
Russell J. Anderson
Russell J. Anderson (1897–1958) served with the Camden Fire Department for over 27 years, from December 1930 until his death in June 1958, assigned to Ladder Company 1 and later the Electrical Bureau.
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Russell J. Anderson (1897–1958) served with the Camden Fire Department for over 27 years, from December 1930 until his death in June 1958, assigned to Ladder Company 1 and later the Electrical Bureau.

City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.

Carpenter Street was a narrow residential street in North Camden, running from North 8th Street to Cooper Street. Most of it was destroyed in the 1940 Hollingshead Factory fire and later razed for Interstate 676; today only the 800 block remains.

Allen's Court, sometimes referred to as Allen Court, ran south to north parallel to North 2nd Street. The court had six houses, originally numbered 102–112, and was gone by 1947.

Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.

Herbert Anderson was born in New Jersey in 1891 to George W. Anderson and his wife Lizzie Anderson, one of at least four children. His father served as a member of the Camden Police Department from the 1890s through at least 1916.

Judson Place ran for half a block north from 437 Stevens Street between West Street and South 5th Street in South Camden. Its two homes, at 439 and 441 Judson Place, were occupied as late as 1947 but have long since been razed.


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 .

Calls for 100% Efficiency and Promises Square Deal for All in Talk to Commanders; Stresses Fact Colsey is Chief "I want 100% efficient police department and not a political machine.
Police Judge Garfield Pancoast sentenced Emil Hatter to 50 days and two men found in his speakeasy — including Edward Mackay of 531 Ray Street — to 60 days each after they denied buying drinks there.
Camden Courier-Post - February 11, 1933 Somebody opened a "store" at 15 South Fourth Street yesterday, without the formality of first obtaining a "soft drink license'.

Pleading non vult to charge of operating a "numbers" headquarters raided by the police last July, Dominic Olivette , 28, of 444 Royden street , was fined $100 and given a suspended sentence of six months in criminal court yesterday.
Dominic Olivette, 28, of 444 Royden Street, pleaded non vult to operating a numbers headquarters and was fined $100 with a suspended sentence. Herbert Lantry, 35, of 519 Ray Street, received a separate fine.

Four youths, including Walter Urban of 109 Allen's Court, were arrested and five bicycles recovered in a ring of bicycle thefts broken by Camden police. Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1933.

A ring of bicycle thieves is believed by police to have been broken last night with the arrest of four youths and recovery of five bicycles and parts of several others.

A police department shakeup announced by Mayor Roy R. Stewart abolished Camden's fourth police district; Sergeant Edward Hahn was among the officers transferred to the traffic squad.

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.

Sergeants Samuel Johnson and Thomas Cunningham were sworn in as Camden police lieutenants, and reports circulated that five patrolmen — among them Edward Hahn of the third district — would soon be promoted to sergeant.

Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.