Tag: Isaac Hibbs
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Isaac J. Hibbs
Isaac J. Hibbs was born on March 25, 1848, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac G. Hibbs, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was the youngest of the seven living Hibbs children. The family resided in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Around 1863, Isaac J.…
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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements. After joining his older brothers, John and Thomas, in America, he actively participated in the family’s thriving department store business at 9th and Market Street in Camden. In 1894, Arthur married Lillian Thompson, and their…
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Forger Thompson Still at Liberty
Camden Post-Telegram – July 20, 1916 No Trace Yet Found of the Ashbridges Pal in Sensational and Tragic Escape From the County Prison on Monday Night FOOD SHUNNED BY YOUNG MURDERER Evidently in hiding, George E. Thompson, who escaped from prison with Wilson Ashbridge on Monday night after Murdering one jailor and wounding another, is…
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Thousands View Jailors Remains
Camden Post-Telegram – July 20, 1916 Great Crowds Pay Tribute to Memory of Daddy Isaac Hibbs, Slain Keeper Casket Banked by Handsome Flowers Thousands of persons last night paid tribute to the memory of Daddy Isaac J. Hibbs, the jailor, who in Monday night was murdered by Wilson Ashbridge. The humble Hibbs residence at 913…
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Ashbridge Caught in Chester Hotel Along with Wife
Camden Post-Telegram – July 19, 1916 Fugitive Murderer Waives Extradition and Detective Schregler Brings Couple to Camden in Motor Car. Pair Registered in Early Morning Captured at noon with his wife in the Keystone Hotel at Chester PA, Wilson Ashbridge, who escaped from the County Prison last night with George E. Thompson, a forger, after…
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Revolver, Smuggling It in Covered By Fruit, Murderer’s Wife Supplied It
Camden Post Telegram – July 19, 1916 Confessing Supplying Pistol, in Spike of Husband’s Denial That She Was Guiltless, Mrs. Ashbridge Is Held Without Bail on Charge of Conspiracy in Aiding and Abetting Escape From Jail With Wilson T. Ashbridge under guard in a cell in what was formerly known as Murderer’s Row, the police…
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Murders and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One
Camden Post-Telegram – July 18, 1916 Wilson Ashbridge, Who Shot and Killed Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar and George E. Thompson, Check Swindler, Trap Jailor Hibbs by a Ruse and After Slaying Him Shoot Joe Ellis Who Intercepted Them in Flight. Used Revolver Smuggled Into Prison by Confederates and Leave Jail Wide Open in Their Flight, a…