Tag: Gustav A. Koerner
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David S. Rhone
Dr. David Samuel Rhone was born in Pennsylvania on March 5, 1878. Around 1920, he and his wife Florence relocated to Camden, NJ, where he established a medical practice and a pharmacy known as the Crescent Drug Company, situated at 1202 Haddon Avenue. As a member of the Republican Party, Dr. Rhone achieved electoral success…
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Gustav A. Koerner
Born on August 17, 1896, Gustav Albert Koerner Sr. had a long and distinguished career with the Camden Police Department. He began his service on June 16, 1923, and quickly rose through the ranks. By February of 1928, he was one of Camden’s motorcycle policemen, and by 1935, he had been promoted to Detective Sergeant.…
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Police Drive On Sunday Sales Here
Camden Courier-Post – November 24, 1955 Merchant Vows He’ll Open Store Despite Ban Police said today they would “crack down” on any store which attempts to open Sunday for the sale of general merchandise in violation of the city’s 49-year-old “blue laws.” The threat of police action was aimed at the Windsor Fifth Avenue Store…
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Merchants Laud Crackdown on Street Peddlers
Camden Courier-Post – October 27, 1955 Nuisance Eliminated, They Say, Praising Action by Police Camden City’s police crackdown on the illegal operations of pretzel vendors and other type peddlers in the mid-city business area was hailed today by the merchants. All merchants contacted agreed the problem has been eliminated and expressed hope the regulation would…
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Police Investigate 3 Fires in 4 Hours In One Section
Camden Courier-Post – July 31, 1952 Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug. The blaze which razed the Kaighn School, 5th and Chestnut Sts., Seriously damaged…
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Koerner Made Police Chief; Carroll, Mattison Promoted
Camden Courier-Post – November 29, 1949 Johnson, Garrity Move As Aaron Shifts Officers Capt. Gustav Koerner, youngest of six men holding that rank in the department, today was named Camden police chief. Public Safety Director Aaron announced the appointment and the 53-year-old Koerner, a member of the department 26 years, was sworn in by County…
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Frank Palese Surrenders In Racket Quiz
Camden Courier-Post – February 15, 1938 Lent Car to Others He Says; Denies Charges Frank Palese, 26, of 900 South Fourth street, wanted as one of the alleged operators of the new “bingo” lottery racket, surrendered yesterday to County Detective Wilfred Dube. Palese had been sought during the weekend as the “big shot” of the…
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11 Nabbed by Police in Gambling Raids
Camden Courier-Post – February 14, 1938 7 Arrested in Bingo Numbers Racket; 4 Seized in Betting Place Ten men and a woman were arrested in gambling raids over the weekend by Camden city and county authorities. Seven were arrested for operating a “bingo numbers” racket. A warrant also was issued for Frank Palese, 400 Spruce…
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Wirtz to Hear Fate in Bandit Quiz Today
Camden Courier-Post – March 19, 1936 Colsey Doubts Cop Will Face Charges; Case to Go to Garnd Jury Decision on any action to be taken against Stanley Wirtz, suspended Camden detective charged with having furnished the guns and automobile for a holdup, will be made today by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus and Police Chief Arthur…
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Wirtz Ordered to Face Inquiry By Mrs. Kobus
Camden Courier-Post – March 18, 1936 Carr and Koerner Will Be Questioned in Holdup Case Caution is urged by Justice Lloyd Detective Stanley Wirtz, suspended by Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday pending investigation into charges that he supplied the guns and an automobile for a holdup, has been ordered to appear today before Commissioner Mary…
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‘Joey’ Powell Rearrested As County Opens Holdup Probe
Camden Courier-Post – March 17, 1936 Orlando Acts as City Cops Free Former Boxer in Payroll Plot Frameup Charged by Another Suspect Prisoner Says Ex-Fighter Got Him in on Theft, Tipped Police Joseph “Joey” Powell, former boxer who was arrested by city police in connection with a South Camden holdup and subsequently released, was rearrested…
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Illness Causes Shifts for Police Officials
Camden Courier-Post – February 26, 1936 Temporary changes in the police department to offset the absence of Lieutenant George Frost, head of the First District, who is ill, and Lieutenant George Ward, of headquarters, who is away on police business, were announced yesterday by Chief Arthur Colsey. Sgt. John Potter, of the Third District, is…
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Johnson Gets Ward’s Job as Kobus Orders Cop Shakeup
By Charles L. Humes In a shakeup of Camden police officials yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Samuel E. Johnson was named acting chief of detectives by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety. Lieutenant George A. Ward, who has been in charge of the detective bureau for a year, was transferred to take Johnson’s place in…
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Arrest of Six Links Numbers And Fake Cash
Camden Courier-Post – August 10, 1935 Men Nabbed Here Believed to Be Members of Ring A tie-up between a huge counterfeiting ring and a gambling syndicate backing the “numbers” was believed unearthed by Camden police and Federal authorities following the arrest here yesterday of six colored men on charges of attempting to pass bogus money.…
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Store Bandits to be Quizzed in Chester on Feitz Murder
Camden Courier-Post Evening Courier – September 14, 1934 Material Witness Will View Suspects Caught by Camden Sleuths BRICKNER QUESTIONED BY COLSEY ON HOLDUP Police Order All Persons Arrested to Face ‘Line Up’ in Slaying Probe Seven men and women held by Camden as police as material witnesses in the murder of Detective William T. Feitz…