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Benjamin Simon

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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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124 North 32nd Street, shooting, 1952
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E. Camden Woman Shoots Husband; Son, 15, Escapes

Mrs. George Beitzel of 124 North 32nd Street shot her husband, a Pennsylvania Railroad policeman, in the arm and fired at their 15-year-old son, who ducked and escaped. Judge Benjamin Dzick refused her guilty plea and held her for the grand jury.

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Gangster Murder Stock Photo
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Gunmen In Philadelphia Murder Colozzi in Numbers War

Westmont Victim Reported to Have Been Aide of Klosterman Scarduzio Death Tie-Up Also Seen A reputed employee of Fred Klosterman , Camden numbers baron, was shot and killed in Philadelphia last night in what police there believed was an inter-city fight for control of the numbers racket.

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M.F. Middleton Felled by Gas In House Here

Former Camden City Commissioner Melbourne F. Middleton, Jr., was found unconscious from gas in his former home at 538 Cooper Street; the Camden Fire Department First Aid Squad, including Russell Anderson, worked to revive him.

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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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Gun Stock Photo
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Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun

SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller , 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.

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Stricken by Food in Camden Factory - 1933-06-24
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Stricken by Food in Camden Factory

60 Overcome While At Work in RCA Victor; Probe Started New York Ship Employees Sent to Hospital From Ptomaine Workers of 4 Firms Listed Among Victims Sandwiches Served by Philadelphia Caterer Believed to Be Responsible Nearly 100 Camden factory and shipyard workers were poisoned yesterday after eating food contained in box lunches.

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Safecracker Escapes from Mt Holly Jail - 1933-06-19
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Safecracker Escapes from Mt. Holly Jail

Prize Prisoner Held Secretly Seven Weeks Saws Way Out Guarded Rigidly, Segregated From Others, Accused of Two Robberies Slips Through Hole 'Too Tiny for Any Man' Drops to Yard by 'Rope' of Sheets; Saw Horse Helps Him Over Wall "Eddie" Adamski, most notorious of local gangland's safecrackers, has escaped from a Mt. Holly jail.

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Pancoast Refuses to Let Cops Bare Holdup Evidence

Police Judge Then Holds Two Camden Suspects Without Bail Cash Not Recovered After refusing defense counsel's request that the city police bare their evidence, Police Judge Pancoast yesterday held two suspects without bail in the recent $11,790 Radio Condenser Company holdup and two other youths as material witnesses.

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BREWERY OFFICE RANSACKED IN MYSTERY THEFT

Two Rooms Turned Upside Down But Safe Is Not Robbed POLICE THINK PAPERS WERE BURGLARS' GOAL Officials of Camden Firm Are Unable to Explain Motive of Attempt Burglars ransacked the offices of the Camden County Beverage Company early yesterday but what they took, if anything, had not been disclosed late last night.

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'Buck' Sage Held as 'Hit-Runner'

Detainer Lodged Against Sportsman in Shooting of Waterhouse A detainer against Russell "Buck" Sage , held in Gloucester on a hit-run charge, was lodged last night by Camden police, who claim the South Camden sportsman "knows more than he has told" of the shooting of Harry "Gyp" Waterhouse.

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Burglar Stock Photo
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Four Suspects Caught as Series of Weekend Robberies Keep Police Busy

Stolen Garage Loot Found in Auto As 4 Men Are Nabbed Trio Held at Gloucester for Robbing Store at Westville Grove Oil Stove is Stolen Loot valued at several hundred dollar was recovered and four men arrested over the weekend as many robberies were reported to police throughout South Jersey.

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