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James R. Snyder

Kaighn's Point Ferry and trolley, early 1900s
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Kaighn Avenue

One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, May 12, 1952: Camden soldier fined in car theft case
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James R. Snyder

James Rudolph Snyder (1932–2013) was a Camden-born Korean War veteran who spent most of his adult life confined to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a series of violent crimes culminating in the 1972 murder of his former schoolteacher.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, May 12, 1952: Camden soldier fined in car theft case
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Camden Soldier Fined, Car Theft Charged

Cpl. James Snyder, 20, of 293 Kaighn Avenue, stationed at Walter Reed Hospital, was fined $200 by Judge Dzick after pleading guilty to possession of a car owned by Louis Miller of 1002 Haddon Avenue, though he claimed he did not steal it.

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