Historical Accounts
The Conley Family of Camden, NJ
A photographic record of the Conley family of Camden, New Jersey, who arrived in the late 1890s and were among the first families to move to Yorkship Village during World War I.
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Camden Police Department
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Raymond Stark
Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr. served 27 years in the Camden Police Department, appointed April 11, 1917 and retired on pension May 15, 1944, serving as traffic officer, district detective, patrolman and sergeant, and as a sergeant of the Camden Bridge police during a 1926 leave of absence (his 1953 obituary says he organized that force).
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John J. Toal
John J. Toal (1902–1971) joined the Camden Police Department on May 8, 1928 and was still serving as late as 1947. He and his wife Mary lived at 1115 North 31st Street in Cramer Hill at the time of the 1930 Census, and had moved to 902 North 23rd Street by 1947.
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Frank Guetherman
Frank Guetherman joined the Camden Police Department on March 1, 1928 and rose to sergeant. He also boxed professionally under the ring name Tip Gorman during the 1920s, competing as a welterweight in the Camden and Philadelphia area.
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George B. Johnson
George B. Johnson served as a Camden policeman for more than twenty years, patrolling the North and South Rosedale sections without making a single arrest. Appointed in 1899, promoted to sergeant in 1914 and pensioned in 1920, he made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940.
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William 'Indian Bill' May
William M. May (1888–1935), known as "Indian Bill," lived in East Camden for more than two decades. He first came to public attention in December 1910 after a suicide attempt following Elsie Staley's rejection of his marriage proposal, and remained a recurring figure in Camden newspaper reports for the next 25 years.
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Harry W. Horst
Harry W. Horst (c. 1873–1949) was one of Camden's first hardwood floor contractors, establishing his business in the city in 1910. He lived and worked out of his homes at 1240 North 19th Street and later 1021 North 32nd Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
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Joseph A. Hooven Jr.
Joseph Anthony Hooven Jr. (1915–1996) was a Camden police detective who graduated Camden Catholic High School in 1933 with a Villanova scholarship, joined the Camden Police Department in 1940, and rose to Detective Sergeant by December 1957.
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Edwin S. Wirtz
Edwin Stanley Wirtz (1914–1975), son of Camden policeman Stanley R. Wirtz and grandson of Camden fireman James McDade, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in October 1943 and served 22 years, retiring in October 1965 as an inspector in the Fire Marshal's office.
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George E. Schultz Jr.
Officer George E. Schultz Jr. (1942–1969) joined the Camden Police Department in November 1968 and was killed by a gunman on July 5, 1969 at the age of 26, alongside his Academy classmate Officer Charles Sutman.
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Arthur Stanley
Arthur Stanley (1845–1925), Camden police captain and Civil War veteran. Born in England, he came to America in 1853, served with Company G, 12th New Jersey Infantry at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Petersburg, and commanded the Second District of the Camden Police Department from 1898 until his retirement in 1916.
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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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Edward S. Hyde
Edward S. Hyde rose through the Camden Police Department from patrolman to acting chief, served as a Camden County Freeholder, and died in 1930.
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George Getley
George E. Getley (1906–1972) served as a motorcycle patrolman with the Camden Police Department from 1928, spending most of his career on motorcycle duty in South and East Camden.
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11th Street
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.
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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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35th Street
35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.
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30th Street
Thirtieth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, and to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. It is North 30th Street above Federal and South 30th below.
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28th Street
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
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27th Street
27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
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Camden Man Killed in Hatchet Attack
Josue Rivera, 40, was found fatally struck with a hatchet at his home on the 2700 block of Tyler Avenue in Cramer Hill; investigators believed the attacker may have known him.
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Ablett Village on the Edge
A 2008 Courier-Post report on drug dealing, three unsolved homicides and a proposed trespassing ordinance at Ablett Village, with residents largely unwilling to speak on the record. Camden Courier-Post, May 5, 2008.
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Suspect identified
Camden police issued an arrest warrant for Saint-claire Boatwright, 29, wanted for questioning in the murder of Efraim "Frank" Cintron at 47 North Dudley Street. Camden Courier-Post, May 9, 1982.
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5 Juveniles Arrested in Plant Blaze
Five North Camden boys aged 11 to 14 were arrested after a general-alarm fire at the vacant former John R. Evans Co. leather tanning plant at Second and Erie Streets in December 1971; the building's owner put his loss at $100,000 to $200,000, according to Fire Marshal Harold Pike.
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United Mission Rescue Corps
A Camden Courier-Post report of August 6, 1971 on the United Mission Rescue Corps, founded by Camden resident Lewis T. Lewis in July 1969, which had raised more than $20,000 but spent only about 15 per cent of it on disaster victims, and which used $7,000 of an inheritance to buy an office building at 2411 Federal Street.
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Two Widows of Camden Patrolmen
A Camden Courier-Post photograph from May 1971 shows the widows of patrolmen Charles W. Sutman and George E. Schultz Jr., slain in the line of duty in 1969, at Police Week ceremonies on Lits Plaza in Camden.
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Funeral Rites Held For Cops Killed By Gunman
Funeral services for two rookie Camden policemen gunned down in a senseless killing early last Saturday morning, July 5, were held for one Wednesday and the other will be held today.
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Signal Award Presented to Police Hero
Patrolman Peter Yecco received the Camden Police Department's Distinguished Service Award for a Delaware River rescue; among 16 officers commended was Sergeant Earl Wright.
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Cop Quizzes Robbed Couple
Holdup victims Morris and Sara Dworkin, robbed of about $300 in their grocery store at 876 Fairview Street, were photographed being questioned by Patrolman Joseph McCann in the Camden Detective Bureau.
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S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
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3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend
Burglars broke into three Camden businesses, including the 705 Bar on Chestnut Street and Paramount Billiards at 16 S. Broadway, and three Pennsauken homes over a December 1957 weekend, netting nearly $600; two men were held for breaking into Martini's Service Station at 4th and Main streets.
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James V. Paradise
Obituary of James V. Paradise, 65, of 1030 Collings Road, a member of the Camden police force until his retirement in 1943 and later a guard for Acme Stores Co.
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John Melfi Sr.
Obituary of John Melfi Sr., 74, of 24 Ablett Village, Camden — born in Italy, Camden resident for 42 years, maintenance man for Eavenson and Levering. Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1956.
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Edgar S. Boulton
Obituary for Edgar S. Boulton of 1133 Bergen Avenue, a retired Camden police officer who joined the department in 1908 after three years with the fire department; services at Gustav Roedel and Son Funeral Home.
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R. H. Stark Dies At 59; Retired City Policeman
Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr., 59, of 141 North 32nd Street, a retired Camden city policeman appointed in 1917 and pensioned in 1944, died of a heart condition in Cooper Hospital. He organized the Camden Bridge police force during a 1926 leave of absence and was a charter member and secretary of the Retired Police and Firemen's Association of Camden County.
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Memory of Cop Traps Suspect In '47 Holdup
Patrolman Joseph Carpenter recognized Robert Bailey, 49, of 236 Kaighn avenue, sought since 1947 on a robbery indictment; Municipal Judge Dzick held Bailey without bail for the grand jury.
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Civil Service OKs 77 in Police Test For Camden City
The state civil service announced that seventy-seven applicants passed the examination for patrolman in the Camden police department; 235 men took the test on May 6, 1950. The list, ranked by earned average with disabled veterans first, includes Harry Mailahn, 405 Beideman Avenue, no. 42.
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Howard Bean Dies At 56; Retired as Policeman June 2
Obituary of Howard Bean, 56, the Camden policeman and commander of the VFW Department of New Jersey in 1940–41, who died June 8, 1950 at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, six days after retiring on pension.
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James McTaggart, Policeman, Dies
Policeman James McTaggart, 54, of 3135 Waldorf Avenue, a World War I veteran appointed to the Camden police force in 1927, died in West Jersey Hospital. He was a brother of the late Policeman John McTaggart, who worked a beat on Broadway from Pine Street to Kaighn Avenue.
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New Officers Sworn In
New Camden police officers including William Bennett of 313 North 11th Street and James J. Large were sworn in and photographed at the signing ceremony in January 1949.
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Services on Friday for Detective Mills
Funeral services for Camden City Detective Edwin T. Mills, who died at Atlantic Shores hospital, Somers Point, were set for his residence at 240 Eutaw Avenue. Mills had been injured in a March 1943 collision of a police radio car and a bus at Broadway and Mickle Street.
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Lt. Edward C. Hahn Stricken on Street
Lt. Edward C. Hahn, a 22-year veteran of the Camden police department, collapsed and died of a heart attack outside a drugstore near his Third District station house on April 1, 1944.
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George B. Johnson, Ex-Patrolman, Dies
Obituary of George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as a patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920 after 21 years of service. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday at the home of his daughter on North Thirty-ninth Street, with burial at Harleigh Cemetery.
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Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
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John M'Taggart, Camden Policeman for 19 Years, Dies
Patrolman John McTaggart, 53, died in Cooper Hospital after 31 years in the Department of Public Safety, 12 as a fireman and 19 as a policeman walking the same Broadway beat from Kaighn Avenue to Line Street. He was the guest of honor at the annual St. Patrick's night party "A Nite in Ireland."
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Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
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Mrs. Kobus Names 3 Cops, 4 Firemen
Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced the appointment of three Camden policemen and four firemen in November 1940; among the new firefighters was John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street.
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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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Movie Patrons Getting Fingerprinted
As part of the government's plan to index the fingerprints of all citizens, Camden police took prints of patrons of the Lyric Theatre at Broadway and Newton Avenue, with Sergeant Rox Saponare fingerprinting theatre manager Birk Binnard.
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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."