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Fulton Street

27th Street and Federal Street - 1950s
Streets

27th Street

27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.

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Camden Evening Courier, March 23, 1945: De Sanctis Dies in Parked Car, Pal Wounded, with a photo of the bullet-riddled car
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De Sanctis Dies in Parked Car, Pal Wounded

Romeo DeSanctis, star witness against suspects in the Casablanca roadhouse holdup, was shot dead in a parked car on Mt. Ephraim Avenue near Kaighn hours after testifying before the grand jury; his companion Leon Grenkwicz was critically wounded.

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