People
Frank Truax
Frank Truax was born on September 12, 1882, to Mr. and Mrs. John Truax in Camden, NJ.
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Clayton Truax
Born on December 11, 1814, in Gloucester City, Clayton Truax relocated to Camden in 1833 and began his apprenticeship as a shoemaker under Reilly Barrett.
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Baring Street
Baring Street runs for one block in South Camden, from Chestnut Street south to Kaighn Avenue, between Marion Street and South 6th Street. The homes were built in 1888 by Wilson Ernst, one of Camden's most active builders of the 1880s.
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Police Sergeant Truax Buried at Harleigh
Camden Courier-Post - July 6, 1932 Police Sergeant Frank Truax , who died Thursday night from a complication of diseases, was buried yesterday in Harleigh Cemetery.
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Frank Truax Dies
Camden Courier-Post - July 1, 1932 POLICE SERGEANT Second District Officer Had Been in Service Since 1917 Police Sergeant Frank Truax of the Second Police District died at last night in Cooper Hospital of a complication of diseases.
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2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares
Within two hours, two wives in the 200 block of Chestnut Street ran into the street crying "murder"; Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright subdued both knife-wielding husbands.
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Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral
Body Will Lie in State Tonight—Burial Tomorrow Afternoon Funeral arrangements were completed yesterday for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr , who died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack.
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2 Police Officers Made Lieutenants
Sergeants Samuel Johnson and Thomas Cunningham were sworn in as Camden police lieutenants, and reports circulated that five patrolmen — among them Edward Hahn of the third district — would soon be promoted to sergeant.
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Fines Total $1005 in Weekend Raids
Camden Courier-Post - March 25, 1930 Three Proprietors Assessed $100 Each!
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Safe Combination Blown; $350 Stolen
A 1928 Camden Evening Courier report on the burglary of three Haddon Avenue offices, where $350 was blown from a safe and linked to the Flannery shooting.
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Girl Tells of Leap to Escape Captor
Youth Accused by Child of Luring Into House is Held for Trial After little 10-year-old Mamie Zimmie, 1181 Morton Street , finished telling a story of how she had been lured into a house, and had escaped by leaping to the ground from a porch roof.
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Ghost Sniper Seen! Fires on 2 Girls, Bullet is Found
Camden Courier-Post - January 28, 1928 See Man Fleeing After Missile Crashes Through Window of Home "It's All Right Louie" He Cries on Street Crowded Merchantville Trolley Fired on But No Pellet is Found Camden's " phantom sniper " has been seen.
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Jewelry Clerk Held in Robbery of Store
Loot Values at $2000 Taken from Broaday Shop; Second Visit of Thieves Climbing to the roof of a shed in the rear of the Greenetz & Pellicoff jewelry store , 833 Broadway , burglars entered the shop early today and carried away $2,000 in loot.
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Hold Woman's Assailant
Jacob Ballerstein, 47, of 1149 Baring Street, held in $200 bail for assault and battery on Mrs. Rebecca Hoffman after striking her with a broom near a saloon on Second Street and Kaighn Avenue.