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Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Kossuth Street ran south through South Camden from Van Hook Street to the railroad tracks; named for the Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth, much of it was razed in the 1950s for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Manor and Chelton Terrace public housing projects.
Frank Banks, 38, of 700 Baxter Street, stabbed in the chest and arms by a gang near his home and taken to West Jersey Hospital.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Floyd Alter Bell sentenced to 10 years for robbing the Star Beef Company; accomplice Frank Bank of 717 Baxter Street to face grand jury.
Donald Pollard, 10, of 779 Baxter Street, sentenced to five days in the Detention Home by Police Judge Bertman for throwing a brick at Rose Fanelli of 212 Line Street.
Vice squad raids nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden at midnight, including at 703 Baxter Street, the home of Walter Edgerton known as the 'Kentucky Rosebud.'
The Camden vice squad raided nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden in February 1927. The largest raid hit the home of former prize fighter Walter 'Kentucky Rosebud' Edgerton; Unity Hall at 318 Joint Alley was among the places raided.
Three women of Baxter Street sentenced to two months in jail; Curlie McGee of 817 Clare Street given four months for carrying concealed weapons.
Police and detectives swept disorderly houses across South Camden in one of the largest raids of the period, led by Capt. Lewis Stehr.
Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter Street held under $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse on a charge of assault and battery on James Buck of 716 Sycamore Street.
Harry Cross and Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter Street admit stealing iron pipe from Charles W. Moore to afford clothes for a sister's funeral.
Lizzie Green, 50, white, plunges a fork into the heart of John Gains, 20, at their house at 716 Baxter Street in a quarrel over another woman; Gains dies instantly.
Elizabeth Green stabs John Gideon in front of 731 Baxter Street; Gideon dies at Cooper Hospital fifteen minutes later.
Captain Stanley and officers raid a Baxter Street house alleged to be kept by Edward Jackson and Mame Douglas; six arrested.
Captain Arthur Stanley and a squad of officers raid an alleged gambling den at 729 Baxter Street, capturing six men with crap and poker paraphernalia.
Captain Stanley and officers raid a house at Baxter and Sycamore Streets with card and crap games in progress; six men arrested.
Captain Arthur Stanley and a squad raid policy-writers and speak-easies; among those arrested are residents of 703 and 721 Baxter Street.
Policeman George Horneff arrests eight people at 705 Baxter Street, an alleged disorderly house, including Mamie Boyle and Amanda Cross, held in $500 bail for keeping a disorderly house.
Two men in women's clothing rob George Brown of $30 on Baxter Street, fleeing toward Lily Row.
Ernest Waples, 'official bootblack,' sentenced to one year in State Prison for assaulting Julia Mason; his love letters intercepted and read in court.
Ernest Waples, 'pride of Baxter Street,' sentenced to one year in State Prison after being found guilty of assault and battery on Julia Mason.
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
Police Officer Hyde captures Charles Monroe and Alfred Robinson of 705 Baxter Street for stealing two hats from William Ross at Fourth and Kaighn Avenue.
Police raid a disorderly house at 1065 Diamond Street; among those captured is Carrie Green of 721 Baxter Street.
Clara Green, Minnie Depew, Rachel Gibbs, and Edward Jackson engage in a fight on Baxter Street; sentenced to ten days each by the Mayor.
'Sweeney' Derrickson arrested on Baxter Street for shooting at Charles Burton three times; Sergeant Harvey disarms the gunman after a chase.
Aged Elizabeth Nevis of 934 Baxter Street lies in precarious condition after alleged poisoning; warrants issued for her daughter Mary Walker of 702 Baxter Street.
Recorder Braker issues a warrant for Lulu Robinson, a woman of Baxter Street, charged with assault and battery on Mary Jones.
Richard White of 916 Baxter Street dies under suspicious circumstances; County Physician Jones to hold a post mortem after a quarrel with a man who had improper relations with his wife.
Lavinia Tunnell, a woman of Baxter Street, accused of stealing a clock and coat from her former partner George Matthews after he married another; dismissed by Recorder Braker.
Alexander Briscoe slashes Charles Jordan with a razor during a poker dispute; Briscoe located at 922 Baxter Street and arrested by Officer Butts.
Charles Bruce, of Coxtown, was badly cut at the home of Charles Brown at 704 Baxter Street after going to find his estranged wife; Mrs. Brown held in bail.