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Josiah Matlack served as Chief of Police of Camden from 1880 to 1886. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1830, he came to Camden as a young man, served on City Council, and was appointed police chief by Mayor Claudius W. Bradshaw.
Hundreds lined the streets and firehouse bells tolled as the cortege of Captain Martin B. Carrigan passed through Camden to Arlington Cemetery, escorted by ninety-two firemen under Chief Peter B. Carter.
Camden's municipal buildings, police stations and firehouses were draped in mourning for Captain Martin Carrigan, who died of injuries received fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire; city council voted to pay the expense of his funeral.
Captain Martin B. Carrigan of Engine Company No. 2 died at Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and severe burns received while leading his men at the Economy Store fire on Kaighn Avenue.
Camden's 1919 Memorial Day observance placed twelve gold star wreaths for the 134 county men who died in the war. Marshal Arthur Stanley led a platoon of police and Mayor Ellis in the march to the Y.M.C.A. under the Court of Honor.
George Williams of Philadelphia's St. Patrick's Club won the five-mile Marathon race staged in Camden by the Business Improvement Association. Captain Stanley and a force of mounted and foot policemen struggled to open a lane through the dense crowd for the runners.
Camden's municipal bodies reorganized for 1912 with James E. Hewitt returning as Council president. Police Captain Stanley was among those in contention for the post of excise inspector.
Mayor Ellis adds twenty-five officers to the Camden police force and orders several promotions, elevating Edward Hyde and A. Lincoln James from sergeants to captains.
Three firemen — George Shields, William Hillman, and William Jobes — are killed and nine people injured when fire destroys the old Sixth Regiment Armory in Camden.
Thousands attended the funeral of Camden Chief of Police John Foster in March 1906; among the donors of floral tributes was John Carroll.
Business men of southern Camden move to block the removal of Police Captain Arthur Stanley; were he ousted, Sergeant Edward Hyde would fill the vacancy.
Acting on Mayor Ellis's recent order, police under Captain Stanley raided four Camden places and seized slot machines; the proprietors were to be heard before Recorder Stackhouse.
The August 26, 1896 Camden Daily Courier account of Josiah Matlack's funeral at the residence of Charles H. Ellis, Jr., conducted by Rev. J. S. Heisler with lodge representatives as pall-bearers and interment at Harleigh Cemetery.
The August 25, 1896 funeral notice for Josiah Matlack, inviting relatives and members of Ionic Lodge No. 94, Camden Lodge No. 155, and Pottowottomie Tribe to services at the residence of Charles H. Ellis, Jr., 915 South Fifth Street, with interment at Harleigh Cemetery.
The August 24, 1896 Camden Post obituary of ex-Chief of Police Josiah Matlack, who died at the home of City Council President Charles Ellis after being prostrated by heat at Ocean City. It recounts his Council service, Masonic and fraternal memberships, and his tenure as chief under Mayor Bradshaw.
Mayor Westcott announces four members of the Board of Public Instruction and a fresh batch of new policemen, including Edward Hyde of the Seventh Ward, while asking Democratic holdovers to resign.
The Camden Daily Telegram's account of Mayor Westcott's appointments to the Board of Commissioners of Instruction and the police force, including Edward Hyde of the Seventh Ward, followed by a column of political notes.