200, which was left in a pair of trousers, was stolen, along with a diamond ring valued at $125 and a gold watch and chain valued at $90. Jewelry and silk hosiery valued at $250 was stolen last night from the home of Samuel J. Edwards, Tenth Ward Republican leader, 539 State street, during the absence of the family. The theft was discovered by Mrs. Edwards when she returned with her husband and daughter. Every drawer in the house was pulled out and the contents dumped on the floor. The thieves overlooked some family heirlooms, a small wrist watch and all the silverware. They forced a rear window and broke open a door to the kitchen. Detectives believe the intruders were frightened away. Two pairs of silk stockings were found near the kitchen door. Neighbors reported seeing a suspicious character walking past the Edwards home. When Mrs. Grace Warner returned to her home at 203 State street yesterday afternoon she discovered that thieves had entered by jimmying a rear window. A portable electric sewing machine was missing. Detective Frank Truax was assigned to the case and declared today that he believed that somebody knowing where the machine was located in the Warner home was the guilty party. Three Held in Theft Charged with theft at 462 Berkley street, three boys were being held by police today. They gave their names as William Eldridge, 18 years old, of 819 Locust street; Sherman Draper, 19 years old, of 221 Benson street, and Omry Perry, 19 years old, of 902 Walnut street. With two others, they were found in the house, the property of William Leonard, 62 South New York avenue, Atlantic City, by members of the First District patrol crew. After questioning the boys, two were released. Police did not divulge their names. The youths in custody are said by police to have admitted the theft of the pipe. All denied damaging the house, as claimed by Leonard, detectives said today.

Monday Round Up in Police Court Variety of Prisoners Before Recorder Nowrey's Bar. PRIVATE HEARING FOR "DE CLUB" Eight Blacks and One White Landed in a Sunday Morning Raid—Cries of "Murder" in Joint Alley Led to an Arrest. Early yesterday morning Police Sergeant Bentley, with a squad of officers, including Matlack, Roach, Weaver, Shaw, Harvey and Moore, raided an alleged speak-easy and gambling resort on Division street, near Locust. When the officers entered the room they found tacked up on the wall in a conspicuous place a charter for the "Independent Athletic Club." The charter was issued some time ago to a party of white men, and how it came into possession of the eight colored and one white man arrested in the raid the police are endeavoring to find out. In addition to the charter the police found a deck of cards, some poker chips, cards of admission to the alleged club, four boxes of beer, two bottles of whiskey and a supposed "kitty" containing 48 cents. The men arrested were Abraham Briscoe, colored, the alleged proprietor, Walter H. Chase, Edward Lewis, John Miller, Ben Bunston, Edward Fortie, and Jacob Granger, colored, and Herbert Weaver, white. All were examined in the Mayor's private office, by the Recorder this morning, and as a result Briscoe was held for a further hearing on a charge of selling liquor without a license, while the others were held as witnesses in their own recognizance.

Dead Among Stupefied Camden Woman Dies in Midst of Alcoholic Orgies With four men stupid with drink lying about, the body of Mrs. Maggie Donnelly, 40 years old, was found in a vacant house at 844 Locust street, Camden, yesterday. Although the police are convinced that the woman's death was due to alcoholism, the men were placed under arrest pending a hearing. According to persons living in that neighborhood, the woman and her male companions had been noticed about the house the past several days, all much the worse for drink. When Detective Painter went to the house one of the men, Edward Kline, 42 years old, attacked him. With Detective Brothers he placed Kline, together with James Ford, 3[?] years old; John Smith, 40 years old, and Alonzo Fisher, 60 years old, under arrest. The woman and the men have been frequently in the Recorder's court

MARRIAGE LICENSES CAMDEN Earl Matthews, 25, of 1007 Locust street, and Frances Martin, 20, of 1064 Ivins street. Norman K. Hubbard, 23, of 1010 Penn street, and Vinnie C. Martin, 22, of 1008 Penn street. Thomas Bentley, 32, and Castina Braxton, 25, both of 725 Chestnut street.