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Karl Kellmann

Rowhouses along the west side of High Street, seen looking south from North 21st Street on a clear winter day.
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High Street

High Street runs east from East State Street through Cramer Hill to the Pennsauken border at North 42nd Street, with a dogleg at North 26th Street. Home to the Thomas H. Dudley and Henry H. Davis schools, and notorious since 1985 as a drug corner at North 25th Street.

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Group photo of Hook and Ladder Company 3, Hose and Chemical Company 1, and Engine Company 9, 1924
People

John H. Vickers

John H. Vickers (1863–1939) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1904, rising to Captain of Engine Company 9 in 1924, and lived with his family at 202 North 27th Street from 1920.

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Trenton Times item, 20-Year-Old Boy Guilty as Slayer, on Peter Coursey's conviction for killing Karl Kellman, November 14, 1912.
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20-Year-Old Boy Guilty as Slayer

A Camden jury found Peter Coursey, alias "Cowboy Pete," 20, guilty of first degree murder for killing Karl Kellman; defense counsel planned to appeal to the Board of Pardons because of his youth.

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Camden Post-Telegram, October 16, 1912: More witnesses in the Kellmann murder.
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More Witnesses in Kellmann Murder

Police located two more witnesses in the Karl Kellmann murder case: Berthold Neuman of 2813 High Street, who crossed the Twenty-seventh street bridge shortly before the shots, and railroad man Stewart Dahm, who was confronted by Duffield near Twenty-sixth street.

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Haggerty Missed Kellmann's Fate, Camden Post-Telegram clipping, October 15, 1912
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Haggerty Missed Kellmann’s Fate

Detectives Painter and Moffett identify William Haggerty of 2806 Carman Street as the man who crossed the Twenty-seventh street railroad bridge just before Karl Kellmann's murder; he spoke to Duffield there and went on without being interfered with.

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Camden Post-Telegram, October 15, 1912: Services to-night for slain youth Karl Kellmann.
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Services To-night for Slain Youth

Funeral services for Karl F. Kellmann, murdered the previous Saturday night, were set for his parents' home at 2919 High Street, with Rev. Charles A. Walker of Grace Presbyterian Church officiating and private interment at Arlington Cemetery.

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