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Newspaper clipping: Camden Sleuths Nab Man for State Police, Camden Courier-Post, June 4, 1932
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Camden Sleuths Nab Man for State Police

Camden Detectives Vernon Jones and Thomas Cheesman arrested Phillip Attardi of 320 Vine Street at Broadway and Line Streets on a charge of "on suspicion" after state police asked Camden police to look for him.

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PS Purifier Detonates in South Camden - 1932-03-09 -1
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P.S. Purifier Detonates in South Camden

Explosion at Locust and Cherry Traps Workers in Structure; Victims Mostly Temporary Employees Cleaning Metal Tank FOUR OTHERS INJURED, ONE MAY DIE; POISONOUS FUMES HAMPER RESCUE A terrific explosion in the purifying plant of the Public Service Gas and Electric Company at the Southeast corner of Locust and Cherry Streets killed 14 men today and injured four others, one of whom may die.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, Dec. 13, 1930: Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today
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Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

Camden prepared to pay its last respects to Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, whose funeral cortege would leave Schroeder's, 538 Broadway, for Harleigh Cemetery. Several thousand persons viewed the body, and the entire police department marched past it.

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Camden Morning Post clipping, Dec. 13, 1930: Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today
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Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

The Camden Morning Post reported that the funeral cortege of Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr would leave Schroeder's Chapel, Broadway and Royden street, for Harleigh Cemetery, after thousands filed past his bier and the entire police department marched past the body.

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Camden Morning Post headline: 6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers, December 12, 1930
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6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers

Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.

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Lewis H. Stehr, Chief of Police, Dies Suddenly

Head of Camden Force Succumbs to Heart Disease in Cooper Hospital City Flags Ordered At Half-Staff for Month Body to Lie in State Friday Night; Final Rites at 2 P.M. Saturday Funeral rites for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr , who died suddenly at 11.30 a.m. yesterday in Cooper Hospital , will be conducted at 2 pm on Saturday.

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