Tag: Frank Truax
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Frank Truax
Frank Truax was born on September 12, 1882, to Mr. and Mrs. John Truax in Camden, NJ. His father, a trainmaster, had a notable family legacy, with his grandfather Clayton Truax having served two one-year terms as Mayor of Camden in the late 1850s. According to the 1900 Census, John Truax and his family resided…
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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. Establishing a prosperous shoe store in the 300 block of Arch Street, Truax achieved success in his trade. While his name is often spelled as “Trueax” in contemporary articles, it…
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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. He was 50 and resided at 1139 Kenwood Avenue. Sergeant Truax was admitted to the institution at…
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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. More than two score policemen, as well as city officials, attended services at the funeral parlor of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. Rev. E. M. Munyon, pastor of Eighth Street…
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2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares
Camden Courier-Post – October 27, 1931 And Two Hubbies on Warpath, Both Brandishing Knives, Subdued by Same Cop Will Tell It to Same Judge Today Two wives, within two hours, excited the neighborhood of Chestnut Street in the 200 block by running into the street and calling “murder.” In both instances Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright…
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Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral
Camden Evening Courier, Morning Post – December 12, 1930 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. The body will lie in state tonight between 7 and 10 p.m. at the Schroeder Chapel,…
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Fines Total $1005 in Weekend Raids
Camden Courier-Post – March 25, 1930 Three Proprietors Assessed $100 Each! Two Disorderly Houses and Restaurant Hit A weekend of raiding in which 59 men and women were arrested in two disorderly houses, and a restaurant dispensing beer enriched the coffers of the Camden city treasury yesterday by $1005. Proprietors of the three establishments were…
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Safe Combination Blown; $350 Stolen
Camden Evening Courier – September 18, 1928 Three Offices on Haddon Ave. Entered; Flannery Shooting Angle Seen Theft of $350 from a safe in one of three offices on Haddon avenue, broken into by robbers last night, led police to believe that possibly the shooting of Joseph “Mose” Flannery might have been the aftermath of…
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Girl Tells of Leap to Escape Captor
Camden Courier-Post – January 31, 1928 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. Police Judge Bernard Bertman…
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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. The man who had terrorized occupants of motorbuses, drivers of automobiles and residents of homes…
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Jewelry Clerk Held in Robbery of Store
Camden Courier-Post – January 7, 1928 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. At noon today, Joseph Shapiro, 29…