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Fred Klosterman, also known as Frederick Klostermann Jr., was born on September 13, 1900, to Frederick and Catherine Klostermann. His father worked as a cigar maker, and the family lived at 1148 Kaighn Avenue until 1929.
Westmont Victim Reported to Have Been Aide of Klosterman Scarduzio Death Tie-Up Also Seen A reputed employee of Fred Klosterman , Camden numbers baron, was shot and killed in Philadelphia last night in what police there believed was an inter-city fight for control of the numbers racket.
Two men alleged by city and county authorities to have succeeded the Klosterman brothers in controlling the Camden numbers racket last Spring, were exonerated by the Camden county grand jury.
At the second trial of Fred and Joseph Klosterman on 12 lottery counts, five witnesses testified they had worked for the brothers' numbers bank, while five convicted numbers writers, among them Walter Hart of 1245 Thurman Street, were returned from state prison to testify.
Unidentified benefactors paid in scrip the fines of three convicted numbers writers, including Crawford Smith of 702 Carman Street and Arthur Woodridge, two state witnesses whose wavering testimony led to the acquittal of Fred and Joe Klosterman.
The arrest of Crawford Smith on numbers-writing charges brought to 10 the number of people apprehended that week in Camden's numbers-racket crackdown, running alongside the investigation into the murder of Detective William T. Feitz Jr.
Chez La Joy advertisement in the Camden Courier-Post, May 1934, announcing a new all-star floor show of all-colored entertainers at Mt. Ephraim and Mechanic Street.
Camden Brothers Released in Bail Awaiting Sentence They Are Big Shots,' Prosecutor Declares Both Defendants Deny Connection With Raided Saloon Joseph and Fred Klosterman were convicted in Camden Criminal Court yesterday of operating a numbers racket.
Judge Shay Enjoys Verbal Tilt Between Gotshalk and Walter Keown, But it Fails to Enter Into Evidence A mysterious piece of paper yesterday precipitated a verbal battle between Assistant Prosecutor William C. Gotshalk and Defense Attorney Walter S. Keown upon opening of the trial of Joseph and Fred Klosterman on charges of number writing.
Police said the shooting of Policeman Robert Ward on Sixth Street near Everett Street frustrated a planned robbery of the new bank at Westville; Edward Dillon and Edward Brannin were held while five bandits escaped in Fred Klosterman's car. Camden Courier, June 8, 1925.
Policeman Robert Ward lay dying after a gang of seven Philadelphia bandits shot him on Sixth Street; two were captured, and five forced autoist Fred Klosterman of 1123 Whitman Avenue to drive them to Gloucester. Camden Courier, June 6, 1925.