Tag: Garfield S. Pancoast
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Herbert Allen Sampson – Oral History
“Q- Where was the first home you remembered? “A- The first home that I can remember was at 12th, that I really remember, was on 12th and Penn streets in Camden. “Q- How old were you then? “A – I don’t know, 3 or 4 years old. “Q- Do you remember what the house looked…
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Joseph Klosterman
Joseph Peter Klosterman was born on November 8, 1898, in New Jersey, to Frederick and Catherine Klostermann. His father was a cigar maker. By the time of the 1910 census, and through at least 1929, the family lived at 1148 Kaighn Avenue. At some point prior to 1917, Joseph stopped using the second “n” in…
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Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun
Camden Courier-Post – September 18, 1933 SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller, 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son. The slayer,…
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12 Arrests Halt Bogus Money Flow
Camden Courier-Post – August 16, 1933 South Jersey Police Believe Majority of Those in “Ring” Are in Jail Flooding of South Jersey with counterfeit money was believed by police to be effectively stopped yesterday with a total of 12 suspects now held for prosecution. Six men, all of Philadelphia, arraigned yesterday before Police Judge Garfield…
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Jimmy Rodgers is Given 180 Days
Camden Courier-Post – August 15, 1933 Former Boxer Jailed on Speakeasy Charge, Held on Stolen Goods Count James “Jimmy” Rodgers, 28-year-old former boxer who on numerous occasions has run afoul of the law, was sentenced yesterday to serve 180 days in the county jail for operating a speakeasy at 1000 Segal Street. In addition, he…
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Orator Hits N.R.A., Gets Sock; Khaki Shirt Speaker Jailed
Camden Courier-Post – August 8, 1933 First Victim Carried Away After Punch, Second Is Arrested for Carrying Riding Crop Loaded With Lead Attacks on President Roosevelt’s N.R.A. program by two open-air orators at the court house plaza ended yesterday when one, a “Khaki Shirt,” was arrested on a charge of inciting to riot and the…
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Mothers Hysterical in Boy Vandal Trial
Camden Courier-Post – June 29, 1933 Refuses Leniency to Sons, Blames Hartmann, Who Hits Back, Charges Inconsistency and Reveals Threat Hysterics among three mothers, one of whom fainted, as their young sons were held for court yesterday inspired another attack on Police Judge Garfield Pancoast by Frank J. Hartmann, Jr., secretary of the North Camden…
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Nude Bathing Story Had Wrong Sponsor
Camden Courier-Post – June 28, 1933 Civic Group Secretary Says He Did Not Refer to Erector of Petting Sign A nudist bathing resort may be established on Cooper river in North Camden, but Lewis B. Simon, Haddonfield tire dealer and Delaware Township farmer, doesn’t intend to be its sponsor. Simon made that plain yesterday in…
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‘Nude Bathing Allowed Here, Police Keep Out’
Camden Courier-Post – June 26, 1933 Announcement of Delaware Township’s ‘Humanitarians’ Intention Made to North Camden Civic Group by Target of Pancoast’s Criticism A nudist bathing “colony” on the muddy banks of Cooper River! This is the latest plan of Lewis B. Simon, of Delaware township, who attracted attention three weeks ago when he established…
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Man Jailed 3 Months in Theft of Watch
Camden Courier-Post – June 25, 1933 Charged, with the larceny of a watch belonging to Albert L. Hawkins, of Collingswood; John H. Evans, 64, of 2117 Sherman Avenue, was sentenced to three months in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast. Hawkins, who is a painter, said he was at work Thursday on the second…
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Hartmann Denies He Complained in Nude Bathers Case
Camden Courier-Post – June 25, 1933 Resents Imputation by Judge Pancoast of Being Prudish ‘Person’ Says Mayor Sent Cops Mayor Roy R. Stewart made the complaint which led to the arrest of 14 nude male bathers in North Camden Thursday, Frank J. Hartmann declared Saturday. Hartmann so stated in a letter expressing resentment to an…
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2 Jailed for Begging Money from Autoists
Camden Courier-Post – June 25, 1933 Charged with being drunk and disorderly, James Kelly, 34, of 324 Penn Street, and Charles Murphy, 59, of 423 Stevens Street, were each sentenced to 60 days in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast. They were arrested at Eleventh and Linden streets yesterday on complaint of motorists who…
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Pancoast Frees Nude Bathers, Scores Those Causing Arrest
Camden Courier-Post – June 24, 1933 Boys and Young Men, However, Are Asked to Carry Bathing Suits on Next Visit To Cooper River Fourteen boys and young men arrested as nude bathers Thursday as the sequel to a city commission meeting, were freed yesterday by Judge Garfield Pancoast with the advice that they wear bathing…
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Pancoast Proves 3.2 Beer Did Not Make Man Tipsy
Police Judge Pancoast is firmly convinced that 3.2 beer is not intoxicating. He emphatically expressed himself so to George Shuts, 34, of 410 Birch Street, Saturday when Shuts, who was charged with drunkenness, said he had been drinking beer. Detective Clifford Carr said he found the man “down and out.” “You never got in the…
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Elks to Observe Flag Day Tonight
Camden Courier-Post – June 12, 1933 Uniformed Veterans to Join Lodge Members in Colorful Ceremonies Arrangements are completed for the Flag Day celebration to be held tonight by the Camden Elks Lodge Lodge at Seventh and Cooper Streets. The program will open at 7.30 p.m. Doors of the lodge room will be opened to the…