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William Schregler
William Schregler (1867–1927) served as a Camden detective for four decades, rising to Captain of Detectives and briefly serving as Acting Chief of Police in 1906.
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Arthur Colsey
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Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
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Argonne Street
Argonne Street, named for the World War I Battle of the Argonne Forest, ran one block between St. Mihiel Street and Memorial Avenue. It was demolished when Campbell Soup acquired the land to build their corporate headquarters.
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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements.
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Chief Colsey Dies at 67 of Heart Attack
Camden Chief of Police Arthur Colsey, a 27-year veteran of the department, died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home at 2937 Stevens Street. The Courier-Post traced his career from merchant at Ninth and Market streets and Second Ward councilman to patrolman in 1912 and permanent chief in 1934.
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Get Fingerprinted Gratis at Theatre
Lyric Theatre manager Birk Binnard arranged for Camden police to fingerprint citizens free of charge in the theatre's lobby, in conjunction with the FBI's nationwide registration drive and the showing of "Under Cover Doctor."
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City Police to Use Code Air Messages
System Adopted for Radio Cars to Prevent 'Tipoffs' to Lawbreakers Important messages relayed through W3XAQ, the Camden police radio station, are being broadcast in code beginning yesterday to prevent lawbreakers from· being "tipped off" as to activities of police.
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Cop's Guest Beaten; Colsey Probes Row
Youth 'Blackjacked' at Party; Father Retains Lawyer, to Investigate Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday detailed three detectives to investigate a street row early Sunday at Fourth and Mechanic streets in which a Fairview youth and a Camden policeman were involved.
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Uncle Sam and Camden Clash After Arrest of Mail Driver
P. O. Official and Chief Colsey Will Confer On Incident Police Warned of Federal Law Infraction Carries Fine and Jail Term Uncle Sam had a new diplomatic worry yesterday but like other difficulties of state hoped to settle it today around the conference table.
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City Police Praised at Fete Honoring Acting Lieutenant Bott
Camden police and firemen gathered at Kenney's on February 3, 1938 to honor Acting Lieutenant Herbert Bott, retiring after five years as president of the Policemen and Firemen's Association. Commissioner Mary W. Kobus and Mayor George E. Brunner praised the force, and Arthur Batten served on the dinner committee.
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Kobus Made Leader by 12th Ward G.O.P
Club's Move Will Settle City and County Priority, Colsey Asserts Recognition of City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus as the Republican leader of Camden city and county was urged by members of the Twelfth Ward Republican Club .
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Pool Hall Owners Told Gaming Will Cost Permits
Mrs. Kobus Warns Against Permitting Any Gambling on Premises Cites Cards Played in Back Rooms Operators of pool and billiard-halls were warned yesterday by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus , director of public safety, that permanent revocation of licenses will be the penalty if gambling is permitted on the premises.
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12th Ward G.O.P. Backs Selection of Woodruff
The Twelfth Ward Republican Club last night passed unanimously a motion to endorse the action of Hanna in advocating election of former Senator Albert S. Woodruff as a member of the Delaware River Joint Commission.
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Kobus Warns Cops to Keep City Clean
City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, Camden's director of public safety, warned a dozen police officials — Edward Hahn among them — to keep the city free of vice and gambling or face "serious consequences."
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Clayton Promoted to Chief Clerk in Police Department
Camden Courier-Post, September 1, 1937: Commissioner Mary W. Kobus promotes Patrolman George Clayton of 912 Mt. Ephraim Avenue to chief clerk of the Camden police department.
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Hundreds Pay Tribute to Mrs. M'Taggart
Hundreds paid tribute to Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. She died in Cooper Hospital while her husband's friends were honoring him at a St. Patrick's Day party in Eagles Hall.
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Mrs. M'Taggart Rites to Be Held Tomorrow
Fellow officers of Policeman John McTaggart will form a guard of honor for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, at the Frank J. Leonard funeral home, 1451 Broadway. She died in West Jersey hospital while her husband's friends were holding their annual frolic in his honor at Eagles' Hall.
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‘Ireland Night’ Set by 6th Ward Club
The Sixth Ward Republican Association's third annual "Night in Ireland" honoring Patrolman John S. McTaggart will be held March 16 in the Eagle's Hall, 415 Broadway, with more than 3000 tickets sold.
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Argonne Street, c. 1930s
Late 1930s photographs of Camden Police Department vehicles lined up on Argonne Street in front of Convention Hall, including a group photo with Chief Arthur Colsey and Mayor George Brunner.
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Cigar Store Raided by 'Secret 6' Squad
Camden police Chief Arthur Colsey's "Secret Six" squad raided a cigar store at 217 Market Street, arresting Oscar Bendler of 310 Erie Street on gambling charges and seizing horse racing sheets and $114.
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Wirtz to Hear Fate in Bandit Quiz Today
Colsey Doubts Cop Will Face Charges; Case to Go to Garnd Jury Decision on any action to be taken against Stanley Wirtz , suspended Camden detective charged with having furnished the guns and automobile for a holdup, will be made today by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus and Police Chief Arthur Colsey .
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Wirtz Ordered to Face Inquiry By Mrs. Kobus
Detective Stanley Wirtz, suspended by Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday pending investigation into charges that he supplied the guns and an automobile for a holdup, has been ordered to appear today before Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety.
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'Joey' Powell Rearrested As County Opens Holdup Probe
Orlando Acts as City Cops Free Former Boxer in Payroll Plot Frameup Charged by Another Suspect Prisoner Says Ex-Fighter Got Him in on Theft, Tipped Police Joseph "Joey" Powell, former boxer who was arrested by city police in connection with a South Camden holdup and subsequently released, was rearrested by county detectives last night.
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Illness Causes Shifts for Police Officials
Temporary changes in the police department to offset the absence of Lieutenant George Frost , head of the First District, who is ill, and Lieutenant George Ward , of headquarters, who is away on police business, were announced yesterday by Chief Arthur Colsey .
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5 Bitten by Mad Dog in North Camden Treated for Rabies
A dog that bit five persons in North Camden was confirmed rabid by the state board of health, city sanitary inspector Dr. David B. Helm, Jr. announced.
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Sharp Pupils Given Attendance Prizes
Kindergarten, first-grade and February graduating pupils of the H. C. Sharp School at Thirty-second Street and Hayes Avenue received certificates in February 1936 for perfect attendance since the school year opened, along with more than a hundred other pupils.
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Johnson Gets Ward's Job as Kobus Orders Cop Shakeup
By Charles L. Humes In a shakeup of Camden police officials yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Samuel E. Johnson was named acting chief of detectives by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus , director of public safety.
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Grand Jury Clears Number Suspects
Two men alleged by city and county authorities to have succeeded the Klosterman brothers in controlling the Camden numbers racket last Spring, were exonerated by the Camden county grand jury.
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Police Force Politics Banned Commissioner Kobus Declares
Calls for 100% Efficiency and Promises Square Deal for All in Talk to Commanders; Stresses Fact Colsey is Chief "I want 100% efficient police department and not a political machine.
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Store Bandits to be Quizzed in Chester on Feitz Murder
Material Witness Will View Suspects Caught by Camden Sleuths BRICKNER QUESTIONED BY COLSEY ON HOLDUP Police Order All Persons Arrested to Face 'Line Up' in Slaying Probe Seven men and women held by Camden as police as material witnesses in the murder of Detective William T. Feitz two weeks ago in an alleged South Camden disorderly house will look over two men arrested in Chester PA after a store holdup here.
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Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed
Mayor Roy R. Stewart says a shakeup of the Camden police department is likely after the slaying of District Detective William T. Feitz in a disorderly house at 243 Sycamore Street.
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12 Questioned, 2 Men Held in Murder Probe
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
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'Vigilantes' To Curb Camden Vandals Suggested to City
North Camden Group Would Have Citizens' Committee and Junior Patrol Up to Mayor Stewart Formation of a "Citizens Committee" to curb vandalism and the development of a "Juvenile Patrol" to encourage young boys to co-operate with police, were suggested last night at a conference in the office of Police Captain Arthur Colsey .
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Mothers Hysterical in Boy Vandal Trial
Refuses Leniency to Sons, Blames Hartmann, Who Hits Back, Charges Inconsistency and Reveals Threat Hysterics among three mothers, one of whom fainted, as their young sons were held for court yesterday inspired another attack on Police Judge Garfield Pancoast by Frank J. Hartmann, Jr. , secretary of the North Camden Civic Association.
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Murphy and Pedigree To End Long Service With Camden Police
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
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Lewis H. Stehr, Chief of Police, Dies Suddenly
Head of Camden Force Succumbs to Heart Disease in Cooper Hospital City Flags Ordered At Half-Staff for Month Body to Lie in State Friday Night; Final Rites at 2 P.M. Saturday Funeral rites for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr , who died suddenly at 11.30 a.m. yesterday in Cooper Hospital , will be conducted at 2 pm on Saturday.
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City Policeman Drowns in Lake at Blackwood
Camden motorcycle policeman Joseph G. Ward, 34, of 1572 Louis Street, drowned in Blackwood lake in May 1930 when his canoe overturned after a Moonlight Social Club outing; Gloucester Township police opened an investigation.
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Hurley Gets Contract for Police Uniforms
Camden Courier-Post - March 29, 1930 Contract for new police uniforms was awarded yesterday to the Hurley store by the city commission, which heretofore had contracted with a Philadelphia firm.
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Three Women Claim Body of 'Gimp' Thomas
One Is 'Daughter,' Others Say They're Wives; Badge Mystery Unexplained Who is the legal wife of Howard "Gimp" Thomas, under cover man for Camden police, whose death in an automobile upset early Saturday morning near Ellisburg is being investigated by county authorities?
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Police Invite Bandits to Nice Shooting Party
Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1928 But Yeggs Must Leave Gats at Home While Cops Practice With Camden's new Desperado Eliminators Wanted: Targets for Camden's new desperado eliminators.
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Captains Shifted
A Camden police shake-up returns Captain William Schregler to his post as captain of detectives, two years after Edward King replaced him.
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Voodoo Man Confesses Bigamy
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.
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Police Find Bloodstained Hatchet and Hidden Vault in Hyghcock's Voodoo Den
Camden police tear apart "Dr." H.H. Hyghcock's Liberty Street "voodoo den," finding a bloodstained hatchet, a hidden vault, and infant remains, as Director Tempest and the detective captains interrogate the self-styled medicine man.
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'Voodoo' Is Held for Murder
Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.
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Police Elect Officers
The Camden Police Beneficial Association makes charitable donations at its annual session and elects officers for the year, including Edward Hyde as financial secretary.
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Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One
Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.
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Police Carnival was a Gigantic Success
The second annual industrial show and carnival of the Camden Police Beneficial Association draws more than 50,000 to the Third Regiment Armory; Captain Edward Hyde served on the organizing committee.
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Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.