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Camden has two separate 12th Streets: North Twelfth, which once ran from Federal Street to the Cooper River before being largely erased by highway construction, and South Twelfth, which runs from Fairview Street to Lakeshore Drive and is lined with post-World War II rowhouses.
Burd S. Garrett, of Hillcrest, is Under Guard at West Jersey Hospital Believe He Took Poison as Discovery Neared East End Trust Protected; Man Returned to Home Today Semiconscious Burd S. Garrett, 42 years old, 200 Wayne avenue , Hillcrest, near Merchantville, was placed under technical arrest this afternoon as he was being admitted to the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital .
Statement Will Set Forth Facts of G.O.P. Club Murder, Attorney Says With Joseph "Mose" Flannery at liberty under $3000 bail, a statement setting forth his part in the Sixth Ward Republican Club affray which resulted in the slaying of Joseph Cimini last Saturday, was promised today by his attorney, Samuel Orlando .
County Detectives Contend Philadelphia Gangster Was Slain in Quarrel Over Woman Police Claim Hold-up Attempt Caused Fight Deven Charged with Crime, Flannery and Taxi Driver Held Without Bail With city and county authorities definitely divided on the motive and circumstance if the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven was arraigned in Camden police court today and held without bail on a murder charge.
The police committee of Camden City Council directed Solicitor Bleakly to draft an ordinance partially reorganizing the Police Department, reducing the number of captains to one and retiring seven veteran officers on pension.
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 1, 1918 There were a number of changes in Camden's Police Department yesterday by Mayor Ellis . He appointed Sergeant John Golden successor to Captain Hugh Poyle [sic] , recently placed on the pension list.
Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.
Louis Mayer, 19, of near Twelfth and Federal streets, was held without bail to await Pennsylvania extradition on a charge involving a 14-year-old girl, Katherine Corkhill of Alberta street — though Mayer told a different story. (Camden Daily Courier, August 22, 1910.)
J. Oscar Weaver wins the presidency of the Camden Police Pension Fund over George Anderson in a spirited annual election; Edward Hyde is elected recording secretary.